[ROP] Cash + Miles Redemption Promo
May 20, 2014, 4:22 am
#1
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[ROP] Cash + Miles Redemption Promo
HAI Award Tickets with Cash Plus Miles
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_TH/pla...us_miles.page?
- booking and travel from 14 May to 30 September 2014
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_TH/pla...us_miles.page?
- booking and travel from 14 May to 30 September 2014
May 20, 2014, 8:59 am
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Ah, the traditional 
at hoi polloi flying coach. It's a miracle that millions of people do this every year, isn't it?
$100 USD + 27,500 miles to go BKK-Australia round trip doesn't sound horrible to me, but what do I know, I'm such a plebian that I've flown to Europe from the West Coast of the USA multiple times without business class.
at hoi polloi flying coach. It's a miracle that millions of people do this every year, isn't it?$100 USD + 27,500 miles to go BKK-Australia round trip doesn't sound horrible to me, but what do I know, I'm such a plebian that I've flown to Europe from the West Coast of the USA multiple times without business class.
May 20, 2014, 10:26 am
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Ah, the traditional at hoi polloi flying coach. It's a miracle that millions of people do this every year, isn't it?
$100 USD + 27,500 miles to go BKK-Australia round trip doesn't sound horrible to me, but what do I know, I'm such a plebian that I've flown to Europe from the West Coast of the USA multiple times without business class.
at hoi polloi flying coach. It's a miracle that millions of people do this every year, isn't it?$100 USD + 27,500 miles to go BKK-Australia round trip doesn't sound horrible to me, but what do I know, I'm such a plebian that I've flown to Europe from the West Coast of the USA multiple times without business class.
May 20, 2014, 11:27 am
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It's actually $275 (9000 Baht) + 27,500 miles and you likely missed *Tax and surcharges are not included which probably add up to an additional few $x00. Taxes and surcharges for a paid ticket come in at $420 (13,600 B) and that;s if TG doesn't follow the awful practice of charging more taxes etc for an award ticket.
May 20, 2014, 5:56 pm
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May 20, 2014, 6:18 pm
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Purchasing a fare outright is 26500 B ($820).
In the above C&P scenario it would cost 9000 B + 16500* B in taxes which would bring the total to 25500. A whopping 1000 B savings in lieu of 27,500 pts.
*These are the additional taxes/fees on a paid ticket.
May 20, 2014, 7:48 pm
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Economy awards are only worth it at peak travel times like over Christmas/New Years out of Aus. I just ticketed a MEL-BKK-SGN//SGN-BKK//BKK-MEL economy ticket at the taxes and surcharges were $561. Probably not the greatest use of points but revenue tickets for the same are around the $1700 mark over that period.
May 20, 2014, 9:02 pm
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Economy awards are only worth it at peak travel times like over Christmas/New Years out of Aus. I just ticketed a MEL-BKK-SGN//SGN-BKK//BKK-MEL economy ticket at the taxes and surcharges were $561. Probably not the greatest use of points but revenue tickets for the same are around the $1700 mark over that period.
May 20, 2014, 10:12 pm
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