Aeroplan award changes; Booking AC J and changing to LH F later
Feb 11, 2019, 8:47 pm
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:38 am
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Feb 12, 2019, 11:32 am
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YYZ-ORD in J via AC
ORD-HND in F via NH
HND-BKK in F via TG
BKK-DPS in J via TG - Destination
DPS-SIN in J via SQ - Stop
SIN-SGN in J via SQ - Stop
SGN-BKK in J via TG
BKK-HND in F via TG
HND-ORD in F via NH
ORD-YYZ in J via AC
Taxes and all come out to $497.76 + $33.90 (booking fee)
Feb 12, 2019, 4:28 pm
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So this was my original itinerary.
YYZ-ORD in J via AC
ORD-HND in F via NH
HND-BKK in F via TG
BKK-DPS in J via TG - Destination
DPS-SIN in J via SQ - Stop
SIN-SGN in J via SQ - Stop
SGN-BKK in J via TG
BKK-HND in F via TG
HND-ORD in F via NH
ORD-YYZ in J via AC
Taxes and all come out to $497.76 + $33.90 (booking fee)
YYZ-ORD in J via AC
ORD-HND in F via NH
HND-BKK in F via TG
BKK-DPS in J via TG - Destination
DPS-SIN in J via SQ - Stop
SIN-SGN in J via SQ - Stop
SGN-BKK in J via TG
BKK-HND in F via TG
HND-ORD in F via NH
ORD-YYZ in J via AC
Taxes and all come out to $497.76 + $33.90 (booking fee)
The total taxes and YQ are lower than I thought it might be - the only thing I could think of was NH to/from Japan has low YQ or no YQ - I believe it is the case when booking NH with Virgin's program.
When I mapped out our RTW if using TG instead of SQ for the Asia - Australia portion, the cash payment for those segments jumped by $200.
Feb 18, 2019, 10:49 pm
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hello we are hoping for Lufthansa first class return award ticket. Since Lufthansa does not release first seats until 14 days or less before travel, we want to book an AC business return ticket yyc-fra and then change it to a Lufthansa first return a few days before flight if available. What is the cost of this? Anyone successful doing this?
Feb 18, 2019, 11:23 pm
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hello we are hoping for Lufthansa first class return award ticket. Since Lufthansa does not release first seats until 14 days or less before travel, we want to book an AC business return ticket yyc-fra and then change it to a Lufthansa first return a few days before flight if available. What is the cost of this? Anyone successful doing this?
FYI below
First, OP mentioned flying YYC-FRA and then trying to get F from there.
Seocnd, all of my LH F were ex-FRA, ex-MUC and ex-HKG. While there is no LH F to or from Canada, not everyone needs or wants to fly ex-USA.
This issue comes up overtime someone posts on this forum, looking for LH F or missing the news that they have not flown to/from Canada in a few years. A couple of years ago, the manager for LH at YYZ told me that I was on one of the last flights with F.
As for the list of destinations with LH F, as mentioned in other threads, there is a lot of info on the LH FT forum. And Mr. Google is amazing at pulling up all the press releases and articles from 2014-2016 where the CEO Carsten Spohr explained why they were reducing F (same as other airlines), on which routes, and also, why they were shifting some flights from FRA-MUC.
I read a lot of background material when I'm searching for flights, routes, and destinations.
Oh, and before Aeroplan crapped out for its nightly mud mask and soothing massage, I saw this for tomorrow. It doesn't matter that the outbound is from YYZ, the point is that there is outbound from FRA. I suspect OP may now know there is no F return back to Canada.
