Jul 28, 2021, 7:32 am
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Wiki for Mileage/XP Runs
Indicate below your itinerary, availability dates, price and XP. Please only log runs with confirmed fares availability. Feel free to tag yourself if you want to meet fellow FTers.
Eg:
MXP-CDG-AMS-KRK-AMS-CDG-MXP in J, 2021-01-01/02, 570 €, 180 XP
HEL-AMS-LAX-AMS-HEL in J, 2022-08-16/18, 1059 €, 204 XP (@XXXFlyer arriving at 11:50 AM, leaving at 06:00 AM)
Upcoming runs:
MXP-CDG-AMS-KRK in J on 2022/07/21-22, 380€ - 45XP (8,44€/XP) : one way
Past runs:
For future reference, log below your most interesting XP runs:
KRK-AMS-CDG-BCN-AMS-CDG-KRK, 2021-07-22/24, 576 €, 180 XP
ATH-CDG-AMS-KRK-AMS-CDG-ATH in J, 2021-09-18/19, 561€
KRK-AMS-CDG-LIS-CDG-AMS-KRK, 2021-07-22/28, 492 € 180 XP
NTE-CDG-AMS-LIS-CDG-LYS-NTE, 2021-09-25/26, 157 €/42XP
Indicate below your itinerary, availability dates, price and XP. Please only log runs with confirmed fares availability. Feel free to tag yourself if you want to meet fellow FTers.
Eg:
MXP-CDG-AMS-KRK-AMS-CDG-MXP in J, 2021-01-01/02, 570 €, 180 XP
HEL-AMS-LAX-AMS-HEL in J, 2022-08-16/18, 1059 €, 204 XP (@XXXFlyer arriving at 11:50 AM, leaving at 06:00 AM)
Upcoming runs:
MXP-CDG-AMS-KRK in J on 2022/07/21-22, 380€ - 45XP (8,44€/XP) : one way
Past runs:
For future reference, log below your most interesting XP runs:
KRK-AMS-CDG-BCN-AMS-CDG-KRK, 2021-07-22/24, 576 €, 180 XP
ATH-CDG-AMS-KRK-AMS-CDG-ATH in J, 2021-09-18/19, 561€
KRK-AMS-CDG-LIS-CDG-AMS-KRK, 2021-07-22/28, 492 € 180 XP
NTE-CDG-AMS-LIS-CDG-LYS-NTE, 2021-09-25/26, 157 €/42XP
Mileage runs for Flying Blue - best routes?
Jul 16, 2021, 4:49 am
#1352
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,619
Any tips or feedback about Lisbon? Are restaurants generally open and do you need a test result to gain entry, and is a test necessary in order to check into a hotel? And, thinking about that 05h40 start, are there any plausible hotels at the airport apart from Holiday Inn Express? This hotel is still going to require a taxi ride because there is no shuttle service.
I'm less worried about Krakow, reckon it will all work out.
I'm less worried about Krakow, reckon it will all work out.
Jul 16, 2021, 4:59 am
#1353
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NUE
Programs: *G (TK elite+), OW sapphire (QR), ST elite plus (AF). LA black
Posts: 3,674
Any tips or feedback about Lisbon? Are restaurants generally open and do you need a test result to gain entry, and is a test necessary in order to check into a hotel? And, thinking about that 05h40 start, are there any plausible hotels at the airport apart from Holiday Inn Express? This hotel is still going to require a taxi ride because there is no shuttle service.
I'm less worried about Krakow, reckon it will all work out.
I'm less worried about Krakow, reckon it will all work out.
Jul 16, 2021, 5:15 am
#1354
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,619
Really great, thanks. Looks like both are reachable on foot. The Tryp is a lot more (€109) but it has a restaurant, whereas the Star is €76 but the restaurant and bar is "temporarily closed". Maybe I can pop next door to the Tryp to use their bar and restaurant (not sure I can justify the upfare to €109 to stay there). Not sure about going downtown, although I'll have enough time before coming back to the airport to crash before the 05h40 start. I think this Lisbon trip is going to be a bit of an ordeal, though.
Jul 16, 2021, 5:23 am
#1355
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NUE
Programs: *G (TK elite+), OW sapphire (QR), ST elite plus (AF). LA black
Posts: 3,674
Really great, thanks. Looks like both are reachable on foot. The Tryp is a lot more (€109) but it has a restaurant, whereas the Star is €76 but the restaurant and bar is "temporarily closed". Maybe I can pop next door to the Tryp to use their bar and restaurant (not sure I can justify the upfare to €109 to stay there). Not sure about going downtown, although I'll have enough time before coming back to the airport to crash before the 05h40 start. I think this Lisbon trip is going to be a bit of an ordeal, though.
He now lives in Portugal after he left Germany and has many works on display that were made with local products and local art techiques.
Jul 16, 2021, 5:38 am
#1356
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,619
Thanks very much, I will have a look at it. I will be back in Lisbon a couple of nights later for a 2 night stretch with reasonable arrival and departure times. Still tempted to just use IHG Rewards points at the HIX and just use a taxi, because I have too many of them... For the 2 night visit I will select something downtown, either IHG or something from Lonely Planet.
Jul 16, 2021, 10:59 am
#1357
Join Date: Jan 2021
Programs: FB Gold ; TAP Gold
Posts: 18
Cabs (Bolt/Uber) are really convenient and affordable in Lisbon so no big deal if you stay downtown ...
Here is some input concerning the measures implemented in Portugal: Info
It's in Portuguese but essentially (and as of today) : covid certificates are compulsory to eat inside of a restaurant in the weekend, restaurants close at 10:30pm, covid certificates compulsory to check in at any hotel, "curfew" at 11pm ...
Boa viagem!
Here is some input concerning the measures implemented in Portugal: Info
It's in Portuguese but essentially (and as of today) : covid certificates are compulsory to eat inside of a restaurant in the weekend, restaurants close at 10:30pm, covid certificates compulsory to check in at any hotel, "curfew" at 11pm ...
Boa viagem!
Jul 16, 2021, 12:32 pm
#1358
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,619
Thanks very much, I find it quite easy to understand for some reason, perhaps because I am also French speaking. I just hope that going to the airport at 05h in the morning won't get me into trouble with their curfew! I will feed back about all of this once I am on the way.
Jul 16, 2021, 12:36 pm
#1359
Join Date: Jun 2020
Programs: FlyingBlue
Posts: 2,423
Jul 17, 2021, 1:16 am
#1360
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 569
Even on a MR with a short layover, I'd rather choose a hotel somewhat closer to the city. The brand-new Moxy Oriente seems like an interesting option. Not in the city center but in the Northeast of the city, it's right at the metro station. Just a six-minute ride from the airport. (And the metro runs like every 5 min or so.)
Jul 17, 2021, 4:07 am
#1361
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,339
I've booked ATH-AMS-MAD MAD-CDG-ATH in C as a feeder for a TATL flight from MAD, having a week stopover in AMS.
Was hoping that I could make it ATH-CDG-AMS rather than ATH-AMS, or, AMS-CDG-MAD rather than AMS-MAD due to there being a stopover involved. It looks like that doesn't quite work unfortunately. Still only one transfer point allowed on ATH-MAD r/t in each direction. When adding an extra transfer at CDG that way, prices jump up by about 500 euro
Was hoping that I could make it ATH-CDG-AMS rather than ATH-AMS, or, AMS-CDG-MAD rather than AMS-MAD due to there being a stopover involved. It looks like that doesn't quite work unfortunately. Still only one transfer point allowed on ATH-MAD r/t in each direction. When adding an extra transfer at CDG that way, prices jump up by about 500 euro
Jul 17, 2021, 9:56 am
#1362
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,619
I found the airport hotels at LIS really underwhelming whereas there exist many nice options within the city.
Even on a MR with a short layover, I'd rather choose a hotel somewhat closer to the city. The brand-new Moxy Oriente seems like an interesting option. Not in the city center but in the Northeast of the city, it's right at the metro station. Just a six-minute ride from the airport. (And the metro runs like every 5 min or so.)
Even on a MR with a short layover, I'd rather choose a hotel somewhat closer to the city. The brand-new Moxy Oriente seems like an interesting option. Not in the city center but in the Northeast of the city, it's right at the metro station. Just a six-minute ride from the airport. (And the metro runs like every 5 min or so.)
One souci is that I will be able to use my first test done here in Germany to enter Poland, spend the night and also check in for the flight to AMS the next morning, all well within the 48 hours stated.
Yesterday I got my 2nd vaccine, no side effects so far.
Jul 18, 2021, 1:17 pm
#1363
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NUE
Programs: *G (TK elite+), OW sapphire (QR), ST elite plus (AF). LA black
Posts: 3,674
@Concerto - hope you are not affected by the strike in LIS - https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/...ndred-flights/
Jul 18, 2021, 1:46 pm
#1364
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,619
Um...not yet, I haven't quite started yet. I'll be on the road in a few days. I did understand that the strike didn't affect all airlines, but principally TAP Portugal. Like I said, all it's going to take is a reasonably loud spider fart and an awful lot of apples are going to come tumbling down. I am playing one heck of a game of dominoes here.
Concerning the new entry regulations just announced by France, any ideas or updates as to whether they apply to transit pax?
Concerning the new entry regulations just announced by France, any ideas or updates as to whether they apply to transit pax?