Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best Program in Star
Dec 14, 2012, 3:48 am
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Dec 14, 2012, 4:17 am
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Dec 14, 2012, 4:46 am
#1353
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ahh of course, thanks guys - appreciate it....
Dec 16, 2012, 4:41 am
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Has anyone managed to get a stopover on a one way ticket? They have replied to two of my emails to say yes its possible but everytime I call it in they can't do it.
Dec 16, 2012, 9:00 am
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I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but it seems LM doesn't allow any stopovers.
Dec 16, 2012, 3:21 pm
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I think the title of this thread should be:
"Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best (and worst) Program in Star"
Dec 16, 2012, 5:15 pm
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If anyone needs a spare account for the promo PM me. Haven't used it yet.
Dec 17, 2012, 4:30 am
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I can't even get an overnight connection of less than 24 hours - or even a connection in the same day more than 8 hours apart (i.e. morning flights connecting to evening flights that day).
I think the title of this thread should be:
"Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best (and worst) Program in Star"
I think the title of this thread should be:
"Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best (and worst) Program in Star"
Dec 17, 2012, 5:01 am
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Dec 17, 2012, 5:17 am
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It seems like most of their agents are trained only up to the point of using the same website booking system.
Dec 17, 2012, 9:34 am
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Dec 17, 2012, 4:41 pm
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OK, had my first experience with the Life Miles call centre today. Wow, what a joke. Called to cancel a simple one way reservation. Jeez Louise. Apparently, I've just asked the agent to perform brain surgery, blindfolded and with both hands tied behind his back. I hope they train their pilots better than their call centre staff.
Total elapsed time for a simple refund: 21 minutes. Paying the $50 redeposit fee took most of that time. Needed to key in credit card info twice, actually four times since the agent said their was a problem with the first "card accepted". Then, placed on hold four times.
Agent advised success (we'll see about that) and that 50K miles (20K plus the 30K cash for miles) would be back in my account in 72 hours. My $112 in taxes will be refunded in 3 months. 3 months?
The saying "you get what you pay for" comes to mind.
Total elapsed time for a simple refund: 21 minutes. Paying the $50 redeposit fee took most of that time. Needed to key in credit card info twice, actually four times since the agent said their was a problem with the first "card accepted". Then, placed on hold four times.
Agent advised success (we'll see about that) and that 50K miles (20K plus the 30K cash for miles) would be back in my account in 72 hours. My $112 in taxes will be refunded in 3 months. 3 months?
The saying "you get what you pay for" comes to mind.
Dec 17, 2012, 5:28 pm
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US to Europe via Asia
I am a bit stumped on this one :
Able to do a one-way J class award from Europe to US going via Asia, however unable to do the reverse (ie : US to Europe via Asia). The interesting thing is that KVS and ANA both confirm availability on the US-Europe and Europe-Asia legs just like it does on the Europe to US trip, however the LM.com engine does not pull it up as an option even if I select a specific carrier.
Anyone got this to work?
Able to do a one-way J class award from Europe to US going via Asia, however unable to do the reverse (ie : US to Europe via Asia). The interesting thing is that KVS and ANA both confirm availability on the US-Europe and Europe-Asia legs just like it does on the Europe to US trip, however the LM.com engine does not pull it up as an option even if I select a specific carrier.
Anyone got this to work?
Last edited by kaushik123; Dec 17, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Dec 17, 2012, 5:45 pm
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I am a bit stumped on this one :
Able to do a one-way J class award from Europe to US going via Asia, however unable to do the reverse (ie : US to Europe via Asia). The interesting thing is that KVS and ANA both confirm availability on the US-Europe and Europe-Asia legs just like it does on the Europe to US trip, however the LM.com engine does not pull it up as an option even if I select a specific carrier.
Anyone got this to work?
Able to do a one-way J class award from Europe to US going via Asia, however unable to do the reverse (ie : US to Europe via Asia). The interesting thing is that KVS and ANA both confirm availability on the US-Europe and Europe-Asia legs just like it does on the Europe to US trip, however the LM.com engine does not pull it up as an option even if I select a specific carrier.
Anyone got this to work?
Dec 17, 2012, 8:28 pm
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