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Aug 14, 2018, 2:25 pm
#706
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West
Posts: 3,357
For longer connecting time, where do you stay and if at hotels how do you manage where you arrive early in the morning and depart late that day? I hate to book for 2 nights for a partial day stay.
Aug 15, 2018, 6:16 am
#707
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,139
A lot of airport hotels offer day rates. Just put the same date for check-in and check-out and you should see these rates pop out. They are usually pretty much the same price as a single night.
Aug 15, 2018, 9:43 am
#708
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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: 44,353
I just did this in a few cities.
Arrived HND 0955, stored bags in an airport locker, went to an onsen, then dinner, then a bar, then back to HND for a 0055 departure.
Arrived HKG 0430, and got a day room. That required my top status at the hotel chain (can't recall if it was Hilton or Accor) to allow day-rate check-in that early. Slept until noon, checked out at 1300, stored bags all day. Picked bags up, made our way back to the airport, and made our 2225 departure.
Arrived BKK 0015. We went to a hotel where we had a regular booking for one night. Checked out, stored bags, and explored Bangkok. Then we had a 2240 flight.
Airport lockers are your friend. Day rates are useful for 16-18 hour layovers. But if you're closer to 24, a regular rate should suffice. Early check-in and/or late check-out make it much easier, which is where hotel status can help.
Arrived HND 0955, stored bags in an airport locker, went to an onsen, then dinner, then a bar, then back to HND for a 0055 departure.
Arrived HKG 0430, and got a day room. That required my top status at the hotel chain (can't recall if it was Hilton or Accor) to allow day-rate check-in that early. Slept until noon, checked out at 1300, stored bags all day. Picked bags up, made our way back to the airport, and made our 2225 departure.
Arrived BKK 0015. We went to a hotel where we had a regular booking for one night. Checked out, stored bags, and explored Bangkok. Then we had a 2240 flight.
Airport lockers are your friend. Day rates are useful for 16-18 hour layovers. But if you're closer to 24, a regular rate should suffice. Early check-in and/or late check-out make it much easier, which is where hotel status can help.
Aug 15, 2018, 1:58 pm
#709
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: aeroplan, starwood, fairmont
Posts: 32
Booked - 6 tickets in J
YYZ-YVR- AC
YVR -PEK - CA
PEK -SIN- CA - stop
SIN-SYD - SQ - stop
SYD-SIN- SQ
SIN-BKK - SQ
BKK-ZRH -LX - stop
ZRH-YUL - LX
YUL -YTZ - AC booked in Y. had to split 4/2 (only 1 hr apart) but hope for same day change later
346pp + booking fee
YYZ-YVR- AC
YVR -PEK - CA
PEK -SIN- CA - stop
SIN-SYD - SQ - stop
SYD-SIN- SQ
SIN-BKK - SQ
BKK-ZRH -LX - stop
ZRH-YUL - LX
YUL -YTZ - AC booked in Y. had to split 4/2 (only 1 hr apart) but hope for same day change later
346pp + booking fee
Aug 15, 2018, 2:18 pm
#710
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 88
Booked this for myself
YVR-PEK
PEK-MEL stop
MEL-BKK
BKK-HKG stop
HKG-ICN
ICN-KIX stop
KIX-HND
HND-YVR
And this for my parents
YVR-TPE
TPE-HKG stop
HKG-BKK
BKK-MEL stop
MEL-AKL stop
AKL-SFO
SFO-YVR
YVR-PEK
PEK-MEL stop
MEL-BKK
BKK-HKG stop
HKG-ICN
ICN-KIX stop
KIX-HND
HND-YVR
And this for my parents
YVR-TPE
TPE-HKG stop
HKG-BKK
BKK-MEL stop
MEL-AKL stop
AKL-SFO
SFO-YVR
Sep 23, 2018, 7:06 pm
#711
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 3
Just booked this for my wife and I.
BUF-EWR Y
EWR-ZRH J
ZRH-BRU J
BRU-BCN J (STOP)
BCN-ATH Y
ATH-TLV Y
TLV-ADD J
ADD-VFA Y (DESTINATION)
VFA-JNB J
JNB-GRU J
GRU-EZE J (STOP)
EZE-PTY J
PTY-IAD J
IAD-BUF Y
In total for 300,000 points and $790 including booking fee.
BUF-EWR Y
EWR-ZRH J
ZRH-BRU J
BRU-BCN J (STOP)
BCN-ATH Y
ATH-TLV Y
TLV-ADD J
ADD-VFA Y (DESTINATION)
VFA-JNB J
JNB-GRU J
GRU-EZE J (STOP)
EZE-PTY J
PTY-IAD J
IAD-BUF Y
In total for 300,000 points and $790 including booking fee.
Sep 23, 2018, 7:16 pm
#712
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
Programs: AC*SE100K, wood level status in various other programs
Posts: 6,232
Just booked this for my wife and I.
BUF-EWR Y
EWR-ZRH J
ZRH-BRU J
BRU-BCN J (STOP)
BCN-ATH Y
ATH-TLV Y
TLV-ADD J
ADD-VFA Y (DESTINATION)
VFA-JNB J
JNB-GRU J
GRU-EZE J (STOP)
EZE-PTY J
PTY-IAD J
IAD-BUF Y
In total for 300,000 points and $790 including booking fee.
BUF-EWR Y
EWR-ZRH J
ZRH-BRU J
BRU-BCN J (STOP)
BCN-ATH Y
ATH-TLV Y
TLV-ADD J
ADD-VFA Y (DESTINATION)
VFA-JNB J
JNB-GRU J
GRU-EZE J (STOP)
EZE-PTY J
PTY-IAD J
IAD-BUF Y
In total for 300,000 points and $790 including booking fee.
Oct 14, 2018, 6:52 am
#713
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,666
Not quite a RTW, but I was able to book the following to get to SYD:
YYZ-YVR AC Y
YVR-HND NH J (stop)
HND-HKG NH J (stop)
HKG-ICN OZ J
ICN-SYD OZ J
Return:
SYD-AKL NZ J
AKL-YVR NZ J
YVR-YYC AC Y
YYC-YYZ AC J
YYZ-YVR AC Y
YVR-HND NH J (stop)
HND-HKG NH J (stop)
HKG-ICN OZ J
ICN-SYD OZ J
Return:
SYD-AKL NZ J
AKL-YVR NZ J
YVR-YYC AC Y
YYC-YYZ AC J
Nov 7, 2018, 11:16 pm
#714
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YYZ
Programs: IC SpAmb, SPG/Marr Plat, HH Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 37
Just booked my first J redemption for wife and I. Wish I booked earlier for summer 2019 as the outbound and inbound flights were very limited.
YYZ-ORD (AC Y)
ORD-BUD (LO J) - stop
BUD-ZRH (LX J) - 22 hour overnight layover
ZRH-VCE (LX J) - 8 hour layover
VCE-IST (TK J)
IST-MLE (TK J) - stop
MLE-SIN (SQ J) - 11 hour layover
SIN-BKK (SQ J) - destination
BKK-CDG (TG J) - 14 hour layover
ORY-LIS (TP J) - 20 hour overnight layover
LIS-YYZ (TP J)
155k points each and $304 in taxes + booking fee
Originally had fees close to $700 each with over $500 in carrier surcharges under YQ and XT. Asked for a super nice supervisor who recalculated all the fees and I’m getting back almost $400 each! Super thrilled with the low taxes!
YYZ-ORD (AC Y)
ORD-BUD (LO J) - stop
BUD-ZRH (LX J) - 22 hour overnight layover
ZRH-VCE (LX J) - 8 hour layover
VCE-IST (TK J)
IST-MLE (TK J) - stop
MLE-SIN (SQ J) - 11 hour layover
SIN-BKK (SQ J) - destination
BKK-CDG (TG J) - 14 hour layover
ORY-LIS (TP J) - 20 hour overnight layover
LIS-YYZ (TP J)
155k points each and $304 in taxes + booking fee
Originally had fees close to $700 each with over $500 in carrier surcharges under YQ and XT. Asked for a super nice supervisor who recalculated all the fees and I’m getting back almost $400 each! Super thrilled with the low taxes!
Last edited by silverferrari; Nov 16, 2018 at 5:03 pm Reason: revised
Nov 8, 2018, 5:45 am
#715
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,139
Just booked my first J redemption for wife and I. Wish I booked earlier for Summer 2019 as the outbound and inbound flights were very limited.
YYZ-ORD (AC Y)
ORD-BUD (LO J) - stop
BUD-ZRH (LX J) - 22 hour overnight layover
ZRH-VCE (LX J) - 8 hour layover
VCE-IST (TK J)
IST-MLE (TK J) - stop
MLE-SIN (SQ J) - 11 hour layover
SIN-BKK (SQ J) - destination
BKK-CDG (TK J) - 14 hour layover
ORY-LIS (TP J) - 20 hour overnight layover
LIS-YYZ (TP J)
155k points each and $665 in taxes + booking fee
However the $665 in fees/taxes may be a little high as it was based on my original itinerary of coming back to YYZ from HND on AC. They couldn't recalculate my new fees after I changed the routing to comeback over the Atlantic but waived the change fee instead.
YYZ-ORD (AC Y)
ORD-BUD (LO J) - stop
BUD-ZRH (LX J) - 22 hour overnight layover
ZRH-VCE (LX J) - 8 hour layover
VCE-IST (TK J)
IST-MLE (TK J) - stop
MLE-SIN (SQ J) - 11 hour layover
SIN-BKK (SQ J) - destination
BKK-CDG (TK J) - 14 hour layover
ORY-LIS (TP J) - 20 hour overnight layover
LIS-YYZ (TP J)
155k points each and $665 in taxes + booking fee
However the $665 in fees/taxes may be a little high as it was based on my original itinerary of coming back to YYZ from HND on AC. They couldn't recalculate my new fees after I changed the routing to comeback over the Atlantic but waived the change fee instead.
Have fun!
Nov 8, 2018, 7:33 am
#716
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,310
Just booked my first J redemption for wife and I. Wish I booked earlier for Summer 2019 as the outbound and inbound flights were very limited.
YYZ-ORD (AC Y)
ORD-BUD (LO J) - stop
BUD-ZRH (LX J) - 22 hour overnight layover
ZRH-VCE (LX J) - 8 hour layover
VCE-IST (TK J)
IST-MLE (TK J) - stop
MLE-SIN (SQ J) - 11 hour layover
SIN-BKK (SQ J) - destination
BKK-CDG (TK J) - 14 hour layover
ORY-LIS (TP J) - 20 hour overnight layover
LIS-YYZ (TP J)
155k points each and $665 in taxes + booking fee
However the $665 in fees/taxes may be a little high as it was based on my original itinerary of coming back to YYZ from HND on AC. They couldn't recalculate my new fees after I changed the routing to comeback over the Atlantic but waived the change fee instead.
YYZ-ORD (AC Y)
ORD-BUD (LO J) - stop
BUD-ZRH (LX J) - 22 hour overnight layover
ZRH-VCE (LX J) - 8 hour layover
VCE-IST (TK J)
IST-MLE (TK J) - stop
MLE-SIN (SQ J) - 11 hour layover
SIN-BKK (SQ J) - destination
BKK-CDG (TK J) - 14 hour layover
ORY-LIS (TP J) - 20 hour overnight layover
LIS-YYZ (TP J)
155k points each and $665 in taxes + booking fee
However the $665 in fees/taxes may be a little high as it was based on my original itinerary of coming back to YYZ from HND on AC. They couldn't recalculate my new fees after I changed the routing to comeback over the Atlantic but waived the change fee instead.
Nov 8, 2018, 12:51 pm
#718
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YYZ
Programs: IC SpAmb, SPG/Marr Plat, HH Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 37
Thanks! This is over 3 weeks. We are really looking forward to this vacation!
Do you think the taxes really should be only around $300? I thought both LO and TG has a small amount of fuel surcharges?
I called to change the return leg yesterday and was expecting lower Fuel Surcharges and a $100 change fee each. The agent couldn't calculate the taxes and had to escalate to their support team. They said the new fees remained unchanged. I couldn't believe how the fees could remain exactly the same to the penny, so I asked for an explanation and was transferred directly to their ticketing/support team and he says there's no way to recalculate the XT amount since there's over 20 types of fees on my itinerary and this is due to their old booking system...
Do you guys suggest I call back and ask for the fees to be recalculated? Is this possible when the original amount has $400+ lumped together under XT?
I called to change the return leg yesterday and was expecting lower Fuel Surcharges and a $100 change fee each. The agent couldn't calculate the taxes and had to escalate to their support team. They said the new fees remained unchanged. I couldn't believe how the fees could remain exactly the same to the penny, so I asked for an explanation and was transferred directly to their ticketing/support team and he says there's no way to recalculate the XT amount since there's over 20 types of fees on my itinerary and this is due to their old booking system...
Do you guys suggest I call back and ask for the fees to be recalculated? Is this possible when the original amount has $400+ lumped together under XT?
Last edited by silverferrari; Nov 8, 2018 at 1:04 pm Reason: more detail
Nov 8, 2018, 5:21 pm
#719
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,310
I didnt see TG in your itinerary (but I assume its BKK-CDG) - thats $157.
What was the YQ on your previous ticket? If it was a lot more than $255, it may be worth fighting it, if not, best to let it go.
Your European taxes will be a lot, but I doubt it would be $400.
Nov 8, 2018, 11:28 pm
#720
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: USA
Programs: AC SE100K, F9 100k, NK Gold, UA *S, Hyatt Glob, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 5,200
every time I have priced TP tatl, I have seen fuel surcharges of $300+. So I think you did very good!!