Jan 1, 2014, 5:17 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
NOTE: This thread has been superseded by the thread entitled LM F and J routes (and the occasional trick-it) Rebooted v2.0. Please follow the discussion there.
Region definitions
C1 North America
C1.5 Caribbean, Bermuda
C2 Europe
C2.5 Middle East
C3 Asia
C4 South America
C5 Africa
C6 Oceania
2X, 3X: in the context of this LifeMiles thread, 2X and 3X refer to any 2nd and 3rd legs of a one-way award ticket.
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Beware of Cabotage: LifeMiles has been known to issue tickets that constitute Cabotage, and at least one instance of denied boarding has been reported, stranding the passenger. An easily-seen example is travel on Copa from LAX to SJU (via PTY).
Region definitions
C1 North America
C1.5 Caribbean, Bermuda
C2 Europe
C2.5 Middle East
C3 Asia
C4 South America
C5 Africa
C6 Oceania
2X, 3X: in the context of this LifeMiles thread, 2X and 3X refer to any 2nd and 3rd legs of a one-way award ticket.
LifeMiles' Star Alliance Award Chart
Cash & Miles redemptions: buying the max (60%) isn't always the best deal (unless you're purchasing all miles right there). Check here for the best CPM.
Beware of Cabotage: LifeMiles has been known to issue tickets that constitute Cabotage, and at least one instance of denied boarding has been reported, stranding the passenger. An easily-seen example is travel on Copa from LAX to SJU (via PTY).
LM F and J routes (and the occasional trick-it)
Mar 16, 2014, 3:53 pm
#1591
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BTS
Posts: 611
If both airports are operated by AV/TA even specifying the preferred airline the system forces AV/TA flights.
Last edited by scibuff; Mar 16, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Mar 17, 2014, 2:14 am
#1592
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
For instance I've seen MAD (and BCN) to some far away destination, which when tied to UA forced IAD as a transfer airport in C1. And AV/TA changed the direct flight MAD-IAD (and even the combination BCN-EWR-IAD) into a combination of their flights, even though the final destination airport is not served by AV/TA.
Seems their algorithm is fetching the route served by *A, looking for replacement possibilities inside.
I've found this only happens if the origin is served by them, so if you start somewhere else, it won't happen.
If someone finds this to happen also if ONLY the destination is served by AV/TA please let me know.
Mar 17, 2014, 7:17 am
#1593
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BTS
Posts: 611
Nope, sometimes it's enough if one of the airports is served by AV/TA, and a routing can be constructed...
For instance I've seen MAD (and BCN) to some far away destination, which when tied to UA forced IAD as a transfer airport in C1. And AV/TA changed the direct flight MAD-IAD (and even the combination BCN-EWR-IAD) into a combination of their flights, even though the final destination airport is not served by AV/TA.
Seems their algorithm is fetching the route served by *A, looking for replacement possibilities inside.
I've found this only happens if the origin is served by them, so if you start somewhere else, it won't happen.
If someone finds this to happen also if ONLY the destination is served by AV/TA please let me know.
For instance I've seen MAD (and BCN) to some far away destination, which when tied to UA forced IAD as a transfer airport in C1. And AV/TA changed the direct flight MAD-IAD (and even the combination BCN-EWR-IAD) into a combination of their flights, even though the final destination airport is not served by AV/TA.
Seems their algorithm is fetching the route served by *A, looking for replacement possibilities inside.
I've found this only happens if the origin is served by them, so if you start somewhere else, it won't happen.
If someone finds this to happen also if ONLY the destination is served by AV/TA please let me know.
Mar 17, 2014, 7:38 am
#1594
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Mar 21, 2014, 1:37 pm
#1595
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BTS
Posts: 611
Here is a possible workaround for the annoying captcha, apart from creating multiple accounts
(1) make enough search requests in a single session to get a captcha
(2) once the captcha overlay appears click on "close", open a new tab in the same browser, go to lifemiles and logout
(3) go back to the tab with your search form and run the search ...
Doing this should also prevent the capcha to appear in the first place as there will be no active session in which the system could count the searches
(1) make enough search requests in a single session to get a captcha
(2) once the captcha overlay appears click on "close", open a new tab in the same browser, go to lifemiles and logout
(3) go back to the tab with your search form and run the search ...
Doing this should also prevent the capcha to appear in the first place as there will be no active session in which the system could count the searches
Last edited by scibuff; Mar 21, 2014 at 1:47 pm
Mar 21, 2014, 3:05 pm
#1596
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Saving from FRA to EZE or GIG is possible. Just saying....
In J, by the way.
Not that hard to find, it seems ;-)
In J, by the way.
Not that hard to find, it seems ;-)
Last edited by WolfvanWeen; Mar 21, 2014 at 4:08 pm Reason: corrected
Thanks for the inspiration!
Mar 21, 2014, 4:09 pm
#1598
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Mar 23, 2014, 7:21 pm
#1600
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: TLV
Posts: 522
Here is a possible workaround for the annoying captcha, apart from creating multiple accounts
(1) make enough search requests in a single session to get a captcha
(2) once the captcha overlay appears click on "close", open a new tab in the same browser, go to lifemiles and logout
(3) go back to the tab with your search form and run the search ...
Doing this should also prevent the capcha to appear in the first place as there will be no active session in which the system could count the searches
(1) make enough search requests in a single session to get a captcha
(2) once the captcha overlay appears click on "close", open a new tab in the same browser, go to lifemiles and logout
(3) go back to the tab with your search form and run the search ...
Doing this should also prevent the capcha to appear in the first place as there will be no active session in which the system could count the searches
Mar 23, 2014, 10:30 pm
#1601
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BTS
Posts: 611
Yes, you'd need to log in at the search page, then open a tab, log out, and you're free to run another search without captchas. I use KeePass so logging in is just a matter of alt+tab & ctrl+v. But yeah, this is especially useful to search weeks throughout the year; not so much to repeat same date search using different airports (to log in and log out after a single search is more work than filling out a simple captcha).
Mar 24, 2014, 4:43 am
#1602
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Switzerland
Programs: A3, M&M, LM, DM
Posts: 17
I had this several times, when forcing a search to LX. The System routed me to BOG and SAL before XXX.
Last edited by SwissTraveller78; Mar 24, 2014 at 7:45 am
Mar 24, 2014, 4:46 am
#1603
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Switzerland
Programs: A3, M&M, LM, DM
Posts: 17
Here is a possible workaround for the annoying captcha, apart from creating multiple accounts
(1) make enough search requests in a single session to get a captcha
(2) once the captcha overlay appears click on "close", open a new tab in the same browser, go to lifemiles and logout
(3) go back to the tab with your search form and run the search ...
Doing this should also prevent the capcha to appear in the first place as there will be no active session in which the system could count the searches
(1) make enough search requests in a single session to get a captcha
(2) once the captcha overlay appears click on "close", open a new tab in the same browser, go to lifemiles and logout
(3) go back to the tab with your search form and run the search ...
Doing this should also prevent the capcha to appear in the first place as there will be no active session in which the system could count the searches
Mar 24, 2014, 2:13 pm
#1604
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: TLV
Posts: 522
Oy vey! LM have changed the website in the last hour or so. The 7-day calendar is now showing only 5 days, and the Previous and Next links are different.
Mar 24, 2014, 2:36 pm
#1605
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
And by the way, only the link text has changed (and of course the parameter that indicates how many days to jump forward), the page structure is as of yet unchanged.