Redemption Help: DC redemption : need help checking availability for....
May 9, 2010, 11:13 am
#1081
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: N.Wales, UK
Posts: 933
Has anyone managed to get around the "highest service class = that charged" rule yet?
Reason i ask is that i'm trying to get from ORD-MAN in J on the 7th July. My preffered way is via PHL, to save on the YQ taxes, charged by european airlines. Problem is there is only 1st class available on the short 2 class flights from ORD-PHL, and the ICC want to charge the whole journey as a 1st redemtion. Is it worth me phoning back the ICC, in the hope of speaking to someone else?
Any help appreciated, else i'm coming back on the AA ORD-MAN direct, in Y!
Reason i ask is that i'm trying to get from ORD-MAN in J on the 7th July. My preffered way is via PHL, to save on the YQ taxes, charged by european airlines. Problem is there is only 1st class available on the short 2 class flights from ORD-PHL, and the ICC want to charge the whole journey as a 1st redemtion. Is it worth me phoning back the ICC, in the hope of speaking to someone else?
Any help appreciated, else i'm coming back on the AA ORD-MAN direct, in Y!
May 9, 2010, 11:23 am
#1082
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Manchester, England
Programs: Bonvoy LT Plat, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, BMI Gold (RIP)
Posts: 8,031
May 10, 2010, 2:14 am
#1084
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 139
help needed with searching for availability
I signed up with ANA to try and check availability for next year - Heathrow to Puerto Rico - flying into San Juan (SIG) - kept changing the dates but all that happened was error messages saying this information is not available on the internet. Have I missed something - for the country area I put US.
All the dates were inside the 330 days...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
All the dates were inside the 330 days...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
May 10, 2010, 3:19 am
#1085
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Leeds UK
Programs: BD, AA, BA, CO Marriott Plat>gold, Hyatt Diamond>Plat,Hilton Gold SPG Gold PC Plat
Posts: 1,093
I signed up with ANA to try and check availability for next year - Heathrow to Puerto Rico - flying into San Juan (SIG) - kept changing the dates but all that happened was error messages saying this information is not available on the internet. Have I missed something - for the country area I put US.
All the dates were inside the 330 days...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
All the dates were inside the 330 days...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
You may need to try SJU as its the main airport in PR also you will need to break up the route city to city. Try this link and work back from SJU to the US then to LHR
http://www.startimetable.com/StarAlliance.pdf
May 10, 2010, 6:57 am
#1087
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Englandshire
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Posts: 16,057
The error message is ANA's way of telling you "SIG is not the right airport code, the Star Alliance don't fly there" 
LHR-SJU is one of those routes where ANA needs a little nudge to come up with the flights, so your first stop should be the Star Alliance timetable, which shows a couple of 1-stop routes via EWR and PHL. Back to ANA, clicking "Select Transit City" and putting in EWR or PHL coaxes the system into life.
There's also a whole pile of 2-stop routes suggested by the Star Alliance timetable, best to research these individually sector-by-sector in ANA.
LHR-SJU is one of those routes where ANA needs a little nudge to come up with the flights, so your first stop should be the Star Alliance timetable, which shows a couple of 1-stop routes via EWR and PHL. Back to ANA, clicking "Select Transit City" and putting in EWR or PHL coaxes the system into life.
There's also a whole pile of 2-stop routes suggested by the Star Alliance timetable, best to research these individually sector-by-sector in ANA.
Last edited by Oxon Flyer; May 10, 2010 at 7:10 am
May 10, 2010, 3:08 pm
#1088
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Dublin
Programs: Aer Lingus, United, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar
Posts: 292
Im nowhere near my KVS for a couple of days. Can anyone see flight to Montreal from anywhere in the UK? Any time in the next couple of months. I know its a bit vague but I was told that AC didnt have much in terms of award seats.
May 10, 2010, 4:36 pm
#1089
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 12,949
:[KVS Availability Tool 5.4.4/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA]
Code:
LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] YUL Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau QC CA [CYUL] MON 07 Jun 2010 | 1 Seat Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------- AC 865 LHR 15:30 YUL 17:50 333 0 FS/ CS+ YS- AC 823 LHR 12:35 YYT 14:35 319 0 FS/ CS- YS- -> AC 631 YYT 18:50 YUL 20:05 E90 0 FS/ CS+ YS+ AC 861 LHR 10:05 YHZ 12:45 763 0 FS/ CS- YS- -> AC 8775 YHZ 15:30 YUL 16:01 CRA 0 FS/ CS+ YS+ AC 861 LHR 10:05 YHZ 12:45 763 0 FS/ CS- YS- -> AC 669 YHZ 17:15 YUL 17:46 320 0 FS/ CS+ YS+ AC 889 LHR 13:00 YOW 15:25 333 0 FS/ CS- YS- -> AC 7768 YOW 16:30 YUL 17:08 CRJ 0 FS/ CS- YS- AC 889 LHR 13:00 YOW 15:25 333 0 FS/ CS- YS- -> AC 8988 YOW 17:30 YUL 18:08 CRA 0 FS/ CS+ YS+ US 729 LHR 12:35 BOS 19:55 CHG 1+ FS/ CS- YS- -> AC 7679 BOS 07:00 +1 YUL 08:09 +1 CRJ 0 FS/ CS- YS-
May 11, 2010, 4:04 pm
#1090
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Dublin
Programs: Aer Lingus, United, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar
Posts: 292
[QUOTE=KVS;13934074]To say that it's "a bit vague" would be an understatement :
Sorry it is a bit vague, my mother is very sick at the moment and not expected to last, and I just got it into my head to go and see where they got married and take some pictures.
:Sorry it is a bit vague, my mother is very sick at the moment and not expected to last, and I just got it into my head to go and see where they got married and take some pictures.
May 11, 2010, 6:07 pm
#1091
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 12,949
Very sorry to hear about your mother's condition -- please feel free to PM for any assistance, or to request an additional Registration Code for a temporary computer that you may wish to use the KVS Tool on in the coming days.
May 25, 2010, 1:39 am
#1092
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: BA - Blue > Bronze > Silver > Bronze > Blue
Posts: 6,812
West Coast US Redemption
Im looking to book my first DC redemption, a business class return (for 2) to either LAX, SFO or LAS in October and have hit a wall availability wise, there seems to be nothing at all, bar going via Geneva and JFK on LX and I don't really fancy the JFK-LAX sector in domestic Y.
Is it usual for there to be no availability 5 months or so out, have I simply just left it too late? Or will things open up closer to the time? Or am I just using ANA/ EF incorrectly?
Is it worth giving the call centre a call to see what they can find, or will that just be a waste of time?
Is it usual for there to be no availability 5 months or so out, have I simply just left it too late? Or will things open up closer to the time? Or am I just using ANA/ EF incorrectly?
Is it worth giving the call centre a call to see what they can find, or will that just be a waste of time?
Last edited by Cap'n Benj; May 25, 2010 at 1:46 am
May 25, 2010, 9:00 am
#1093
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Otley
Programs: BA, IB, DC, Amex PP, Motel 6, Waffle House, Cracker Barrel
Posts: 507
Any creative routings ex-UK to South Florida around Christmas ?
Hi Folks
I'm looking to try for 2 x J - outbound on Dec 17/18 and return on Dec 29/30 (yes, I'm aware that this is around Christmas and New Year and availbility reflects this)
I've checked ANA on the obvious LHR-MAN to MIA/PBI/TPA/MCO direct, and via FRA/MUC/BRU - with and without JFK/EWR/IAD/ORD - and no availability.
I wonder if anyone has experience of trying this destination and has any creative routings which have proved succesful.
Other than *A, the best so far is BA LHR-ATL - then a commute on AirTran or DL .............
Thanks
I'm looking to try for 2 x J - outbound on Dec 17/18 and return on Dec 29/30 (yes, I'm aware that this is around Christmas and New Year and availbility reflects this)
I've checked ANA on the obvious LHR-MAN to MIA/PBI/TPA/MCO direct, and via FRA/MUC/BRU - with and without JFK/EWR/IAD/ORD - and no availability.
I wonder if anyone has experience of trying this destination and has any creative routings which have proved succesful.
Other than *A, the best so far is BA LHR-ATL - then a commute on AirTran or DL .............
Thanks
May 25, 2010, 9:20 am
#1094
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
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I'll open with
12/29 (WE) LH463 Miami Frankfurt 16:05 06:50+1 744
12/30 (TH) LH902 Frankfurt London(LHR) 08:25 09:05 321
2 Business seats available
12/29 (WE) LH463 Miami Frankfurt 16:05 06:50+1 744
12/30 (TH) LH902 Frankfurt London(LHR) 08:25 09:05 321
2 Business seats available
May 25, 2010, 1:39 pm
#1095
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Otley
Programs: BA, IB, DC, Amex PP, Motel 6, Waffle House, Cracker Barrel
Posts: 507
Apologies - I omitted to say that this needs to be a C + M, which I recall is not allowed on LH ?
When I checked ANA right now, I note that the LH 463 MIA-FRA is available in Y, but not J - did someone get them already, or am I missing something ?
LH 902 FRA-LHR shows as available