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Tiger_lily Oct 20, 2009 9:47 am


Originally Posted by peter456 (Post 12676114)
I've been trying to book BKK-LHR on TG910 on either the 31 Oct or 2 Nov in F. The ANA tool shows availability but all the agents that I've spoken with (male) have said that the flights are showing as being available but when they try to book they are waitlisted. TG910 on the 31 Oct has displayed availability in F for at least 1 week.

TG has this really annoying habit of showing award availability when they have seats blocked or are fully booked in F or J. You might be better off looking at alternatives like LX (you need to sign up for the 5 day free trial of ExpertFlyer), or even OZ from Sydney via ICN. You can also try TG via FRA or ZRH.

denCSA Oct 20, 2009 10:46 am


Originally Posted by peter456 (Post 12676114)
Trying to repatriate myself from Brisbane to Glasgow in either First or Business to arrive between the 31 October and the 2 November.

Options are not great to put it mildly, according to the ANA tool. Singapore Airlines shenanigans being one of, if not the major, culprit!

BNE to BKK is not a problem, but I've been trying to book BKK-LHR on TG910 on either the 31 Oct or 2 Nov in F. The ANA tool shows availability but all the agents that I've spoken with (male) have said that the flights are showing as being available but when they try to book they are waitlisted. TG910 on the 31 Oct has displayed availability in F for at least 1 week.

On the Thai Airlines website it does not show any availbility in F for the 31 Oct but it does show availability on the 2 Nov in F. I know this will not be directly related to DC redemptions.....

Will it be worth me pesterering the ICC any longer or should I be looking for an alternate routing?

Any help or advice from any old hands would be greatly appreciated.

I see this on 1NOV:

Code:

4  TG 474  I2 X4                /BNE I BKK    1420    2030  E0/772         
    TG 910  O1 I0 X0            /BKK  LHR 3  0015+1  0620+1E0/744         
    BD 004  I7 X0                /LHR 1 GLA M  1015+1  1145+1E0/319      31:25

I do not see F avail on 2NOV, but J-class is avail:

Code:

4  TG 474  I2 X4                /BNE I BKK    1420    2030  E0/772         
    TG 910  O0 I2 X4            /BKK  LHR 3  0015+1  0620+1E0/744         
    BD 004  I2 X0                /LHR 1 GLA M  1015+1  1145+1E0/319      31:25


Symposium Oct 21, 2009 5:02 pm

LHR to NAN
 
Thanks for people's help with my LHR to NAN question. Basically, I'm looking to book a honeymoon, with the destination being kept secret from my fiancée until the wedding day. I'm a traditionalist!

Anyway, I've upped my destination miles to 120k by buying some, but that's still not enough to do a miles & cash for business class from LHR to NAN. I've registered a DC account for my fiancee to get her the 5k sign-up miles (which were posted immediately!). If I buy some miles for her account too to take her up to 29k, I'm in spitting distance of having the 75k miles each that are req'd.

So... a couple of questions:
  1. Can I ask the ICC to pool the two sets of miles together in order to get tickets that are for the both of us? i.e. use 75k of my miles for me and 46k of my miles and her 29k miles for her.
  2. Checking staralliance.com for routes from LHR to NAN, one appealing route it suggests is LHR-SIN with SQ, then SIN-AKL-NAN with NZ. Can I do that as one redemption, or does a redemption all have to be on the same carrier?

Many thanks!

peter456 Oct 21, 2009 6:22 pm


Originally Posted by denCSA (Post 12677385)
I see this on 1NOV:

Code:

4  TG 474  I2 X4                /BNE I BKK    1420    2030  E0/772         
    TG 910  O1 I0 X0            /BKK  LHR 3  0015+1  0620+1E0/744         
    BD 004  I7 X0                /LHR 1 GLA M  1015+1  1145+1E0/319      31:25

I do not see F avail on 2NOV, but J-class is avail:

Code:

4  TG 474  I2 X4                /BNE I BKK    1420    2030  E0/772         
    TG 910  O0 I2 X4            /BKK  LHR 3  0015+1  0620+1E0/744         
    BD 004  I2 X0                /LHR 1 GLA M  1015+1  1145+1E0/319      31:25



Thanks for your input Tiger_lily and denCSA.

What happened next is documented under the " ICC shenanigans" thread!

surturminn Oct 26, 2009 1:17 pm

ZRH-MIA
 
Looking for help from anybodt with EF - 4 business seats zrh-mia on 26/27Jun :cool:

Much appreciated......^

Corpt Oct 26, 2009 1:22 pm

26 June: 2xF only

27 June: 2xF and 7xJ ^

surturminn Oct 26, 2009 1:25 pm

Thanks Corpt - great service on the BD forum as always^^

Oxon Flyer Oct 26, 2009 2:29 pm


Originally Posted by surturminn (Post 12712164)
great service on the BD forum as always^^

Of course. :)

And today, we also offer a free transfer service to the "Help Checking Availability for....." thread. :p

red duster Oct 26, 2009 3:12 pm

Redemtion Help & ?? - Any UK -LAS
 
Redemtion Help & ?? - Any UK -LAS

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Hi,

I have 130,000 DC Miles and would like to know if i can use them for our (2 pax)annual trip to Vegas. I am happy to fly from any UK airport.

Do i have enough miles to get 2 MPM Business Fares or when doing redemtions does it have to be miles only?

Dates i am thinking about are 25th July-3rd August.

And lastly how and who do i phone if this is possible.

Thanks in advance.

LeifurEriksson Oct 26, 2009 3:56 pm

Depending on what option you go for you have either enough or almost enough miles.

Business Class Zone 1 to Zone 3 requires 135,000 miles (45,000 * 1,5 * 2) for the two of you while Business Class Miles & Cash would come at 75,000 (25,000 * 1,5 * 2) plus 420 GBP (140 * 1,5 * 2).

Details here: http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/diam...e-flights.aspx

Of course you can buy the missing 5,000 miles if you want to go miles only (which would be cheaper money wise).

caz312 Oct 26, 2009 4:06 pm


Originally Posted by red duster (Post 12712860)
Redemtion Help & ?? - Any UK -LAS

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And lastly how and who do i phone if this is possible.

Thanks in advance.


Don't just phone - you are likely to be told there is no availability even if there is. Read the Sticky at the top and sign up for ANA then call the ICC once you have confirmed what seats are available. There is nothing in business showing available currently so you may have to use staralliance.com and hunt for routing options then check them in ANA

bmi goldenboy Oct 26, 2009 5:40 pm


Originally Posted by red duster (Post 12712860)
Redemtion Help & ?? - Any UK -LAS

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Hi,

I have 130,000 DC Miles and would like to know if i can use them for our (2 pax)annual trip to Vegas. I am happy to fly from any UK airport.

Do i have enough miles to get 2 MPM Business Fares or when doing redemtions does it have to be miles only?

Dates i am thinking about are 25th July-3rd August.

And lastly how and who do i phone if this is possible.

Thanks in advance.

Hi, welcome to the wonderful world of DC redemptions :)

Try your best to snag 2 x C on NZ LHR to LAX then a connecting flight to LAS in F on UA or US (not sure about CO routing yet).

A connecting domestic flight to LHR then the NZ flight then the segment to LAS will cost you 18,750 miles in C each way per pax miles & cash of roughly £600 each round trip for the best flights available for the miles and cash.

Book as 2 x one way to give flexibility in changes. Total miles used = 75,000 for both of you i.e. 18750 x 4.

Another option is to get a flight to Zurich then LX F to LAX, experience the F lounge and great service of swiss. More miles but worth it for a special treat.

Definately read the stickies before you do anything else, lots of tips and experience, its worth spending a night researching ^

st*rgold Oct 28, 2009 9:25 pm

Lx f 2 bkk
 
hi

i would appreciate if somebody could check availability of the following please:-

LX F
ZRH-BKK
JAN 17, 18, or 19
1 seat

thanks in advance.

NoY Oct 29, 2009 12:36 am


Originally Posted by st*rgold (Post 12728824)
hi

i would appreciate if somebody could check availability of the following please:-

LX F
ZRH-BKK
JAN 17, 18, or 19
1 seat

thanks in advance.

Sorry, zero availability on all days. This is a route with very limited availability on Swiss.

st*rgold Oct 29, 2009 1:58 am

okay, thanks...

how about LX F ZRH-HKG, same dates?


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