Redemption Help: The DC redemption "Is this Route Allowed ?" Master Thread
Apr 4, 2010, 11:36 pm
#91
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Marylebone
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Is the following allowed?
MUC-LCY
LHR-LAX (following day, under 24h stop in London)
I ask because I'm not sure if the folks in Pune will allow me flying into one London airport and out of another.
Also, is this one allowed?
MUC-IST-ORD
MUC-LCY
LHR-LAX (following day, under 24h stop in London)
I ask because I'm not sure if the folks in Pune will allow me flying into one London airport and out of another.
Also, is this one allowed?
MUC-IST-ORD
Apr 5, 2010, 1:40 am
#92
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: London
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I think the ICC will say no to MUC-IST-ORD. There are previous reports of them saying no to other Western Europe-IST-USA redemptions. Its neither the most direct route nor the only available route. If it's a flat bed that you are after, don't forget that UA now operate the 767 with new C (and new F) which is a proper flat bed product, on a number of LHR-ORD flights.
Apr 5, 2010, 1:42 am
#93
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Thanks for the reply.
The first option is preferred because I can visit a friend who lives quite close to LCY airport, and then the following morning head off to LHR to fly back to America.
However, when I called the ICC just now, they quoted me taxes & fees of 290.20 which included a 90.00 GB tax. I believe that is the UK APD, which I understood was not applicable since my stay in the UK was <24h. The agent wouldn't budge on it, even after placing my call on hold twice.
ETA: Called back and got a lovely female agent who got the whole thing booked in under 5 minutes for 200.90 plus 4.50 cc fee. What a lovely Monday it is!
The first option is preferred because I can visit a friend who lives quite close to LCY airport, and then the following morning head off to LHR to fly back to America.
However, when I called the ICC just now, they quoted me taxes & fees of 290.20 which included a 90.00 GB tax. I believe that is the UK APD, which I understood was not applicable since my stay in the UK was <24h. The agent wouldn't budge on it, even after placing my call on hold twice.
ETA: Called back and got a lovely female agent who got the whole thing booked in under 5 minutes for 200.90 plus 4.50 cc fee. What a lovely Monday it is!
Last edited by SEAUAKID; Apr 5, 2010 at 2:40 am
Apr 5, 2010, 9:26 pm
#94
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Hi
I am not sure if there is any way to get from the west coast Australia to the east coast. Is it permitted to go PER - SIN - SYD and if so if it is permitted to have a stop over in SIN.
I am not sure if there is any way to get from the west coast Australia to the east coast. Is it permitted to go PER - SIN - SYD and if so if it is permitted to have a stop over in SIN.
Apr 6, 2010, 4:00 am
#95
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Apr 6, 2010, 4:14 am
#96
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Neither the Star Alliance timetable, nor ANA, give any valid routings for PER-SYD, so your assumption has to be that you cannot redeem on this route without booking it as 2 separate itins via SIN or AKL.
Apr 11, 2010, 5:42 am
#98
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Thats a tricky one as its the most direct. You could try pushing it via IST I guess. Find days when the flight via CAI is not available then they are normally ok about giving you a slightly off routing.
Apr 12, 2010, 10:10 am
#102
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I will book KTM-ARN within the next couple of months. I will have a stopover in Thailand on the way which is ok but is this ok? KTM-BKK-HKT-BKK-ZRH-ARN. The stopover in HKT instead of BKK. I know that I cant have a stopover in both BKK and HKT but will KTM-BKK OPEN JAW HKT-BKK-ZRH-ARN also be ok?
Apr 12, 2010, 12:01 pm
#103
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I will book KTM-ARN within the next couple of months. I will have a stopover in Thailand on the way which is ok but is this ok? KTM-BKK-HKT-BKK-ZRH-ARN. The stopover in HKT instead of BKK. I know that I cant have a stopover in both BKK and HKT but will KTM-BKK OPEN JAW HKT-BKK-ZRH-ARN also be ok?
It better to do a stop over in BKK and buy a r/t to HKT on one of the LCC's