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Originally Posted by flyingeph12
(Post 29205981)
First, how is this costing you 320K miles (i.e., 160K miles per person)? A roundtrip should be 150K miles per person.
I second the recommendation to look at QR, connecting through DOH. With QR, sometimes your routing is limited. In this case, it looks like you can have JNB-LVI on the same award, since QR publishes a LAX-LVI fare, but looking at the fare rules, you might be limited to the LAX-DOH, BOS-DOH, and PHL-DOH flights across the Atlantic (although I've been able to book routings that EF suggests is not possible). In my experience, QR transatlantic business class is tough to find if you are looking to depart on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. If QR doesn't work for you, a possible but more expensive option (in points) would be going via the Pacific (at least one way). It would be multiple awards, but CX, for example, generally has more flexible routing rules. It would be 125K one-way per person in J if you combine a NA-India with an India-Africa award, 140K miles if you want to skip India and go straight from Asia 2 to Africa (it's the same number of miles NA-India as it is NA-Asia 2 but more expensive going from Asia 2-Africa than India-Africa). I like your NA-India-Africa idea, but my mileage balance does not. Unless buying 180K AA Miles would BE significantly lower than the taxes. If that's even possible? I'll look into that this evening (I am on PST) and a dinner event I have to attend but, like any true FT'er I would rather be researching this! Thanks for your suggestion. I, too, will report back. |
If taking BA, I would consider whether it is worth just saving the miles for another trip and buying a ticket on BA from LVI-LAX
The one way fare from LVI-LAX is $3222 , so an extra $2487 over the award price If holding no status, the mileage earned from the trip would be 11,669 base plus 2918 bonus for 14,587 ( if holding status would be bonuses to add ) 75,000+15000 = 90,000 points Cost to buy 90,000 points is $2027 in the current promotion, so you are saving $460. If comparing value against purchase price outside of sale, it would cost $2,884.13 On a paid ticket you will have a lot more flexibility on flights and could have stopovers if desired; plus if aiming to attain/renew status, this would earn 17,503 EQMs If you have another transatlantic trip to do, you could get LVI-LAX-LHR for an extra $2000 |
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Originally Posted by Justme123456
(Post 29206968)
My mistake - I HAVE 320K miles. IIRC, you are correct about it being 75K. The Award Agent said she could not find any availability from May to August 2018 to JNB QR.
I like your NA-India-Africa idea, but my mileage balance does not. Unless buying 180K AA Miles would BE significantly lower than the taxes. If that's even possible? I'll look into that this evening (I am on PST) and a dinner event I have to attend but, like any true FT'er I would rather be researching this! Thanks for your suggestion. I, too, will report back. |
Originally Posted by rosenkavalier
(Post 29181817)
I also looked into booking IB to SFO but the taxes and fees were just as high as BA...why is SFO on par with BA when other routes have lower YQ?
Totally stinks. |
Award to EDI on AA/BA
Currently in MDE, which is a tricky to link with the rest of SA. So we’re going to get a little crazy and head to Europe instead.
Have an award on hold: MDE-BOS-EDI (40k miles pp + $400) Both MDE-BOS (17.5k) and BOS-EDI (22.5k) are saver awards, so I feel good about the miles...but the carrier imposed fees are steep! Can I get rid of the BA metal and lower the fees? How? Yes I’m dumb for getting the close in booking fee :) so $75 of that $400 is not going anywhere! Thanks all! |
Originally Posted by JordyC
(Post 29360060)
Currently in MDE, which is a tricky to link with the rest of SA. So we’re going to get a little crazy and head to Europe instead.
Have an award on hold: MDE-BOS-EDI (40k miles pp + $400) Both MDE-BOS (17.5k) and BOS-EDI (22.5k) are saver awards, so I feel good about the miles...but the carrier imposed fees are steep! Can I get rid of the BA metal and lower the fees? How? Yes I’m dumb for getting the close in booking fee :) so $75 of that $400 is not going anywhere! Thanks all! |
Originally Posted by JordyC
(Post 29360060)
Currently in MDE, which is a tricky to link with the rest of SA. So we’re going to get a little crazy and head to Europe instead.
Have an award on hold: MDE-BOS-EDI (40k miles pp + $400) Both MDE-BOS (17.5k) and BOS-EDI (22.5k) are saver awards, so I feel good about the miles...but the carrier imposed fees are steep! Can I get rid of the BA metal and lower the fees? How? Yes I’m dumb for getting the close in booking fee :) so $75 of that $400 is not going anywhere! Thanks all! |
AUS to HYD using AA miles (trying to avoid huge BA YQ fees)
I am new to this forum and from all the research I have done on reddit while trying to book flights from AUS-HYD using AA miles, going through BA flight seems to add lot of fees (~$500) in terms of london airport usage fees I assume. I tried to circumvent this by trying to find award flights on Qatar airways using AA website by choosing individual legs like AUS-DOH and DOH-HYD. Even this seems to add lot of fees (~$600).
I tried booking for a date which is 6 months later to just see if it reduces any fees but it did not. Can you guys tell me how to go about this? |
Originally Posted by saiteja230
(Post 29451534)
I am new to this forum and from all the research I have done on reddit while trying to book flights from AUS-HYD using AA miles, going through BA flight seems to add lot of fees (~$500) in terms of london airport usage fees I assume. I tried to circumvent this by trying to find award flights on Qatar airways using AA website by choosing individual legs like AUS-DOH and DOH-HYD. Even this seems to add lot of fees (~$600).
I tried booking for a date which is 6 months later to just see if it reduces any fees but it did not. Can you guys tell me how to go about this? Via DOH will be 2 awards https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...advantage-733/ HELP DESK: MileSAAver / SAAver award questions, assistance Oneworld and other airline Awards Rules, Information 2015 on AA forum BA IB Help avoid YQ Surcharge: AA award on BA / British (& Iberia) (master thread) |
Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
(Post 29451556)
An award flight on BA with AA ff miles has BA carrier imposed surcharges. UK airport fees on a transit are not high or that much different to other countries.
Via DOH will be 2 awards |
Originally Posted by Beltway2A
(Post 29451736)
That's not correct. It's one award through DOH on QR.
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Originally Posted by saiteja230
(Post 29451937)
How do I book it as one award? Do I call AA and tell them explicitly that I need a flight thru DOH to get to HYD?
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Originally Posted by saiteja230
(Post 29451937)
How do I book it as one award? Do I call AA and tell them explicitly that I need a flight thru DOH to get to HYD?
Note that all AAdvantage awards are now one-ways. You might conceivably go via AUH in one direction, and via HKG in the other. |
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