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Oct 13, 2011 | 11:14 am

#2221

ErasmusEBS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IMH

If you have sufficient flexibility there's every chance of something being available nearer the time -- but no guarantees, of course.

Thanks, appreciated, in the end I went for different itinerary, it is for my gf and she decided to skip HKG and go directly ICN-IST-DUB instead.

Oct 18, 2011 | 4:54 am

#2222

Stewie Mac

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funniness on flybmi.com for LHR-DME

Morning,

trying to book LHR-DME return on flybmi.com (a C&M J rtn will forever be an 'Economist' to me

) and finding some oddities...

Once I select my departure and return points, I get the month calendar, which shows every single date in November as being available in both cabins. However when I choose my dates and hit continue I get logged back out again.

ANA is showing no availability for my return date, and a quick call to the ICC confirms this.

a) is this a simple website problem where the availability calendar is fubar, and selecting an unavailable date causes the site to log me out, or
b) is the booking system as a whole fubar, and so leaving it for a while might mean that DME-LHR becomes available?

EDIT - return date I'm looking for is Nov 3 if anyone could check on KVS...

Separate point - I will be coming back into LHR w BD, either award or revenue, and connecting to a separate BA flight (don't ask, don't ask). If the BD flight is very late (>90 minutes) and I miss the BA flight, will BD help at all in getting me to TXL or am I sol? [I know they have no formal requirement to, but wondering if they'd open up a cheap rev ticket or something]

tia

Last edited by Stewie Mac; Oct 18, 2011 at 6:00 am Reason: to add specific date

Oct 18, 2011 | 6:53 am

#2223

Oxon Flyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewie Mac

a) is this a simple website problem where the availability calendar is fubar, and selecting an unavailable date causes the site to log me out,

Yes, if you pick some dates on which ANA shows availability, it works OK. Were you referring to the website, or this problem, as 'simple' ?

Oct 18, 2011 | 6:57 am

#2224

Stewie Mac

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Oxon Flyer

Were you referring to the website, or this problem, as 'simple' ?

erm - both

Thanks Oxon, will go ahead and book a revenue return then.

Oct 18, 2011 | 10:51 am

#2225

KVS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewie Mac

EDIT - return date I'm looking for is Nov 3 if anyone could check on KVS...

There is no Award Availability on the BD flights:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.5.1/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA-SP1]

Code:

MOW  Moscow Metro RU = SVO DME VKO BKA
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY QQS QQW ZLS ZEP
THU  03 Nov 2011 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
BD         896     DME   07:20     LHR   07:40     321  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
BD         894     DME   19:10     LHR   19:40     321  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
SK         735     SVO   16:45     CPH   16:25     319  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
 -> SK     1507    CPH   18:15     LHR   19:15     321  0   FS/  CS+  YS+
SK         735     SVO   16:45     CPH   16:25     319  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
 -> SK     1501    CPH   20:10     LHR   21:10     319  0   FS/  CS+  YS+
LH         2995    DME   16:40     TXL   16:40     733  0   FS/  CS-  YS+
 -> BD     846     TXL   17:45     LHR   18:45     319  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
LH         2991    DME   14:40     DUS   15:15     735  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
 -> LH     3384    DUS   16:25     LHR   16:50     733  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
LH         2991    DME   14:40     DUS   15:15     735  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
 -> LH     3386    DUS   18:15     LHR   18:40     733  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
LH         2993    DME   21:15     DUS   21:50     735  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
 -> LH     3380    DUS   07:00 +1  LHR   07:25 +1  320  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
SN         2836    DME   18:15     BRU   19:05     319  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
 -> SN     2103    BRU   21:20     LHR   21:35     319  0   FS/  CS+  YS-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewie Mac

I will be coming back into LHR w BD, either award or revenue, and connecting to a separate BA flight (don't ask, don't ask). If the BD flight is very late (>90 minutes) and I miss the BA flight, will BD help at all in getting me to TXL or am I sol? [I know they have no formal requirement to, but wondering if they'd open up a cheap rev ticket or something]

BD's help would be limited to asking BA to re-route you.

Oct 20, 2011 | 12:11 am

#2226

Guy Betsy

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Can someone please check...?

I mislaid my ANA number and now can't access the site...

Can someone then please assist in looking for space...

DPS-SIN on 11 or 12 Dec, preferbly J but will take Y if necessary
SIN-HKG on 14 Dec (SQ only please)

Thank you!

Oct 20, 2011 | 4:48 am

#2227

CheeseToastie

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[KVS Availability Tool 6.5.1/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA-SP1]

Code:

DPS  Bali Denpasar Ngurah Rai Intl ID [WADD]
SIN  Singapore Changi SG [WSSS]
SUN  11 Dec 2011 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
SQ         941     DPS   09:15     SIN   11:50     772  0   FS/  CS+  YS+
SQ         943     DPS   13:00     SIN   15:35     772  0   FS/  CS-  YS-
SQ         947     DPS   20:05     SIN   22:40     772  0   FS/  CS-  YS-

[KVS Availability Tool 6.5.1/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA-SP1]

Code:

DPS  Bali Denpasar Ngurah Rai Intl ID [WADD]
SIN  Singapore Changi SG [WSSS]
MON  12 Dec 2011 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
SQ         941     DPS   09:15     SIN   11:50     772  0   FS/  CS+  YS-
SQ         943     DPS   13:00     SIN   15:35     772  0   FS/  CS+  YS+
SQ         947     DPS   20:05     SIN   22:40     772  0   FS/  CS+  YS-

[KVS Availability Tool 6.5.1/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA-SP1]

Code:

SIN  Singapore Changi SG [WSSS]
HKG  Hong Kong Intl HK [VHHH]
WED  14 Dec 2011 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
SQ         890     SIN   07:35     HKG   11:20     772  0   FS/  CS+  YS+
SQ         860     SIN   08:30     HKG   12:15     772  0   FS/  CS+  YS+
SQ         856     SIN   09:30     HKG   13:30     388  0   FS/  CS~  YS+
SQ         866     SIN   13:30     HKG   17:15     77W  0   FS/  CS~  YS+
SQ         872     SIN   15:05     HKG   18:50     772  0   FS/  CS-  YS+
SQ         2       SIN   17:50     HKG   21:35     77W  0   FS/  CS~  YS+
SQ         870     SIN   19:00     HKG   22:45     772  0   FS/  CS-  YS+

Oct 25, 2011 | 8:57 am

#2228

doctor_j

Join Date: Sep 2008

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Redemption help - LON-PER rtn over xmas

Long time flyer, first time DC redemption, so would appreciate the expertise of those on here... I'm looking for a return business fare from LON to PER in Dec. I'm pretty flexible with dates (as long as I'm in PER for xmas), but would prefer to return to LON some time between 27 Dec and 8 Jan and be away for around 3 weeks. Can anyone please help?

Oct 25, 2011 | 9:47 pm

#2229

energydj

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What is the Business Award code for Air NZ on expert flyer? Looking for LHR-LAX in March.

Oct 26, 2011 | 1:07 am

#2230

Oxon Flyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by energydj

What is the Business Award code for Air NZ on expert flyer? Looking for LHR-LAX in March.

"Awards and Upgrades"
Airline = "Air New Zealand - NZ"
Class = "Business - Awards using Airpoints & Comp upgrades for Golds (I)"

Oct 26, 2011 | 11:04 am

#2231

YorkieFlyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by doctor_j

I think you will really struggle to find any availability in J for OZ at this very late stage. Might I suggest that you check the route finder on Staralliance.com and include searches for routes between likely intermediate points. You could then try ANA,Continental and Aeroplan for availability. You might find availability to or via otherwise unlikely routings e.g. there is often availability to BKK via DME when everything else has gone. It is unlikely that there will be any/many? J seats released for the dates you want at a late stage as they can generally be sold for big bucks! If you could find a flight to Asia you might want to consider a LCC flight to Perth on such as Air Asia. The one possible return date might be 31 December, not a popular date to fly on. Hope this is of some help.

Oct 27, 2011 | 3:41 am

#2232

doctor_j

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Quote:

Originally Posted by YorkieFlyer

I think you will really struggle to find any availability in J for OZ at this very late stage. Might I suggest that you check the route finder on Staralliance.com

Thanks! These are all really helpful suggestions. It seems I can find availability in J in/out of LON, but struggle for the segments in/out of PER (thoughm there is availability in Y). Unless I get lucky somehow, I might do what you suggest and combine seperate tickets.

Oct 27, 2011 | 8:29 pm

#2233

energydj

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I got C to EWR in July with CO, but for the life of me I cant remember what time frame I got the flight. From experience, when does DUB-EWR with CO redemption flights open up?

Cheers

Oct 28, 2011 | 6:11 am

#2234

belfordrocks

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Quote:

Originally Posted by energydj

What is the Business Award code for Air NZ on expert flyer? Looking for LHR-LAX in March.

For Air NZ, use the Continental tool instead- it shows a month-long search instead of week-long. Check the "non stop flights" only box and search segment-by-segment.

Oct 28, 2011 | 11:07 am

#2235

energydj

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Quote:

Originally Posted by belfordrocks

For Air NZ, use the Continental tool instead- it shows a month-long search instead of week-long. Check the "non stop flights" only box and search segment-by-segment.

Using which search tool?