Booking Asia trips via DM - Round Trip Only?
Jan 5, 2009, 8:23 am
#1
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Booking Asia trips via DM - Round Trip Only?
On the heels of another post I made in which I asked how difficult it was to get open seats on *A flights using DM, I have a follow-up question...
I want to get to Burma (Yangon), which I can do via Bangkok on Thai Air, but I don't want to return to the US directly from Yangon. I want to do something like this:
I'm guessing that on an awards ticket, I can't do anything so fancy and that I can only book a RT between the same locations (CLT-RGN/RGN-CLT). If this is the case, I'd probably just reserve CLT-BKK flights and pay my own way to RGN from Bangkok.
Am I wrong? I'm hoping so!
Thanks!
I want to get to Burma (Yangon), which I can do via Bangkok on Thai Air, but I don't want to return to the US directly from Yangon. I want to do something like this:
- Outbound: CLT - BKK - RGN (Yangon)
- Now I buy another ticket myself to get from RGN to other areas in Asia, and make my own way back to BKK
- Return: BKK-CLT
I'm guessing that on an awards ticket, I can't do anything so fancy and that I can only book a RT between the same locations (CLT-RGN/RGN-CLT). If this is the case, I'd probably just reserve CLT-BKK flights and pay my own way to RGN from Bangkok.
Am I wrong? I'm hoping so!
Thanks!
Jan 5, 2009, 9:49 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2005
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On the heels of another post I made in which I asked how difficult it was to get open seats on *A flights using DM, I have a follow-up question...
I want to get to Burma (Yangon), which I can do via Bangkok on Thai Air, but I don't want to return to the US directly from Yangon. I want to do something like this:
I'm guessing that on an awards ticket, I can't do anything so fancy and that I can only book a RT between the same locations (CLT-RGN/RGN-CLT). If this is the case, I'd probably just reserve CLT-BKK flights and pay my own way to RGN from Bangkok.
Am I wrong? I'm hoping so!
Thanks!
I want to get to Burma (Yangon), which I can do via Bangkok on Thai Air, but I don't want to return to the US directly from Yangon. I want to do something like this:
- Outbound: CLT - BKK - RGN (Yangon)
- Now I buy another ticket myself to get from RGN to other areas in Asia, and make my own way back to BKK
- Return: BKK-CLT
I'm guessing that on an awards ticket, I can't do anything so fancy and that I can only book a RT between the same locations (CLT-RGN/RGN-CLT). If this is the case, I'd probably just reserve CLT-BKK flights and pay my own way to RGN from Bangkok.
Am I wrong? I'm hoping so!
Thanks!
Jan 5, 2009, 3:19 pm
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Jan 5, 2009, 4:26 pm
#4
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Thanks, gentlemen - I love being wrong about stuff like this!
Jan 5, 2009, 4:31 pm
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Beware of agents who don't know the rules. If someone tells you you can't do this, hang up and call back.
Jan 7, 2009, 3:02 pm
#6
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Newport, RI USA
Posts: 110
Open jaw allowed on DM award
I'm doing an itinerary just about the same as yours (with an open jaw), was easily booked via US agent on *A metal using DM award. However as my outbound was to a different region then my return I had to use the mielage required to the higher region (not a problem).
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