Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best Program in Star
Aug 1, 2012, 8:09 pm
#196
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: YOW/YUL/YYZ
Posts: 270
The booking engine does not seem to be able to put YUL-ZRH-HKG together even though both segments are available. However it does give me YUL-ZRH-NRT. I suspect because the Tokyo flight leaves in the early afternoon and the Hong Kong flight is late evening, if the connections is longer than say 12 hours, it won't put the two segments together.
Aug 1, 2012, 8:28 pm
#197
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: SAT
Programs: AA EXP BA Gold, TK Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AS 100K, QR PLT, SAS Gold, IHG Spire, AMR
Posts: 5,898
The booking engine does not seem to be able to put YUL-ZRH-HKG together even though both segments are available. However it does give me YUL-ZRH-NRT. I suspect because the Tokyo flight leaves in the early afternoon and the Hong Kong flight is late evening, if the connections is longer than say 12 hours, it won't put the two segments together.
Aug 2, 2012, 1:13 am
#198
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,184
Applied for the LM 20k US Bank Visa Signature yesterday. Instant approval ^
Aug 2, 2012, 6:58 am
#199
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kingdom of Norway
Programs: BA Gold, SK Gold
Posts: 340
I chanced it and got myself a nice chunk of LifeMiles during the share promo. Originally I thougt about booking through the website, but decided against it as it doesn't show my preferred routing for the trip I'm looking to book. Tried my luck with the call center yesterday, but no dice there, they can only see so many seats on each flight, not corresponding with what I see online. Also they do not seem to understand that in Star Alliance there are three classes of service, as I wanted to include a flight in First. Guy on the phone spoke great english though.
Aug 2, 2012, 7:01 am
#200
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kingdom of Norway
Programs: BA Gold, SK Gold
Posts: 340
The booking engine does not seem to be able to put YUL-ZRH-HKG together even though both segments are available. However it does give me YUL-ZRH-NRT. I suspect because the Tokyo flight leaves in the early afternoon and the Hong Kong flight is late evening, if the connections is longer than say 12 hours, it won't put the two segments together.
Aug 2, 2012, 7:12 am
#201
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,032
The married segment business is new, at least for award tickets. Earlier, if A-B and B-C were available, you could always get A-B-C.
Aug 2, 2012, 10:41 am
#202
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kingdom of Norway
Programs: BA Gold, SK Gold
Posts: 340
Aug 2, 2012, 10:43 am
#203
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kingdom of Norway
Programs: BA Gold, SK Gold
Posts: 340
The website is indeed very lacking. It shows the most obvious connections, yes it does, but when it comes to more complex requests it completely falls through. I see that several people have been able to book over the phone without any charge, did you say anything special or did the agent just forget to charge you?
Aug 2, 2012, 2:34 pm
#204
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK oop north
Programs: BMI Diamond Club RIP,BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,692
Aug 2, 2012, 4:58 pm
#205
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: SAT
Programs: AA EXP BA Gold, TK Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AS 100K, QR PLT, SAS Gold, IHG Spire, AMR
Posts: 5,898
Can anybody confirm that the most interesting routings no longer process or it just me? I get an error message after the availability screen shows me my flight options, mileage requirements, etc.
Cheers
Edit:
My C1-C3 does not price.
My C3-C2 works wonderfully...
Strange
Cheers
Edit:
My C1-C3 does not price.
My C3-C2 works wonderfully...
Strange
Last edited by Deltahater; Aug 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm Reason: more info
Aug 2, 2012, 6:12 pm
#206
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
Aug 3, 2012, 12:45 am
#207
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
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Still have a home (and credit history) in the US 
US Bank was the bank my initial secured credit card came from when I got my SSN in 2005 and started out with my credit history. So they know me well
I was surprised that USB offers a secured credit card that earns LM ^
US Bank was the bank my initial secured credit card came from when I got my SSN in 2005 and started out with my credit history. So they know me well
I was surprised that USB offers a secured credit card that earns LM ^
Aug 3, 2012, 1:37 am
#208
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USB having a secured credit card that earns Lifemiles was probably done due to the demographics and credit history/credit risk nature of the primary target market. [Most of those in the US who fly Avianca/TACA are probably traditionally not financially as settled in the US as say a BA FFP participant and it is great to see USB has considered a product that makes sense for the relevant market.]
Aug 3, 2012, 3:33 pm
#209
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 561
For people who have just bought lots of miles, but don't know what to do with them, perhaps these are a couple of ideas:
For people in the US, it's worth taking a flight out to the birthplace of the first female flight attendant. For us Europeans, a trip to the largest German beer festival is also a nice weekend away (though search for one of the less well known airports in the city to fly into).
For people in the US, it's worth taking a flight out to the birthplace of the first female flight attendant. For us Europeans, a trip to the largest German beer festival is also a nice weekend away (though search for one of the less well known airports in the city to fly into).
Aug 3, 2012, 5:28 pm
#210
Formerly known as fsa_ea
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Up in the Air
Programs: UA GS/1MM,AS 75k,NK GLD,AA 2MM,DL 2MM,LH FT,AY PLT,IC RA,FMT LT PLT,HYT GLB,HLT DIA,MRT GLD,HRTZ PC
Posts: 2,229
For people who have just bought lots of miles, but don't know what to do with them, perhaps these are a couple of ideas:
For people in the US, it's worth taking a flight out to the birthplace of the first female flight attendant. For us Europeans, a trip to the largest German beer festival is also a nice weekend away (though search for one of the less well known airports in the city to fly into).
For people in the US, it's worth taking a flight out to the birthplace of the first female flight attendant. For us Europeans, a trip to the largest German beer festival is also a nice weekend away (though search for one of the less well known airports in the city to fly into).
Cresco, Iowa and Munich, Germany?