Mini RTW Questions
Apr 15, 2020, 8:48 pm
#7307
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,632
Called Aeroplan yesterday to try making a booking again, this time Bangalore as the POT. She first came back to me and said this type of booking is not possible since November, but I told her that she should have two systems available to use, so she checked with her colleague, and her colleague gave her the green light, so I was able to book the following!
YYZ-ATL-IST-BEY-CAI-JED-BOM-COK-BLR
BLR-MAA-SIN-ICN-NRT
HND-ORD-YYZ
150k miles + $330 in taxes per person in J
YYZ-ATL-IST-BEY-CAI-JED-BOM-COK-BLR
BLR-MAA-SIN-ICN-NRT
HND-ORD-YYZ
150k miles + $330 in taxes per person in J
What time of year are you traveling, roughly, and are you using Air India? I can't, at the moment, find any flights for AI at all.
Thanks.
Looks like an interesting trip.
Apr 16, 2020, 7:01 am
#7308
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: YYZ
Posts: 88
Travelling in late August. While Air India flights are not available on the Aeroplan search engine, you can look for AI flights on United, and give the Aeroplan agents the flight information and they are able to see the availability and book it. Yep I gave the flights segment by segment.
Apr 16, 2020, 8:49 am
#7309
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,632
Travelling in late August. While Air India flights are not available on the Aeroplan search engine, you can look for AI flights on United, and give the Aeroplan agents the flight information and they are able to see the availability and book it. Yep I gave the flights segment by segment.
I was hoping, on both counts, that that would be the case.
cheers
kl
Apr 17, 2020, 8:33 pm
#7310
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,333
I'm currently at a stopover point on a minirtw booked before the rule change. So destination and first stopover were already flown. I just called and had them add a second stopover. No issue.
Apr 26, 2020, 2:21 pm
#7311
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 221
Is there a tutorial or FAQ for mini rtw somewhere I have booked EWR-SIN in November and would like to see what I could do since I got a month to spare
Apr 26, 2020, 3:18 pm
#7312
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: YYZ
Posts: 88
Apr 28, 2020, 9:31 pm
#7313
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 423
MPM for YYC-BWN is roughly 12631 miles. Your itinerary’s inbound (10,879 miles) is larger than your outbound but both are well under this MPM value. You’ll be fine.Not sure why Aeroplan.com isn’t showing you the stringed-together segments. This is going force you to get their help to make the booking, and the $30+tax phone-in booking fee. I’ve read of very few instances where they would waive it for you but you could try asking anyways. It does happen once in a while but I wouldn’t expect them to waive the phone-in booking fee.It kind of burns to pay the phone-in booking fee for these one-stopover itineraries when you feel you can almost do it in your own, online for free. But, that’s just how the cookie crumbles in Aeroplan.com-Land sometimes.Good luck. Looks like a great trip. Hopefully we will all be back to flying/travelling by this Fall (late summer?).
YYC-YVR-TPE-SGN
SGN-ICN-LAX-YYC
Immediately after, I called in to AP. Told the agent about this BWN-SIN segment that's not showing up on my side. He said he was able to see it: BWN-SIN in J but SIN-SGN in Y, both flights on same day. I told him about two SIN-SGN in J that occurs on the next day which is < 24h. He said yes, of course it's possible. I asked about waiving booking fee and he did.
YYC-YVR-TPE-SIN-BWN (AC, BR, BR, SQ)
BWN-SIN (SQ)
SIN-SGN (SQ)
SGN-TPE-YVR-YYC (BR, BR, AC)
All in J for $142 all in. Overall the flights and segments are exactly what I wanted.
Hopefully this Covid-19 stuff blows over before Oct.
Last edited by seks; Apr 28, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Apr 29, 2020, 10:14 am
#7314
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: Aeroplan Elite 35K
Posts: 103
Hopefully this Covid-19 stuff blows over before July, did a new booking today in J, $399 tax in., plus $30 booking fee.
Apr 29, 2020, 11:18 am
#7315
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YYZ
Programs: IC SpAmb, SPG/Marr Plat, HH Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 37
Quick question with the new Aeroplan redemption rules that were implemented in September 2019, if I have an open-jaw at my destination/point-of-turnaround, then I cannot have any stop-overs >24 hours in both directions? If this is true, then there is no point in booking a roundtrip and I should just book 2 separate one-ways?
Apr 29, 2020, 3:15 pm
#7317
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: YVR
Posts: 1,083
Quick question with the new Aeroplan redemption rules that were implemented in September 2019, if I have an open-jaw at my destination/point-of-turnaround, then I cannot have any stop-overs >24 hours in both directions? If this is true, then there is no point in booking a roundtrip and I should just book 2 separate one-ways?
One benefit of a roundtrip versus 2 one ways would be if you needed to cancel. You'll pay 2x cancellation fee if booked as 2 one ways.
Apr 29, 2020, 5:04 pm
#7318
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: Aeroplan Elite 35K
Posts: 103
Yes, your guess is correct, there is no way this combination of flights will populate in any award search engines, reason being is, I have to wait for the day that NH has 3 business seats departing from Haneda to go to Sydney, and still within the mpm allowed. Interesting thing is Aeroplan agent allow me to stay in Osaka for a full day 24 hours, and Singapore for 24 hours and 5 minutes in additional to Sydney as the POT and Taipei as a stop over, I guess there is a bit of leeway nowadays for connections^^
Last edited by terencelai; Apr 29, 2020 at 5:12 pm
Apr 30, 2020, 2:57 pm
#7319
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: Aeroplan, Amex AeroPlat
Posts: 977
I have a reward booking currently has all segments on UA. Now I see Air Canada has released seats on one of the segments I’m flying, and I’d prefer to fly AC since it’s a much better departure time for us, and I can check 2 bags for free (vs. on united I can only check 1 for free).
The problem is I cannot cancel— the other two segments might disappear since right now I can’t seem to find the same UA flight availability on the remaining two segments.
On the aeroplan website I can only cancel, not modify flight segments anymore.
Obviously I won’t call now. But is there any way to do this besides calling Aeroplan later this year?
The problem is I cannot cancel— the other two segments might disappear since right now I can’t seem to find the same UA flight availability on the remaining two segments.
On the aeroplan website I can only cancel, not modify flight segments anymore.
Obviously I won’t call now. But is there any way to do this besides calling Aeroplan later this year?
Apr 30, 2020, 4:07 pm
#7320
Formerly known as newbie elite
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: YUL
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador, Accor Platinum, AC50K
Posts: 2,927
Yes, your guess is correct, there is no way this combination of flights will populate in any award search engines, reason being is, I have to wait for the day that NH has 3 business seats departing from Haneda to go to Sydney, and still within the mpm allowed. Interesting thing is Aeroplan agent allow me to stay in Osaka for a full day 24 hours, and Singapore for 24 hours and 5 minutes in additional to Sydney as the POT and Taipei as a stop over, I guess there is a bit of leeway nowadays for connections^^