Aeroplan Eliminating MPM5 as of Oct 29?
Nov 3, 2014, 3:26 pm
#136
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Yes, I replied to your suggestion in the other thread - a stop was also disallowed for MPM. He suggested booking separate one-ways and finding my own way between Asia and Europe.
Nov 3, 2014, 3:30 pm
#137
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Jeebus. That's insane. Sorry - didn't see your reply - but that effectively kills YYZ-FRA-NRT which is a HUGE money maker for AC because of the mad fuel surcharge on both segments. Why would they do this???
Nov 3, 2014, 6:26 pm
#138
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a) the other airlines are actually demanding the fuel surcharges so AC isn't making any money on reward tickets at all, or
b) they didn't think about this, or
c) only a tiny number of mini-RTW redemptions are ever made.
Nov 4, 2014, 7:01 am
#140
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Japan TATL is effectively dead.
And yes, mini-rtws are a tiny proportion. Wasnt something like 80% of awards booked domestic/usa?
Nov 4, 2014, 7:39 am
#141
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Nov 4, 2014, 8:22 am
#143
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Nov 5, 2014, 5:08 am
#144
Join Date: May 2012
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Your current flight selection exceeds the...blah blah blah
I was trying to book YYZ-BCN-HKG-YYZ but comes up with "Your current flight selection exceeds the maximum allowable distance permitted. Please start a new search and select more direct flights (if available)" the point is that I could never find any direct flights to shorten my distance. Last year was fine. What will be my options? Would it help if I call Aeroplan and pay the $30.00?
Thanks guys !!!!
Thanks guys !!!!
Nov 5, 2014, 5:16 am
#145
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
It is a change with reward ticket:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...-oct-29-a.html
You can try calling but based on the above thread, agents are using the same system
Goodluck
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...-oct-29-a.html
You can try calling but based on the above thread, agents are using the same system
Goodluck
Last edited by alc; Nov 5, 2014 at 6:03 am
Nov 5, 2014, 5:59 am
#146
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Try YYZ-BCN-BKK or SIN-YYZ, with HKG as a stopover on the way home from BKK/SIN. Should work okay from an MPM perspective, although you will have to call it in and pay the phone fee, especially if you want to be in HKG for more than 24 hours.
Just put YYZ-BCN,BCN-BKK,BKK-YYZ in a multi-city search, and one of the BKK-YYZ options was BKK-HKG-YYZ on TG and AC, so you should be fine. (But will have to call in to get your +24 stopover.
Just put YYZ-BCN,BCN-BKK,BKK-YYZ in a multi-city search, and one of the BKK-YYZ options was BKK-HKG-YYZ on TG and AC, so you should be fine. (But will have to call in to get your +24 stopover.
Nov 5, 2014, 1:03 pm
#148
Join Date: Jul 2010
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I was allowed to make a change on one of my crazy tickets that would have been totally disallowed under the new system (and was probably borderline illegal in the old program too).
I changed the first two segments on my DUB-FRA-ICN-NRT-ORD-YYZ ticket that I booked for Europe-NA mileage, keeping the same routing but switching FRA-ICN OZ F for LH F. Even though the rep was basically saying "WTH did you do", she said if it was booked like that, they have to honour it and that since I wasn't changing the routing, changing the flight numbers/times was fine.
I changed the first two segments on my DUB-FRA-ICN-NRT-ORD-YYZ ticket that I booked for Europe-NA mileage, keeping the same routing but switching FRA-ICN OZ F for LH F. Even though the rep was basically saying "WTH did you do", she said if it was booked like that, they have to honour it and that since I wasn't changing the routing, changing the flight numbers/times was fine.
Nov 5, 2014, 2:50 pm
#149
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I was allowed to make a change on one of my crazy tickets that would have been totally disallowed under the new system (and was probably borderline illegal in the old program too).
I changed the first two segments on my DUB-FRA-ICN-NRT-ORD-YYZ ticket that I booked for Europe-NA mileage, keeping the same routing but switching FRA-ICN OZ F for LH F. Even though the rep was basically saying "WTH did you do", she said if it was booked like that, they have to honour it and that since I wasn't changing the routing, changing the flight numbers/times was fine.
I changed the first two segments on my DUB-FRA-ICN-NRT-ORD-YYZ ticket that I booked for Europe-NA mileage, keeping the same routing but switching FRA-ICN OZ F for LH F. Even though the rep was basically saying "WTH did you do", she said if it was booked like that, they have to honour it and that since I wasn't changing the routing, changing the flight numbers/times was fine.
Nov 5, 2014, 7:53 pm
#150
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