Looking to get to London using miles without paying fees
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Looking to get to London using miles without paying fees
So I have enough miles scattered everywhere, need to be in London in March for a week, was hoping to go Biz class.
Will be Flying from SFO, not sure where I will be flying from London to yet.
I want to avoid the fees, and feel it would be better to bookened a little Euro trip since I think on BA I have to pay $400 one way.
Pretty to cheap to fly when I get to Europe, any suggestions on where I could fly to and out of to avoid these fees? I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com
Are my other options Iberia, Lufthansa, Swiss. Anything else?
Will be Flying from SFO, not sure where I will be flying from London to yet.
I want to avoid the fees, and feel it would be better to bookened a little Euro trip since I think on BA I have to pay $400 one way.
Pretty to cheap to fly when I get to Europe, any suggestions on where I could fly to and out of to avoid these fees? I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com
Are my other options Iberia, Lufthansa, Swiss. Anything else?
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So I have enough miles scattered everywhere, need to be in London in March for a week, was hoping to go Biz class.
Will be Flying from SFO, not sure where I will be flying from London to yet.
I want to avoid the fees, and feel it would be better to bookened a little Euro trip since I think on BA I have to pay $400 one way.
Pretty to cheap to fly when I get to Europe, any suggestions on where I could fly to and out of to avoid these fees? I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com
Are my other options Iberia, Lufthansa, Swiss. Anything else?
Will be Flying from SFO, not sure where I will be flying from London to yet.
I want to avoid the fees, and feel it would be better to bookened a little Euro trip since I think on BA I have to pay $400 one way.
Pretty to cheap to fly when I get to Europe, any suggestions on where I could fly to and out of to avoid these fees? I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com
Are my other options Iberia, Lufthansa, Swiss. Anything else?
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The following low-level options are available on March 3:
Lufthansa SFO-FRA
US Airways SFO-PHL-CDG, SFO-CLT-LHR
US Airways SFO-PHX-JFK, Air Berlin JFK-DUS
KLM SFO-AMS
I'd grab one ASAP, likely the Lufthansa or KLM
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I am moving this thread over to the Information Desk as it has nothing to do with Mileage Runs. Please follow the discussion there.
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"I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com."
The ba.com website cannot display award availability on BA partner EI, which operates an SFO-DUB nonstop. Call the BAEC Service Center to check EI availability.
"I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com."
The ba.com website cannot display award availability on BA partner EI, which operates an SFO-DUB nonstop. Call the BAEC Service Center to check EI availability.
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"I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com."
The ba.com website cannot display award availability on BA partner EI, which operates an SFO-DUB nonstop. Call the BAEC Service Center to check EI availability.
"I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com."
The ba.com website cannot display award availability on BA partner EI, which operates an SFO-DUB nonstop. Call the BAEC Service Center to check EI availability.
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EI availability generally shows on United.com. Alas, not on March 3.
EI award availability on united.com is often not identical to EI award availability via an Avios redemption.
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"I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com."
The ba.com website cannot display award availability on BA partner EI, which operates an SFO-DUB nonstop. Call the BAEC Service Center to check EI availability.
"I was thinking of SFO-Dublin but couldn't find anything on BA.com."
The ba.com website cannot display award availability on BA partner EI, which operates an SFO-DUB nonstop. Call the BAEC Service Center to check EI availability.
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Since the route does not operate on March 3, it's unlikely Avios will have availability. It's only M,W, Fri, Sa, Sun until Summer. Expertflyer shows no business availability that entire week.
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Leaving LHR (or elsewhere in the UK) in business class will incur the luxury tax, IIRC currently about $107 for TATL.
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HMMMM, I just paid DL $107 to upgrade a LHR-MSP nonstop ticket for summer. The ticket has been reissued and looks OK. This should be the additional luxury tax to go from coach to business class.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Passenger_Duty
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That makes sense and explains the different numbers, although I'm a bit surprised that the luxury tax for coach tickets is so high.