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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 Mar 21, 2013, 2:55 am
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Quick Q on booking via AA.com
Booked my trip yesterday afternoon on AA.com (4 BA flights, 2 AA flights), but reservation is "on request". Fare rules said (IIRC) ticketing by 20 March so obviously flights cost a fair bit more today - anyone have experience of whether this is likely to get ticketed or if it's a case of 'tough luck'?

Not a major issue as got positioning flights as Avios RFS and will just wait for the next sale of some description. Should have booked sooner may be lesson...

Thx
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Old Mar 21, 2013, 4:50 am
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Originally Posted by lorcancoyle
Booked my trip yesterday afternoon on AA.com (4 BA flights, 2 AA flights), but reservation is "on request". Fare rules said (IIRC) ticketing by 20 March so obviously flights cost a fair bit more today - anyone have experience of whether this is likely to get ticketed or if it's a case of 'tough luck'?

Not a major issue as got positioning flights as Avios RFS and will just wait for the next sale of some description. Should have booked sooner may be lesson...

Thx
This is standard when booking reservations with codeshare on AA.com - the confirmation comes through about an hour or two later.
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Old Mar 21, 2013, 5:15 am
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Originally Posted by lorcancoyle
Pulled the trigger on my July trip to US - £1,602 (including CC fee) for 920 TPs. DUB-LHR/LCY-JFK-LAS/SEA-JFK-LCY/LHR-DUB (AA flights on AA code of course, as learnt here). Now just need to come up with best way to fit in various places between arrival and departure (family in LAX, friends in NYC and SEA etc)
Frustratingly I was looking to do the same thing (ex-DUB), but alas prices jumped back up as has been discussed above. I'll still be making the trip to the states anyway, but it's going to involve avios redemption for CW.

I'm not sure if I'm going to make Silver again for next year now... if I'd booked this trip in CW (ex-eu) then I would have got gold if my (still uncertain) work trips go ahead, and if not I would have kept silver. Now it'll be silver or Bronze... I may have to look at doing a mini TP run whilst in the US.

In the mean time I'll have to keep an eye out for further ex-eu offers.
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Old Mar 21, 2013, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by ukgooner
This is standard when booking reservations with codeshare on AA.com - the confirmation comes through about an hour or two later.
Thanks. Unfortunately still "on request" 24 hours later - booked around 3pm London time so wasn't cutting it particularly fine...
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Old Mar 21, 2013, 11:20 am
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Don't worry about the on request thing on AA.com

I had the same. It took about 48-72hrs. This was after the fare had expired. They honour the fare even if it tickets after the sale by date.
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Old Mar 21, 2013, 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by surryson
Don't worry about the on request thing on AA.com

I had the same. It took about 48-72hrs. This was after the fare had expired. They honour the fare even if it tickets after the sale by date.
Thanks for the reassurance - now I can get on with working out in which order I decide to cross-cross the US without feeling it's possibly not worthwhile
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Old Mar 21, 2013, 3:17 pm
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Hello,

I will go to ATL around 26/9. Anyone has an idea how to get the most TP out of it?

Leaving Bru, LUX, AMS?

I am prepared to do some Runs locally in the USA
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Old Mar 22, 2013, 5:58 am
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Originally Posted by lorcancoyle
Pulled the trigger on my July trip to US - £1,602 (including CC fee) for 920 TPs. DUB-LHR/LCY-JFK-LAS/SEA-JFK-LCY/LHR-DUB (AA flights on AA code of course, as learnt here).
I have not been able to book LCY-JFK on AA.com. Also - I have not been able to book AA codes on BA.com. How did you manage this? Another engine like expedia?

Thanks,

kit2two
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Old Mar 22, 2013, 7:13 am
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LCY-JFK shows up on AA.com, but sometimes it doesn't access the I fare bucket for some reason and therefore comes up way more pricey.

BA is always willing to book up these itineraries, including AA prime flights, if you pick up the phone.
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Old Mar 23, 2013, 3:12 am
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Originally Posted by kit2two
I have not been able to book LCY-JFK on AA.com. Also - I have not been able to book AA codes on BA.com. How did you manage this? Another engine like expedia?

Thanks,

kit2two
Multi-city tool on AA.com and specify LCY rather than London. Gives option under AA, IB or BA codes (select oneworld rather than just AA flights on the first screen)
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Old Mar 23, 2013, 7:17 pm
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I did a SJU-MIA-LAX-HNL in I/A/A TP run on March 9, and I was looking forward to seeing my 460 TP on my statement, but not even after claiming them on the BAEC website they have not posted... do you guys know what is going on ? This has never happened to me before. Thanks
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Old Mar 24, 2013, 3:46 am
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Originally Posted by lorcancoyle
Multi-city tool on AA.com and specify LCY rather than London. Gives option under AA, IB or BA codes (select oneworld rather than just AA flights on the first screen)
Lately this has been insisting on booking the CWLCY bit in C class at a ruinous price
Originally Posted by Octavian Antony
I did a SJU-MIA-LAX-HNL in I/A/A TP run on March 9, and I was looking forward to seeing my 460 TP on my statement, but not even after claiming them on the BAEC website they have not posted... do you guys know what is going on ? This has never happened to me before. Thanks
Ongoing issue with AA flights posting. If it affects status, then phone up (don't bother emailing/using the website, it just lands in /dev/null IME).
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Old Mar 24, 2013, 4:06 am
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Originally Posted by Octavian Antony
I did a SJU-MIA-LAX-HNL in I/A/A TP run on March 9, and I was looking forward to seeing my 460 TP on my statement, but not even after claiming them on the BAEC website they have not posted... do you guys know what is going on ? This has never happened to me before. Thanks
'Search' can be a good friend and source of info. Read post 25 in this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...account-2.html
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Old Mar 26, 2013, 3:40 pm
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I am looking to do a run out to PHX at the end of May (I normally do AMS-LHR-PHX). Given
that I am slightly out of my depth and having read this thread and its predecessor, I would
be grateful for routing advice.

My dates are out 21 May and back on the 27th (leaving PHX on the 26th, presumably). I
would like to keep it under £2,000.

Without my wife and baby in tow, I have time to kill

Many thanks,

H
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Old Mar 26, 2013, 3:45 pm
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Hi I'm looking for a 400+ points run on Oct 25th Starting in Montreal heading to Miami for early evening. Any tips or suggestions?
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