Award booking help: DTW - LHR
#1
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Award booking help: DTW - LHR
I am looking at award booking for 3 tickets in business class using skymiles from DTW to LHR on June 18/19/20, 2013, and returning on July 8/9/10. I have not been able to find any low level availability and would appreciate any help.
Also, if I want to add a leg to west coast for a future date, after returning to dtw, would I be able to do that?
Thanks in advance.
Also, if I want to add a leg to west coast for a future date, after returning to dtw, would I be able to do that?
Thanks in advance.
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You may do better looking for one or two at a time, rather than all three.
International award travel allows a stopover and an open jaw. You could certainly return to DTW (stop over up to one year from ticket issue), and continue on in the U.S. 49/Canada with no added miles vs. a DTW-London-DTW round trip.
International award travel allows a stopover and an open jaw. You could certainly return to DTW (stop over up to one year from ticket issue), and continue on in the U.S. 49/Canada with no added miles vs. a DTW-London-DTW round trip.
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Do not try to search for 3 tickets at once as there likely will be nil availability.
Taxes and fees are $289.90.
Of course, the question remains why spend 100,000 miles on a US-LON biz ticket if you can buy discounted summer fares in biz for $2K.
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The following should be useful:
Award Tix: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ss-awards.html
Flying to/from London: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...london-dl.html
Award Tix: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ss-awards.html
Flying to/from London: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...london-dl.html
#5
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Here you go. There looks to be plenty of availability for the connection from AMS to LHR (either at 1:25 or 2:55), but trying to add it in causes the website to flip out. A call to the Medallion line should sort you out, but come armed with the flights and feed them the specific flight numbers. Alternatively, you could book it on line and call to add the segments.
Outbound Mon 17 Jun 2013 |10:00pm DTW to 11:55am AMS | Nonstop | Delta 248
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10:00pm
DTW
11:55am 18JUN
AMS
Nonstop 7 h 55 m
Delta 248
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Return Wed 10 Jul 2013 |9:05am LHR to 12:30pm DTW | Nonstop | Delta 19
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9:05am
LHR
12:30pm
DTW
Nonstop 8 h 25 m
Delta 19
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In-Flight services and amenities may vary and are subject to change.
Award Tickets cannot be redeposited or changed within 72 hours of scheduled flight departure time.
Miles required per passenger: 100,000
Total Miles required: 300,000
Ticket price per passenger including Taxes/Carrier-imposed Fees (USD): $ 287.40
Total purchase price including Taxes/Carrier-imposed Fees (USD) : $ 862.20
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Show Details
10:00pm
DTW
11:55am 18JUN
AMS
Nonstop 7 h 55 m
Delta 248
Business View Seats
Return Wed 10 Jul 2013 |9:05am LHR to 12:30pm DTW | Nonstop | Delta 19
Show Details
9:05am
LHR
12:30pm
DTW
Nonstop 8 h 25 m
Delta 19
Business View Seats
In-Flight services and amenities may vary and are subject to change.
Award Tickets cannot be redeposited or changed within 72 hours of scheduled flight departure time.
Miles required per passenger: 100,000
Total Miles required: 300,000
Ticket price per passenger including Taxes/Carrier-imposed Fees (USD): $ 287.40
Total purchase price including Taxes/Carrier-imposed Fees (USD) : $ 862.20
View fare rules
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Domestic awards get stopovers and open-jaws as well, it's just more restricted in terms of routing. Being in a hub makes it possible.
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