That's a fairly ...... route in my view, unless you like transfers....

http://www.awardtravelconsulting.com/ My personal favourite based on requests to all services. YMMV.

Isn't taking any new requests, just fyi.

says cannot take new requests now, redirects to another URL, price PPmgoes up by $ 50. !

I reached out to 3 different award companies for a first/business June trip to Venice then from Barcelona back home. One company was no help and offered no flights. The second offered a weird itenerary with too many stops, way too long layovers at all stops and $2750 in fees and was pissed I didn't accept his offer. I did have a great experience with the third. Pointspros.com they found a great itenerary with 1 stop. Well worth the $300 fee.

Could you tell us who the second one was?

I hate to trash companies, I think it's in bad taste. Since you don't pay until you agree with trip no harm was done. it was one on the list at beginning of thread.

Excellent experience [with AwardMagic]
 

I am not sure if this is the perfect place to share an excellent experience. Over the past few years I accummulated enough miles for 2 business class tickets to Hong Kong through Alaska. Getting the miles is easy but finding the tickets is not, particularly for Cathay that doesn't have an option on their website to check for award tickets. So I searched for an award booking website and came across AwardMagic. They were very responsive and easy to work with. Despite the fact that I didn't have a lot of flexibility, they were able to find the tickets I wanted for the dates I wanted them. Ellen kept me informed and consulted with me when needed. The experience was flawless, I highly recommend them.

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"Getting the miles is easy but finding the tickets is not, particularly for Cathay that doesn't have an option on their website to check for award tickets."

You can easily search for CX award seats at ba.com, if you have a (free) British Airways Executive Club account. ;)

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Welcome to FT. Glad you were able to book your award tix on CX when you wanted them. Very lucky ^^

Welcome to FlyerTalk… since award booking services are covered in the Travel a Tools forum, your post has been moved here for further discussion.

Thanks!

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Bookyouraward
 

I've been trying to get information from bookyouraward about an RTW award booking and after two emails to them, I have had no response. This is now 10 days running and wondering if they are even in business any longer?

email Alex from pointspros.com he is an honest, efficient and extremely competent miles expert! I also had slow service from two other companies, however I received an excellent itinerary that met all my expectations in 24 hrs!

I had the same experience - no response to request for info. Ended up booking it myself and got exactly what I wanted.

I apologize but being new, I could not find the "Travel a Tools" forum. Where is it, how do I get to it. Thanks.

P.S. Is there a way to get an Email notification when someone posts a reply to the thread?

Welcome to FlyerTalk.

The Travel Tools forum is located in the Travel&Dining section of the main FlyerTalk Forums index right below the airline and other mileage and loyalty programs listings.

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The same MyFlyerTalk page contains Your Control Panel on the left side. Scroll down to Edit Options under the Settings & Options heading. You will find your email subscriptions options (type and frequency) in the middle of the next page.

I hope this helps.