160 points needed for gold - a challenge!

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Jul 28, 2017, 10:18 am

#16

Greyscot

Join Date: Nov 2010

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On one ticket MUC-LHR-MAN-LHR-LIN on the 28th comes to 853 EUR in Club Europe. I guess it depends on how much you value Gold status.

Jul 28, 2017, 10:20 am

#17

NeverFirst

Join Date: Jul 2011

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Muc-lhr-hel-mxp

40+80+40 = 160

Jul 28, 2017, 10:23 am

#18

Doccykins

Join Date: Sep 2008

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You can't get to HEL in time for the AY795 at 1605 so would have to come back to LHR anyway

Jul 28, 2017, 10:26 am

#19

ikeatroll

Join Date: Apr 2008

Location: HEL

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***Edit: too slow.

Jul 28, 2017, 4:03 pm

#20

mmxbreaks

Join Date: Mar 2015

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Quickest would be buying a business return to Helsinki, that's 160TP. Use Avios to discount the price, you'll still get the TP.

Jul 28, 2017, 4:05 pm

#21

KARFA

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At the moment the cheapest CE return on a short haul + route is IST.

Some of the exLGW routes can be cheaper but I class is usually gone a few months before the flight date.

Jul 28, 2017, 4:29 pm

#22

TravellerFrequently

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Should there be a sticky for this regular question although I appreciate each request has its own particular focus etc.?

Jul 28, 2017, 5:29 pm

#23

NA-Flyer

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London to Helsinki in J class round trip earn you 160 points.

Jul 29, 2017, 12:04 am

#24

CaroFos

Join Date: Feb 2011

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If you travel the night before from Germany on a return ticket (pick a random date/cheapest possible economy return) - you can get a biz 'one way' for about £360. Cheaper if u can leave sunday morning.
Then the Manchester return on 28th is £200 taking the 6.45am flight
Then a lhr biz - Milan return random day (oct?) economy is about £242
So could be done for £7-800 if you can squeeze some time on sunday.

Jul 29, 2017, 12:08 am

#25

lorcancoyle

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TravellerFrequently

Should there be a sticky for this regular question although I appreciate each request has its own particular focus etc.?

Make TP run thread a sticky? I put a guide to this sort of stuff in the wiki there because it's so frequent

Jul 29, 2017, 2:26 am

#26

cayman4522

Join Date: Aug 2016

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if you can get to LGW - LGW-TFS-LGW is 160 TP in CE. Usually you can get a decent price - I just did it for £250.

Jul 29, 2017, 2:46 am

#27

Tafflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by brutha

Thanks! More for curiosity than anything else I gave that a go.... I had to select a later flight to Milan, but eventually it gave me 1,300 EUR or so....

I guess that is probably not the best thing I can do with my money!

BKK it is then!

Edit: CaroFos gave me an idea. If you can spare a day the following weekend, build your trip as MUC-LHR-MUC/MIL and nest another LHR-MUC/MIL-LHR, depending of course on if you are in MUC or MIL the following weekend, or indeed want to get back. Comes out at around €800.

Last edited by Tafflyer; Jul 29, 2017 at 3:09 am

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