Award Travel, Business Class to JNB
Aug 17, 2019, 11:42 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHX
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Paying $1802 in carrier surcharges plus $163 in taxes plus 150,000 miles for BA business class seems a lousy value when there are fares listed for LAX-JNB on airlines such as Swiss for $3600. Gets about $1635 saving for 150,000 miles. I would value 150,000 miles a lot higher than that
If it is a choice of using the miles on BA vs buying a ticket, I would take buying a ticket
Qatar is usually around $3,800.
I'm sorry, but I agree that using miles to fly BA J with their exorbitant fees is not worth it when J is so cheap from LAX.
F is sometimes available for 5,200 RT with same discounts on BA.
Aug 18, 2019, 4:17 am
#17
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Location: San Antonio
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PS JHB is Johor Bahru (Malaysian side of Singapore/Malaysia border). Served by OW carrier MH. Point out as I've had an agent accidentally book me there instead of JNB.
Aug 18, 2019, 6:31 am
#18
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
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Qatar is oneworld and has been for several years. Their business class experience makes BA look pedestrian. Etihad is not oneworld but are a partner for AA awards.
Another airport to consider starting from is SAN. With married segment logic it gets different availability than all the LA metro airports. I did SAN-LAX-DOH-CPT last year on QR and doing SAN-LAX-DOH-SEZ next month.
Unless it is the absolute last option, I would not do BA.
Aug 18, 2019, 9:56 am
#19
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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Thanks for all the feedback.There are QR award flights available out of LAX on July 14th but not July 13th (a Monday). Only BA flights out of PHX. I asked our tour coordiantor to look at pushing back our accomodation reservations such that we could fly on 7/14. If that works we will fly out of LAX.
We will be travelling for 4 weeks so I will have to go through this again in about a month for the return flight. Hopefully my Barclay AAdvantage Aviator mileage bonus gets posted in time so that I will have the miles for another pair of business class seats on the return.
We will be travelling for 4 weeks so I will have to go through this again in about a month for the return flight. Hopefully my Barclay AAdvantage Aviator mileage bonus gets posted in time so that I will have the miles for another pair of business class seats on the return.
Aug 18, 2019, 4:45 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Thanks for all the feedback.There are QR award flights available out of LAX on July 14th but not July 13th (a Monday). Only BA flights out of PHX. I asked our tour coordiantor to look at pushing back our accomodation reservations such that we could fly on 7/14. If that works we will fly out of LAX.
We will be travelling for 4 weeks so I will have to go through this again in about a month for the return flight. Hopefully my Barclay AAdvantage Aviator mileage bonus gets posted in time so that I will have the miles for another pair of business class seats on the return.
We will be travelling for 4 weeks so I will have to go through this again in about a month for the return flight. Hopefully my Barclay AAdvantage Aviator mileage bonus gets posted in time so that I will have the miles for another pair of business class seats on the return.
Aug 18, 2019, 5:50 pm
#21
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: San Diego
Programs: Plat Pro AAdvantage, but defected to BAEC
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Last month I booked LAX-DOH-JNB, CPT-DOH-LAX in J on QR for next May for $3,200 which I thought was a pretty decent fare. Going round trip CPT was a smidge under $3K and the JNB round trip was $3,400, but the multi city option suited our plans a little better. Will get to try Comair for the internal flight, though on a separate ticket.
