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Nov 30, 2014, 1:00 pm
#226
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 692
Nov 30, 2014, 2:20 pm
#228
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 24
Despite only aiming for Silver this year, these prices were just too tempting! A quick 24 hours in Las Vegas will bring me an additional 820 tier points which means I will be Gold just after the New Year.
Nov 30, 2014, 2:41 pm
#229
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mostly UK
Programs: Mucci Extraordinaire, Hilton Diamond, BA Gold (ex BD)
Posts: 11,210
I know these prices have been very hard for me to resist even though it won't affect my tier this year. The prices are good even with simple point to points, but the very clever TP runners on FT managed to find ways to make it even cheaper than the headline price as well as adding loads of TP into the equation.
Nov 30, 2014, 4:28 pm
#230
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 9
TP run newbie
Hi, I have been looking at doing a run for a while and have watched these threads for a bit. This offer seems almost too good to be true..... Has anyone come up with routing that would get 1500 TP's or close using this offer? Can probably set off 2nd onwards. Any help or advice on how to go about sorting a first run would be great!
Nov 30, 2014, 4:43 pm
#231
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA LTGold; LH Senator; HHGold; Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 1,370
Hi, I have been looking at doing a run for a while and have watched these threads for a bit. This offer seems almost too good to be true..... Has anyone come up with routing that would get 1500 TP's or close using this offer? Can probably set off 2nd onwards. Any help or advice on how to go about sorting a first run would be great!
Transatlantic - has to be business class as there isn't much availability on the A318 from LCY as it isnt really running over the period. So 140tps x2
Transcon - JFK-PHX is a good bet, but the AA options are less good as they only net 140 per leg. Should be 210tp x 2
Best Hawaii gateway is LAX for choice of flights to make connections - so you might be able to slip in two further US flights PHX - LAX. Extra 60TPx2
Then your two Hawaii legs 210x2
So a total of 1240.
Im not sure you will get it much higher.
Nov 30, 2014, 4:44 pm
#232
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
Hi, I have been looking at doing a run for a while and have watched these threads for a bit. This offer seems almost too good to be true..... Has anyone come up with routing that would get 1500 TP's or close using this offer? Can probably set off 2nd onwards. Any help or advice on how to go about sorting a first run would be great!
Nov 30, 2014, 4:52 pm
#233
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,775
Just booked for four of us to HNL on the AA website. All complete and I have a ref number but the status is "on request" rather than "confirmed".
I think it's because some of the flights are op by US which AA maybe can't ticket immediately. Should I be worried it will all fall through? I've checked on Expert Flyer and the availability is there in A buckets on both the US and AA codes, so I don't think it's phantom availability.
Anyone else also got bookings 'on request'?
I think it's because some of the flights are op by US which AA maybe can't ticket immediately. Should I be worried it will all fall through? I've checked on Expert Flyer and the availability is there in A buckets on both the US and AA codes, so I don't think it's phantom availability.
Anyone else also got bookings 'on request'?
Nov 30, 2014, 5:02 pm
#234
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA LTGold; LH Senator; HHGold; Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 1,370
Just booked for four of us to HNL on the AA website. All complete and I have a ref number but the status is "on request" rather than "confirmed".
I think it's because some of the flights are op by US which AA maybe can't ticket immediately. Should I be worried it will all fall through? I've checked on Expert Flyer and the availability is there in A buckets on both the US and AA codes, so I don't think it's phantom availability.
Anyone else also got bookings 'on request'?
I think it's because some of the flights are op by US which AA maybe can't ticket immediately. Should I be worried it will all fall through? I've checked on Expert Flyer and the availability is there in A buckets on both the US and AA codes, so I don't think it's phantom availability.
Anyone else also got bookings 'on request'?
Nov 30, 2014, 5:27 pm
#235
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BA Gold, QF NB
Posts: 675
Just booked for four of us to HNL on the AA website. All complete and I have a ref number but the status is "on request" rather than "confirmed".
I think it's because some of the flights are op by US which AA maybe can't ticket immediately. Should I be worried it will all fall through? I've checked on Expert Flyer and the availability is there in A buckets on both the US and AA codes, so I don't think it's phantom availability.
Anyone else also got bookings 'on request'?
I think it's because some of the flights are op by US which AA maybe can't ticket immediately. Should I be worried it will all fall through? I've checked on Expert Flyer and the availability is there in A buckets on both the US and AA codes, so I don't think it's phantom availability.
Anyone else also got bookings 'on request'?
Nov 30, 2014, 5:45 pm
#236
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,775
Status is now 'ticketed' and I have selected seats on all flights so looking good.
For info we're doing JER-LGW/LHR-EWR-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR. Overnights in NYC both ways, including New Year's Eve on the way back! Plus a token 2 nights in HNL.
£770pp all in so pretty happy. Spent literally all weekend trying to get 4 of us on the same booking - nearly impossible but got there in the end!
For info we're doing JER-LGW/LHR-EWR-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR. Overnights in NYC both ways, including New Year's Eve on the way back! Plus a token 2 nights in HNL.
£770pp all in so pretty happy. Spent literally all weekend trying to get 4 of us on the same booking - nearly impossible but got there in the end!
Nov 30, 2014, 7:32 pm
#237
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BA Gold, QF NB
Posts: 675
Status is now 'ticketed' and I have selected seats on all flights so looking good.
For info we're doing JER-LGW/LHR-EWR-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR. Overnights in NYC both ways, including New Year's Eve on the way back! Plus a token 2 nights in HNL.
£770pp all in so pretty happy. Spent literally all weekend trying to get 4 of us on the same booking - nearly impossible but got there in the end!
For info we're doing JER-LGW/LHR-EWR-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR. Overnights in NYC both ways, including New Year's Eve on the way back! Plus a token 2 nights in HNL.
£770pp all in so pretty happy. Spent literally all weekend trying to get 4 of us on the same booking - nearly impossible but got there in the end!
I can imagine it would be quite tricky trying to find the best/only possible routing with 4 people on one booking! Have a great NYE in NYC!
Nov 30, 2014, 11:35 pm
#239
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: BA Gold, AA Lifetime Gold 1.8mm, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold et al
Posts: 4,350
I have no idea how these things work but I didn't expect to see them at this level on aa.com. That said, judging by the rapidly dissapearing availability, we aren't the only people who think so.
Last edited by Blueboys999; Dec 1, 2014 at 12:18 am
Nov 30, 2014, 11:49 pm
#240
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Leeds, London
Programs: BA Gold, KL/AF Lifetime Platinum, TK Gold
Posts: 69
LCY-JFK is specifically exempt from this fare.