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Old Jan 16, 2016, 8:14 pm
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SFO to TBS, as much with BA as possible?
So my wife wants to visit Georgia and I have been tasked to find her flights. Can I use a GUF1 for someone else? If so I guess I need to try to find flights SFO-LHR-DME, plus separate S7 flight DME-TBS and back.

Any of our regulars what combination of flights might work best?

Thanks!
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Old Jan 16, 2016, 8:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Gshumway
So my wife wants to visit Georgia and I have been tasked to find her flights. Can I use a GUF1 for someone else? If so I guess I need to try to find flights SFO-LHR-DME, plus separate S7 flight DME-TBS and back.

Any of our regulars what combination of flights might work best?

Thanks!
Not a regular by a far mile, but any chance it would be better taking BA SFO-LHR-GYD (Baku), then transiting to a separate QR tag-on GYD-TBS or on Azerbaijan Airlines?
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Old Jan 16, 2016, 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by MeltingAlf
Not a regular by a far mile, but any chance it would be better taking BA SFO-LHR-GYD (Baku), then transiting to a separate QR tag-on GYD-TBS or on Azerbaijan Airlines?
That is actually a good idea, S7 flies GYD-TBS too, I shall check into that.
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Old Jan 17, 2016, 6:54 am
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SFO-LHR-GYD won't be doable on the same day. Same on the return.
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Old Jan 17, 2016, 7:23 am
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How about Istanbul. Plenty of cheap and regular flights with Turkish and Pegasus to comple the journey.
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Old Jan 17, 2016, 7:26 am
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To answer the GUF question, yes, you can use it for somebody else on a booking with BA, but you will need award space availability in the upgraded cabin. Experience of using it for somebody else via a travel agent has been less positive, unless you're on the same PNR as them.
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Old Jan 17, 2016, 7:26 am
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You can use a GUF for someone else. You need to book it though and apply your GUF when you book.
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