Aeroplan Eliminating MPM5 as of Oct 29?
Oct 30, 2014, 10:38 pm
#121
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Oct 30, 2014, 11:29 pm
#122
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From North America West/east/ coast go to Deep Africa Windhoek/JNB/CPT/Victoria falls, and others then go pretty much where you want to go for another stop plus some under 24 hr connections. HKG/SUB-CONT/SIN/DXB/EUROPE/ASIA/S.AMERICA/AUSTRALIA then back to North America.
Lots of different combos work and some tricks too
Last edited by Raffles longhaul; Oct 30, 2014 at 11:51 pm
Oct 31, 2014, 12:36 am
#123
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Incorrect Mileage Quoted
I tried the following itinerary:
ORD X/IAD FRA (UA C / LH F)
FRA X/BKK HKG (TG F)
HKG X/NRT ORD (NH C / NH F)
Initially when I was selecting my flights, I was quoted 210,000 miles.
However, when I click on the purchase button and got to the next screen, the itinerary priced out at only 125,000 miles! (That's the mileage for a ORD-FRA RT award as opposed to a ORD-HKG award which is 210,000).
It looks like AP needs to work on their online booking system.
ORD X/IAD FRA (UA C / LH F)
FRA X/BKK HKG (TG F)
HKG X/NRT ORD (NH C / NH F)
Initially when I was selecting my flights, I was quoted 210,000 miles.
However, when I click on the purchase button and got to the next screen, the itinerary priced out at only 125,000 miles! (That's the mileage for a ORD-FRA RT award as opposed to a ORD-HKG award which is 210,000).
It looks like AP needs to work on their online booking system.
Oct 31, 2014, 4:34 am
#124
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Under the old system western Canada to Sydney would not work IIRC. Adelaide was an option then so it may still be now.
Oct 31, 2014, 5:56 am
#127
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Oct 31, 2014, 8:37 am
#129
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Oct 31, 2014, 11:06 am
#130
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Oct 31, 2014, 2:25 pm
#131
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Nov 2, 2014, 8:04 pm
#132
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Tokyo MPM not a great number.
Tonight the call centre told me the MPM for YYZ-NRT was 9,049 miles. That's insanely high if they're trying to force direct routes, but it does conveniently block out (most of?) Europe - my NRT-CPH-EWR return was rejected.
Nov 2, 2014, 8:56 pm
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It depends on your routing you choose though. The Maximum mileage is a moving goal post, but IME does not move much if you a antipodal POT.
Nov 3, 2014, 7:26 am
#134
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Nov 3, 2014, 2:19 pm
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Have you tried adding a 24 hour stop in Europe? I'd like to know if that works. It seems like it should. It's nonsensical they'd disallow YYZ-FRA-NRT as the amount of fuel surcharges they'd make would be astronomical.