Thanks again...

You are wrong, I am not dreaming up routes to maximize C/F time, I actually have to be in those places. I am ok to redeem them as separate awards, but was just making sure that I am not wasting miles by redeeming separate awards where a single award would suffice. And what better place to ask than FT ;)

Fair enough, that would make you the exception rather than the rule on this thread! Another useful resource to check the potential legitimacy of a routing is the Star Alliance website. Though not definitive, it is a useful way of checking what might be a permitted routing and what probably won't be.

Is this allowed
 

Hi All,
Long time reader, first time poster here. I have a number of BD miles to burn before they get swallowed up by LH and want to use them as part of my honeymoon next year.

So, can anyone tell me if this route is do-able please?
LHR-SIN /-BKI-ICN-LHR

It has to be an open jaw SIN/-BKI as no *A carriers, I've found a cheap flight on Jetstar.

My other option is
LHR-SIN /-BKI-x/ICN-NRT-LHR

A very slight backtrack for the NRT stop, but aeroplan seems to allow it, would the guys at the ICC allow it?

The reason I'm asking is that both ICN and NRT are in Z8 and SIN/BKI are in Z7.

Thanks for your replies!

I have only ever booked an award flight once before with BD miles and it was a very simple edinburgh - Zurich - Boston route. I am going to try something a bit more ambitious next time but thought I would run it past the experts before attempting it with the ICC. The plan is to go GLA-LHR-FRA-BKK-SGN usinf cash and miles. Flight Nexus (an excellent tool) shows availability but is it allowed and would a stopover in BKK be allowed?

I have calculated the cost in miles for cash and miles for two of us in F to be 40000 X 2.5 X2 = 200000 miles - is that right?

Hello again, and sorry again for aksing for a route but I am trying and trying .. to found the perfect route for less miles ;)

Do you thing it is possible to book this route as a One way Z8-Z8 Award

SHA - CTU
CTU - SYX STOP
SYX - PEK

I am asking because there are plenty direct flights from shanghai to peking
and the route is very "exotic":p

Valid Routing?
 

Outbound: MAN-FRA-ORD-DAY

Return: DAY-ORD-Surface-LAX-FRA-MAN

It's the surface sector that I'm not sure about.

I can't really imagine that return being allowed -- even without the surface sector, there's no good reason to let you route via LAX to get from ORD to MAN (adding over 2,200 miles).

What you can do, of course, is just book two one-ways MAN-xxx-ORD-DAY and LAX-xxx-MAN.

ICC is much stingier than before regarding routings, so I guess you have hard time to get it as one-way award.

Award booking HKG-LHR - is this routing possible?
 

Hi,

I'm flying from HKG to LHR in the new year and due to limited availability I've booked myself on HKG - BKK - FRA - LHR with a stop over in BKK. I really wanted to go to SIN but there was no availability. Is it possible to change my award booking now to HKG - BKK - SIN - BKK - FRA - LHR with the stopover being in SIN and not in BKK? There seems to be flights on TG to SIN from BKK but as it's not neccessarily 'on the way' I wondered whether I would be allowed to do this?

If so, would I be charged a change fee since I'm adding a leg rather than changing my existing ones.

Clearly, I could use airmiles to book just a separate flight or buy a ticket which is an option, but if I could get it covered by airmiles then it would be great :)

Thanks in advance

Jon

Yes - so concerned with trying to get my ORD-DAY-ORD included, that I forgot the whacking backtrack.

No chance. You have to pick a direct routing so how would a BKK-SIN-BKK-FRA be considered direct. I don't think anyone has pulled that off even in the good old times.

Is it valid route FRA-ICN-TPE?

Should be ok... of course there is one simple way to find out, just call and book it, thats what I always do!

Oh, yes.
In case FRA-ICN is fully booked, you can also consider FRA-BKK-TPE with TG
or FRA-SIN-TPE with SQ.
FRA-NRT-TPE with LH(a380) and NH or UA would be fine, too.

or FRA-PEK-TPE (There are direct flights between PRC and ROC nowadays)