Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best Program in Star
Jan 4, 2013, 6:18 pm
#1471
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YVR, KUL
Programs: AC, MH, BA, AF-KL
Posts: 2,904
With Aeroplan, I have had success getting agents to direct-book them... but with LifeMiles... you might have to start by explaining that SFO is not in Africa, and NRT is actually a city, and that there is service between the two, before you even get to asking about direct booking or anything of the sort (and you might need to explain "direct"... and "booking"...) 
Jan 4, 2013, 6:33 pm
#1472
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: Flying: VA; Buying: AA, AS, AV, BA, UA!
Posts: 2,349
Guess I'll leave YVR at 6am then. Grrrr.
Jan 4, 2013, 11:35 pm
#1474
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Melbourne/Bangkok
Programs: A3*G, QF PLATINUM, BA GOLD, VA GOLD, HH DIAMOND
Posts: 2,245
Jan 5, 2013, 8:43 pm
#1476
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,924
Only if it's the Inspiration of Japan layout. If it's the old recliner seat... despite loving the soft product of NH more, I think I'd go with AC just because the pods are very sleepable.
Jan 5, 2013, 10:33 pm
#1477
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
which planes have the old layout? AFAIK it's only the LAX-HND route, the JFK-NRT new double daily (have they swapped yet)?, and the new ORD-NRT daily? I thought most of the TPAC's have the inspiration seats.
Jan 5, 2013, 11:54 pm
#1478
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: YOW/YUL/YYZ
Posts: 270
I believe on the ANA tool, if the plane is "77W" its the new , if its just "777" then its the older angled slopers (LAX-HND, for example)
Jan 6, 2013, 6:23 am
#1479
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 5,439
Herringbone is icky 
Staggered is my favourite, followed by conventional lie flats.
Staggered is my favourite, followed by conventional lie flats.
Jan 6, 2013, 6:45 am
#1480
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,924
TBH I think most TPACs do have it as you say - but I've not checked in a few months, so worth confirming!
Jan 7, 2013, 12:28 am
#1482
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,187
BTW just an FYI re: SFO
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo...-delays-at-sfo
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo...-delays-at-sfo
Jan 13, 2013, 2:08 pm
#1483
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: United States
Posts: 131
This sounds ridiculous, but can you earn miles with a cash+points redemption, since it's not a straight-up award redemption?
Jan 13, 2013, 3:16 pm
#1485
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
Normally not from flights on such tickets. There may be some exceptions -- some of which can be the result of irregular operations/misconnections -- but nothing generally reliable from flights on Lifemile tickets using miles-only or miles+cash for the fare.