Question: Any great "F" options YYZ - LHR?
Nov 21, 2011, 2:24 pm
#16
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Nov 21, 2011, 2:54 pm
#17
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Nov 21, 2011, 4:33 pm
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Nov 21, 2011, 5:03 pm
#19
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Nov 21, 2011, 5:26 pm
#20
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the UK passenger duty can be quite expensive:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemil...o-minimize-it/
You will pay ~$190 for the privilege of landing at a British airport in a premium cabin. If it's feasible for your trip, I would avoid flying into LHR directly on a TATL ticket.
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemil...o-minimize-it/
You will pay ~$190 for the privilege of landing at a British airport in a premium cabin. If it's feasible for your trip, I would avoid flying into LHR directly on a TATL ticket.
Nov 21, 2011, 5:31 pm
#21
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You dont pay the APD for landing in the UK, but you do pay a hefty price for departing the UK longhaul
Nov 21, 2011, 8:56 pm
#24
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LHR is one of the unfortunate destinations where it's almost worth paying the AC fuel surcharge 
Double connections through Europe, or a connection through USA can be painful, especially when the flight is only 7 hours direct. And let's not forget that AC pods are one of the better business class products available.
I would save the F redemption for a 12+ hour flight.
Double connections through Europe, or a connection through USA can be painful, especially when the flight is only 7 hours direct. And let's not forget that AC pods are one of the better business class products available.
I would save the F redemption for a 12+ hour flight.
Nov 22, 2011, 9:39 am
#25
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LHR is one of the unfortunate destinations where it's almost worth paying the AC fuel surcharge
Double connections through Europe, or a connection through USA can be painful, especially when the flight is only 7 hours direct. And let's not forget that AC pods are one of the better business class products available.
I would save the F redemption for a 12+ hour flight.
Double connections through Europe, or a connection through USA can be painful, especially when the flight is only 7 hours direct. And let's not forget that AC pods are one of the better business class products available.
I would save the F redemption for a 12+ hour flight.
I also couldn't find a really nice F experience that had reward availability that didn't involve at least 2 stops. So I think my only options are... AC J direct or UA F thru IAD.
The UA option takes (only) 4 hours longer, but will be $755 cheaper for the 2 tickets (the best differential I could find on the different scenarios I ran). Of course, the UA option will cost 250K miles vs. 180K.
Since UA F (on a 763) is only marginally better than AC J (just my opinion), the question becomes, 'do I want to spend 70,000 extra miles to save $755 in fees'?
I think I'm going to suck it up an pay the AC surcharges. Still, paying about $1,500 for a pair of 'free' tickets hurts.
Thanks again!