Oz Fest 15 Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia. USA Memorial Day Weekend May 25-27, 2018

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Jul 2, 2017, 1:04 pm

#46

Fredd

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: SEA/YVR/BLI

Programs: UA "Lifetime" Gold, AS MVPG100K, OW Emerald, HH Lifetime Diamond, IC Plat, Marriott Gold, Hertz Gold

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kirkwoodj

You mean award seats?

Yes. I should have clarified - will edit post.

Jul 7, 2017, 10:30 am

#47

Efrem

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Join Date: May 1998

Location: Massachusetts, USA; AA Plat, DL GM and Flying Colonel; Bonvoy Platinum

Posts: 24,233

Put me down as Gold for now. (I think this will be my seventh.)

Jul 10, 2017, 3:08 pm

#48

Viridianne

Join Date: Jul 2016

Location: Downunder

Posts: 14

Please put me down as Gold

Jul 10, 2017, 5:26 pm

#49

GPH

Join Date: May 2012

Location: Brisbane , Australia

Programs: QFF, Amex , VA

Posts: 3

Colour me Gold firming to Plat. I haven't been terribly active here in spite of being a member since 2012. :-) this will be my first FT function.

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Jul 10, 2017, 8:20 pm

#50

CDKing

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Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: BOS/ORH

Programs: AS 75K

Posts: 18,323

I'm going to try to go. I need to get an EY F apartment booking in before AA does another deval.

Jul 10, 2017, 10:52 pm

#51

krazykanuck

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Location: IAH

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Still trying to figure out how I want to get home. Overcome by mediocre options.

Jul 11, 2017, 6:25 am

#52

DENchick

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: DEN

Programs: UA MM Gold

Posts: 151

Please sign me up as Silver. Noosa was on my list during my months in Brisbane, but I didn't get there.

Jul 12, 2017, 7:28 am

#53

perthite

Join Date: Feb 2004

Location: Perth, WA, Australia

Programs: QF Gold, VA Plat, IHG Plat Amb, LCAH Gold, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 3,846

Make myself and +1 gold for the moment.

Jul 14, 2017, 11:03 am

#54

redtigeriii

Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: PDX

Posts: 469

Another potential option, especially anyone based on the west coast of the USA is to use avios to fly to/from HNL and then use 65,000 AA miles to go from HNL-BNE on Hawaiian Business class. It certainly wouldn’t be as good as other options mentioned, but they have updated their business class with lie flat seats on the A330 and award availability is wide open. It might be good for someone wanting to spend an overnight in Honolulu on the way and it’s kind of a backup option in my mind if I'm able to go and can't find anything else available.

Jul 15, 2017, 11:19 am

#55

CDKing

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Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: BOS/ORH

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With what is going on with AA and QR/EY. I'm on the lookout for a fun multi award routing to burn some AA and AS miles

BOS/JFK-HKG-DXB
AUH-SYD/MEL
SYD/MEL-BNE/MCY
BNE-HKG-BOS/JFK

Jul 17, 2017, 11:40 am

#56

nomadic.relief

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: YVR

Posts: 2,120

Hmmm, put me down as a possible ... if I can find a reasonable way to make this "on my way to Nurnberg", well then I'm in!

Jul 17, 2017, 11:54 am

#57

rxgeek

Join Date: May 2011

Location: CMH

Programs: w/+1: AS MVPG; IHG/Marriott Plat; Hilton/BW Diamond; Hertz Prez; SG Silver

Posts: 1,188

Put rxgeek+1 down as Platinum. We had a great time in Newcastle and then stayed with relatives in Maroochydore. We're very excited to go back!

Aug 7, 2017, 1:32 pm

#58

Austin787

Join Date: Mar 2015

Location: Austin, TX - AUS

Programs: AA Platinum, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott

Posts: 1,625

Found a J award on AA for LAX-SYD. I will now upgrade to Platinum

I also found lots of J awards on AA for LAX-AKL, may be useful especially for those planning to visit New Zealand.

Last year was fun in Newcastle, as well as my subsequent adventures in Sydney and New Zealand. Looking forward to go back.