Please report your successful redemptions using Diamond Club miles (2008)
Jan 5, 2008, 2:24 am
#32
Join Date: Sep 2005
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You will have access to UA international F lounge on arrival at LAX on LH F (I have done this before). You might have problems if you connect onto US though, which uses a different terminal at LAX.
You will have access to lounge at LAS if you are immediately connecting onto an international l/h in a premium cabin.
You will have access to lounge at LAS if you are immediately connecting onto an international l/h in a premium cabin.
Jan 5, 2008, 6:38 am
#34
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 415
You will have access to UA international F lounge on arrival at LAX on LH F (I have done this before). You might have problems if you connect onto US though, which uses a different terminal at LAX.
You will have access to lounge at LAS if you are immediately connecting onto an international l/h in a premium cabin.
You will have access to lounge at LAS if you are immediately connecting onto an international l/h in a premium cabin.
Jan 5, 2008, 6:45 am
#35
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, England
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 3,772
Remember that there is now a US Airways club at LAX T1 which I think you would be able to access with your int'l ticket (if you can get into the UA lounge it should be no different for US). LH are in the TBIT, so it is the same distance for connections to US at T1 as it is to UA at T7 and you get to fly in F all the way. Not sure if the 'luxury' of the UA F lounge is worth flying TED in the back even for a short flight.
Jan 5, 2008, 10:00 am
#36
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,137
2 pax, 1 way, end Jan 2008:
TG F LHR-BKK
TG J BKK-CMB
40000 miles + £270 + £152 tax each
(Wanted to route BKK-SIN-CMB but SWMBO said no..... )
TG F LHR-BKK
TG J BKK-CMB
40000 miles + £270 + £152 tax each
(Wanted to route BKK-SIN-CMB but SWMBO said no..... )
Jan 8, 2008, 8:31 am
#37
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
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IAH-FRA-OSL (LH F/C)
FRA-IAH (LH F)
Open-Jaw, 50,000 mi. + approx. 440 GBP Cash/Tax
FRA-IAH (LH F)
Open-Jaw, 50,000 mi. + approx. 440 GBP Cash/Tax
Jan 8, 2008, 8:52 am
#38
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Posts: 1,954
Booked with just over a week until travel.
MAN-FRA LH (C)
FRA-JFK LH (F)
JFK-ZRH LX (F)
ZRH-MAN LX (C)
SQ F was available outbound FRA-JFK but flight times just don't fit in with what I need unfortunately. No SQ available for return as yet and if it opens up I'm having it
outbound
25k + £140 cash + £198.68 'taxes & fees'
Return
25k + £140 cash + £71.90 taxes & fees
Total
50k + £550.58.
MAN-FRA LH (C)
FRA-JFK LH (F)
JFK-ZRH LX (F)
ZRH-MAN LX (C)
SQ F was available outbound FRA-JFK but flight times just don't fit in with what I need unfortunately. No SQ available for return as yet and if it opens up I'm having it
outbound
25k + £140 cash + £198.68 'taxes & fees'
Return
25k + £140 cash + £71.90 taxes & fees
Total
50k + £550.58.
Jan 8, 2008, 11:42 am
#39
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: UK
Programs: DC silver
Posts: 71
July 08
BHD – LHR – HKG – AKL on BMI and Air New Zealand
Miles+cash business o/w Z1/Z9 37500miles plus £255.00 and taxes £113.30 =£368.30
Aug 08
Air New Zealand and BMI
AKL – HKG – LHR – BHD
Miles+cash business o/w Z9/Z1 37500miles plus £255.00 and taxes £30.70 = £285.70
BHD – LHR – HKG – AKL on BMI and Air New Zealand
Miles+cash business o/w Z1/Z9 37500miles plus £255.00 and taxes £113.30 =£368.30
Aug 08
Air New Zealand and BMI
AKL – HKG – LHR – BHD
Miles+cash business o/w Z9/Z1 37500miles plus £255.00 and taxes £30.70 = £285.70
Jan 8, 2008, 12:49 pm
#40
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SAN
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Posts: 4,382
This seems to confirm my previous experience (which could have been a glitch) that Air New Zealand redemption tickets do not have the NZ fuel surcharge as payable on revenue tickets
Jan 8, 2008, 1:40 pm
#41
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DUB / DXB
Programs: EK Gold, BA Gold
Posts: 2,471
Possibly could have saved a little more actually as DUB has lower departure fees than BHD i believe
You can still fly back into BHD on the return as it would not be liable for APD tax
Jan 8, 2008, 2:31 pm
#42
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Posts: 1,954
You could have saved £80 of these taxes if you'd done the outbound as DUB-LHR-HKG-AKL, as this would avoid the APD.
Possibly could have saved a little more actually as DUB has lower departure fees than BHD i believe
You can still fly back into BHD on the return as it would not be liable for APD tax
Possibly could have saved a little more actually as DUB has lower departure fees than BHD i believe
You can still fly back into BHD on the return as it would not be liable for APD tax
If you get delayed on that first leg to DUB you really are knackered.
You still have to pay for that first leg to DUB.
It takes you longer too, time is money in my book
I really don't think it's worth it myself.
Jan 8, 2008, 2:43 pm
#43
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Arrecife
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Posts: 2,441
Is this really worth it for the sake of a poxy 80 quid?
If you get delayed on that first leg to DUB you really are knackered.
You still have to pay for that first leg to DUB.
It takes you longer too, time is money in my book
I really don't think it's worth it myself.
If you get delayed on that first leg to DUB you really are knackered.
You still have to pay for that first leg to DUB.
It takes you longer too, time is money in my book
I really don't think it's worth it myself.
Jan 8, 2008, 2:55 pm
#44
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Posts: 1,954
Jan 8, 2008, 2:57 pm
#45
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