"Blended" award possible
Jul 13, 2005, 12:14 pm
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"Blended" award possible
I didn't know this so maybe others may not this.
NH allows "blended" awards e.g. IAD-NRT in Y and the return in C/F, or any combinations thereof. The mileage required is adjusted propotionately e.g. 65k miles for a IAD-NRT in which outbound is Y (25k miles) and the return is C (40k miles).
Found this out last week trying to book award travel at short notice for next week. This gave me a lot of flexibility trying to get out of WL flts.
Some more pieces of totally anecdotal trivia:
1) mrs tide (who has no status) is constantly told to use (and is given) the Diamond number when she dials in
2) wait times on the Diamond number is close to non-existent, about 5-8 minutes on the Platinum number and 20 minutes on the general number. I was bored and tried all 3 on different numbers.
NH allows "blended" awards e.g. IAD-NRT in Y and the return in C/F, or any combinations thereof. The mileage required is adjusted propotionately e.g. 65k miles for a IAD-NRT in which outbound is Y (25k miles) and the return is C (40k miles).
Found this out last week trying to book award travel at short notice for next week. This gave me a lot of flexibility trying to get out of WL flts.
Some more pieces of totally anecdotal trivia:
1) mrs tide (who has no status) is constantly told to use (and is given) the Diamond number when she dials in
2) wait times on the Diamond number is close to non-existent, about 5-8 minutes on the Platinum number and 20 minutes on the general number. I was bored and tried all 3 on different numbers.
