Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best Program in Star
#1321
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(Unlike French where you have M, Mlle, and Mme)
#1322
Join Date: Apr 2011
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#1323
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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#1324
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Haha. Right on I honestly think if they allowed mixed-class redemption it would become my program of choice - I would accept the half-broken website, agents that compete for IQ with an average cactus and a complete disregard for logic in some of the offered routings, and then I'd stop being idiotically focussed on collecting Amex MR and Aeroplan and just buy points when I need them and move on with life. Sigh.
#1325
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#1326
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#1327
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: N.Wales, UK
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Hi everyone, BMI refugee here. I'm interested in buying some miles in the 100% bonus for a one way from the US to UK. Can you help me with a few questions?
1) Do lifemiles charge YQ etc?? Lets say i booked UA ORD-BRU connecting to SN BRU-MAN, online, which i've already found on the website, will there be a follow up page wanting to charge me a small fortune?
2) I've become rather rusty with finding award inventory. Moreover, lifemiles appears to show what it likes half the time. So do you have any tips on getting from N.America to MAN week commencing 10th June, in C, least hastle/best hard product. Ideally from the YUL area or LAS area.
Thanks.
1) Do lifemiles charge YQ etc?? Lets say i booked UA ORD-BRU connecting to SN BRU-MAN, online, which i've already found on the website, will there be a follow up page wanting to charge me a small fortune?
2) I've become rather rusty with finding award inventory. Moreover, lifemiles appears to show what it likes half the time. So do you have any tips on getting from N.America to MAN week commencing 10th June, in C, least hastle/best hard product. Ideally from the YUL area or LAS area.
Thanks.
#1329
Join Date: Sep 2005
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You can search for a flight first and buy the points if it looks ok, then repeat the search immediately and buy the fare as the points credit at once.
You can specify the airline and/or the departure time to get different results with AV. But in the end it's often easier to buy just the long leg on AV and pay a Y fare for the short one.
There's not many awards to MAN and you have to risk a connection in BRU or FRA. But AC864 YUL-LHR is available in C on 12.6, and UA958 ORD-LHR in F on 11.6. If you really want MAN the best bet is to start from an unlikely LH port like DFW or ATL, for example 11.6 DFW-FRA-MAN is available in C if you ask AV for LH flights
You can specify the airline and/or the departure time to get different results with AV. But in the end it's often easier to buy just the long leg on AV and pay a Y fare for the short one.
There's not many awards to MAN and you have to risk a connection in BRU or FRA. But AC864 YUL-LHR is available in C on 12.6, and UA958 ORD-LHR in F on 11.6. If you really want MAN the best bet is to start from an unlikely LH port like DFW or ATL, for example 11.6 DFW-FRA-MAN is available in C if you ask AV for LH flights
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#1333
Join Date: Jan 2010
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You can search for a flight first and buy the points if it looks ok, then repeat the search immediately and buy the fare as the points credit at once.
You can specify the airline and/or the departure time to get different results with AV. But in the end it's often easier to buy just the long leg on AV and pay a Y fare for the short one.
There's not many awards to MAN and you have to risk a connection in BRU or FRA. But AC864 YUL-LHR is available in C on 12.6, and UA958 ORD-LHR in F on 11.6. If you really want MAN the best bet is to start from an unlikely LH port like DFW or ATL, for example 11.6 DFW-FRA-MAN is available in C if you ask AV for LH flights
You can specify the airline and/or the departure time to get different results with AV. But in the end it's often easier to buy just the long leg on AV and pay a Y fare for the short one.
There's not many awards to MAN and you have to risk a connection in BRU or FRA. But AC864 YUL-LHR is available in C on 12.6, and UA958 ORD-LHR in F on 11.6. If you really want MAN the best bet is to start from an unlikely LH port like DFW or ATL, for example 11.6 DFW-FRA-MAN is available in C if you ask AV for LH flights
#1334
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 253
I just purchased a ticket with a telephone agent earlier today. I was charged about $150 fee because I had to purchase the ticket over the phone. I am really curious to see what other tricks they are going to use besides increasing the amount of miles for redemption which has already happened.
Besides, they seem not to want to change their cash-for-miles mode which they might consider as the most attracting feature of the program to FFS.
Besides, they seem not to want to change their cash-for-miles mode which they might consider as the most attracting feature of the program to FFS.
#1335
Join Date: May 2003
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I just purchased a ticket with a telephone agent earlier today. I was charged about $150 fee because I had to purchase the ticket over the phone. I am really curious to see what other tricks they are going to use besides increasing the amount of miles for redemption which has already happened.
Besides, they seem not to want to change their cash-for-miles mode which they might consider as the most attracting feature of the program to FFS.
Besides, they seem not to want to change their cash-for-miles mode which they might consider as the most attracting feature of the program to FFS.