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Lucrative runs that have been reported under £3/TP - current availability not guaranteed
Route | Booking class | Fare | Booking channel | TPs | £/TP | credit

American Airlines

SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN | A/A/I | £498 return | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.80/TP | chris1979
ORD-STL-DFW-SJU | A/A/I | £458 return | aa.com | 520 TPs | £0.88/TP | timezonehopper
SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN-MIA-LAX-LAS | A/A/I/I/A/A | £581 round trip | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.94/TP | courtster
AMS-LHR-LAX-SFO-JFK-LHR-AMS | I/I/A/A/I/I | £1641 round trip | aa.com | 630 TPs | £2.60/TP | mccorry
IST-LHR/LCY-JFK-EZE-MIA-LHR-IST | I/I/I/I/I/I | £2106 round trip | aa.com | 790TPs | £2.61/TP | nth_utsera_sth_utsera
45 day advance purchase required, minimum stay 7 days.

British Airways
LGW-MLA | R | £248 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.55/TP | LDNConsultant
LGW-RAK | R | £280 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.75/TP | mfgr
Book by 31/12/13 for this price.
JER-LGW-AMS | J/R | £259 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.62/TP | joejet
LGW-JER | R | £181 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.26/TP
LGW-AMS | R | £199 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.49/TP
BRU-LHR//LCY-JFK-SEA (last bit on AA) and back | I/I/A | £1,529 return | probably have to phone up | 920 TPs | £1.66/TP | stifle
Outbound 12/4-27/4 or 25/6-24/8, min stay Sat night, ticket by 2/1/14

Royal Jordanian
BEY-AMM-AQJ | D | £255 return | rj.com | 160 TPs | £1.59/TP | DeanB

Malaysia Airlines
SIN-KUL-KCH | D | S$660 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 160 TPs | £2.12/TP |HPN-HRL
DEL-KUL-BKK | Z | INR41,666 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 360TPs| £1.15/TP| Seshy
DEL-KUL-NRT | Z | INR92,395 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.64/TP| Seshy
ICN-KUL-SYD/MEL | Z | KRW1,582,600 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.65/TP| armagebedar
SIN-KUL-DXB | Z | S$1084 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.50/TP | qasr (+long haul equipment on KUL-DXB)
SIN-KUL-TPE | Z | S$1078 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.49/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-DEL | Z | S$1018 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.41/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-KTM | Z | S$1006 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.39/TP | qasr

Qatar Airways
CAI-DOH-BKK | £759 return | D/D/D/A | 360 TPs | £2.10/TP ExpatSomchai
DME-DOH-SGN | I | £1255 return | qatarairways.com | 560 TPs | £2.25/TP |continentalclub
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 6:41 am
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Considering going LUX-LHR-LCY-JFK-SFO

4 hours should be plenty of time to get from LHR to LCY. However what if the LUX-LHR leg is late and I miss the LCY connection? Will BA rebook me or is it game over at that point?
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by ShadowCaptain
Considering going LUX-LHR-LCY-JFK-SFO

4 hours should be plenty of time to get from LHR to LCY. However what if the LUX-LHR leg is late and I miss the LCY connection? Will BA rebook me or is it game over at that point?
They will rebook you as it's one ticket.

The "game over scenario" is if you miss a flight on a separate booking e.g. Your positioning flight to LUX.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 6:57 am
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Originally Posted by chris1979
They will rebook you as it's one ticket.

The "game over scenario" is if you miss a flight on a separate booking e.g. Your positioning flight to LUX.
TBH 4 hours should be more than enough. I'd be keen to do LCY-JFK on the way out and get a proper CW flat bed to LHR on the return.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 7:09 am
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Originally Posted by pianoamit
The A380 from LAX is only operated by BA to LHR. The only transatlantic flight by BA on such a small airbus is the LCY-JFK flight. So I'm quite stumped at your search results - I didn't think AA had any 320s/319s (usually 757s/767s/737s out if LAX domestically and 777s to LHR)...
my apologies the 320 /319 was domestic BRU-LHR ( rookie error) but I still cant seem to find the A380 LAX TO LHR , is it perhaps the way I am searching on AA ?
is it better to do this via a BA agent ?
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 8:13 am
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What are your dates, and what is the route you want? Let me try and search for you...
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by pianoamit
What are your dates, and what is the route you want? Let me try and search for you...
thank you , I am fairly flexible with the dates as only requirement is to be in SFO for a weekend
BRU-SFO 11/12 sept
SFO-LAX 16 sept
LAX -BRU 19/20 sept

I would also like some advise about getting off at LHR and not completing the final leg to BRU , would this be an problem with AA?
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 9:05 am
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Originally Posted by Laserchem
thank you , I am fairly flexible with the dates as only requirement is to be in SFO for a weekend
BRU-SFO 11/12 sept
SFO-LAX 16 sept
LAX -BRU 19/20 sept

I would also like some advise about getting off at LHR and not completing the final leg to BRU , would this be an problem with AA?
You can't fly on the A380 from LAX because it won't have started on that route yet... It's first flight from LHR to LAX is on Sep 24.

However, my recommendation to you (others may disagree) is to search on aa.com like this:

BRU to LHR on Sep 11 (All day)
LCY to SFO on Sep 11 (All day)
SFO to LAX on Sep 16 (All day)
LAX to BRU on Sep 19 (All day)

-Business class with restrictions
-All carriers

I get £1847 for this, and it'll earn 690TPs. You'll get to try the CWLCY product as well.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 9:47 am
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Watch out on the JFK-SFO sector. I think there's only 1 2 class flight per day, in the morning. The rest are 3 class, so you'll book into business and get reduced TPs. You could also split the return via MIA for an additional 210 TPs...
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by chris1979
Am I right in thinking any stop overs / stops exceeding 24 hours are going to push up the I sale ex BRU for the US?

Thinking of stopping in NY for 2 nights (main trip / destination still being SFO) on the way back so friends' OH can join us for a long weekend.
Correct. Anything over 24 hrs is considered a stopover and will increase the price.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 9:57 am
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Seems like a good deal (same dates and cities out of Glasgow is 5000+ USD while out of BRU is 2800USD), might book in early Sept. When did the deal run out? Sept 15th?

If I ditch the itinerary on the way back at LCY, everything should be fine right? I can get to BRU to leave easy enough but its a pain to do both ways as there is no direct flight from Glasgow. Either would have to burn miles to position or fly direct from Edinburgh.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 10:23 am
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Yes, you shouldn't have a problem with that. Your luggage will be returned at LCY so you can pick up the BRU flight from LHR, but London transport can be unpredictable, so there's every chance you'll get 'delayed' somewhere along the way
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 10:27 am
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In fact, IME if you have a 5-6 hour connection at LHR, you can still happily short-check your luggage using the story that you're meeting someone and have to give them a gift during your layover...

At outstations where the employees are contracted, they could care less... (Just based on my experience).
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 10:59 am
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I wasn't really looking for a TP run, honest, but it seems rude not to try.

I'm looking at XXX-LON/LCY-JFK-LAS/LAX return in biz for two next spring in J/I/A/A/I/J.

Clearly not all I7 fares are loaded, but from existing data, I have found:
  • ex-BRU and ex-LUX are lowest at the moment @ £1,763-ish to LAS (ex-LUX)
  • ex-LUX beats ex-BRU by £21-ish (lower departure tax)
  • ex-IST is not far behind, about £200 more for 80 extra TPs
  • to LAX is about £700 more than to LAS at the moment
  • ITA, ba.com and aa.com show similar fares
  • aa.com offers ...-JFK-MIA-LAS-... in either or both directions for about £2 extra but requires an 06:00 take off from LAS on the return unless I stop over in MIA or JFK
  • connecting via LAX (no stopover) costs an extra £700 and includes a biz sector JFK-LAX so not A

Hmm. Decisions, decisions.
  • should I book now or wait for something better?
  • is there a better routeing to maximise TPs for a similar price?
  • booking at aa.com would be simpler but I would lose the BAPP 2x multiplier for 3 Avios per £ (but could use the DC MC @ 2 points/miles per £)

And I haven't even checked AB yet.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 11:02 am
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Book with BA over the phone, and request the AA flight numbers that you want.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 2:57 pm
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Stretching out to HNL...
According to ITA, this fare also extends to HNL....Although the cheaper fares (circa £1800) include an AS flight back to SEA rather than LAX. to get all AA flights, the price does increase somewhat.
I am sure that there is a work around / more combinations to squeeze another 420TP's for not much more...
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