Citi ThankYou Rewards/Airline Redemption [Master Thread]
Jun 13, 2006, 5:54 pm
#46
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by kaptan
Anyone ever purchase an airline award (taxes and fees portion) from an airline using this card? If so, do they still credit your flight balance with the amount of flown miles for the award ticket even though you only paid for taxes and fees? I am assuming they would because the ticket number and city pairs show up on the statement even if all you are paying for is the taxes and fees. How would they know that my $50 charge for a ticket to Europe wasn't simply a mistake fare or some crazy sale????
CONTINEN00503296559991 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
NAME: XXX/XXXXXXMR
DEPART: 06/01/06
XXX TO XXX : CO: CLASS: Y : STOP: O
Looks like I am going to get points for it, doesn't it?
Jun 13, 2006, 11:11 pm
#47
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New York
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Originally Posted by kaptan
Anyone ever purchase an airline award (taxes and fees portion) from an airline using this card? If so, do they still credit your flight balance with the amount of flown miles for the award ticket even though you only paid for taxes and fees?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ht=premierpass
where this is discussed. This thread is more geared towards people sharing their experiences redeeming TY points for flights.
Jun 19, 2006, 9:58 pm
#48
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 3
Originally Posted by kaptan
Anyone ever purchase an airline award (taxes and fees portion) from an airline using this card? If so, do they still credit your flight balance with the amount of flown miles for the award ticket even though you only paid for taxes and fees? I am assuming they would because the ticket number and city pairs show up on the statement even if all you are paying for is the taxes and fees. How would they know that my $50 charge for a ticket to Europe wasn't simply a mistake fare or some crazy sale????
Jun 20, 2006, 1:06 am
#49
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Originally Posted by frantzy
I suspect this is the real reason why they now waive the taxes and fees.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. If you mean that you suspect that taxes and fees are waived on flight redemptions through TY Network to avoid giving you flight points for it, that's definitely not true. Under the old system (with Global Impact), the taxes charged for flight redemptions were coded to prevent that from happening.
Jun 20, 2006, 3:11 pm
#50
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 3
Originally Posted by acf573
Welcome to FT!
I'm not quite sure what you mean. If you mean that you suspect that taxes and fees are waived on flight redemptions through TY Network to avoid giving you flight points for it, that's definitely not true. Under the old system (with Global Impact), the taxes charged for flight redemptions were coded to prevent that from happening.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. If you mean that you suspect that taxes and fees are waived on flight redemptions through TY Network to avoid giving you flight points for it, that's definitely not true. Under the old system (with Global Impact), the taxes charged for flight redemptions were coded to prevent that from happening.
You correctly guessed what I meant, although I may be completely wrong. I seem to recall getting credit under the old system whenever I paid taxes/fees. So I would earn flight points for award travel, which I loved
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Jun 20, 2006, 4:38 pm
#51
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Originally Posted by frantzy
You correctly guessed what I meant, although I may be completely wrong. I seem to recall getting credit under the old system whenever I paid taxes/fees. So I would earn flight points for award travel, which I loved .
.But when you use ThankYou points for a flight redemption, under the old system with Global Impact, I got a BOS-LHR RT and the flight info on the taxes was just coded as "XAA TO XAO : XD: CLASS: Y : STOP:" so you wouldn't earn any flight points.
Jun 20, 2006, 7:33 pm
#52
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Philly
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Originally Posted by aegean94305
1. date of redemption
2. date of travel
3. itinerary/airline/class
4. number of points cost
5. tax and fees, if any
2. date of travel
3. itinerary/airline/class
4. number of points cost
5. tax and fees, if any
2. Jul 8 - Jul 22
3. PHL (Philadelphia) - IAH (Houston) - MID (Merida, MX)
4. 30,000
5. $0
Same flight through Continental was $505, so for 30,000 points I'm happy to get the tickets. When I checked the confirmation the price on the receipt is $578.62.
Last edited by breaux124; Jun 21, 2006 at 7:12 am
Jun 27, 2006, 12:01 pm
#53
Join Date: Apr 2005
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I have to wonder what the actual redemption statistics are... For everyone of us getting 2x value on our points, I'll bet there are 10 others calling up to spend 25,000 points on a $150 trip to Vegas or Disney...
For many people, maximizing value of points is something they don't even think about. "I've got 25,000 points, time for a trip to see Mickey!"
Now a question, are these tickets eligible for upgrades if you have status on the airline?
For many people, maximizing value of points is something they don't even think about. "I've got 25,000 points, time for a trip to see Mickey!"
Now a question, are these tickets eligible for upgrades if you have status on the airline?
Jun 27, 2006, 12:09 pm
#54
Join Date: Jul 2005
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I doubt it that someone from this forum will act like that...
Jun 28, 2006, 7:48 pm
#55
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Originally Posted by jfunk138
Now a question, are these tickets eligible for upgrades if you have status on the airline?
Jul 12, 2006, 11:08 am
#56
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Try To Use Points For Infants
I am wondering if anyone in this forum has come across this situation:
My wife, baby and myself are planning a trip to India in OCT and return in Jan and will redeem points to get Biz class seats on Lufthansa...here is my dilemma:
1) My baby will be 1 yr old when she travels to India, but on the way back she will have turned 2 yrs old...Do I have to use points to buy her own separate seat or can she still travel as a lap child? If so, will I have to pay the 50% fare for her own seat? and then 75% on the way back?
Does TY offer a point reduction for children since they do seem to offer higher priced tickets such as Virgin/BA/Cathay at a higher point redemption?
I wanted to ask this forum before I went to TY....
My wife, baby and myself are planning a trip to India in OCT and return in Jan and will redeem points to get Biz class seats on Lufthansa...here is my dilemma:
1) My baby will be 1 yr old when she travels to India, but on the way back she will have turned 2 yrs old...Do I have to use points to buy her own separate seat or can she still travel as a lap child? If so, will I have to pay the 50% fare for her own seat? and then 75% on the way back?
Does TY offer a point reduction for children since they do seem to offer higher priced tickets such as Virgin/BA/Cathay at a higher point redemption?
I wanted to ask this forum before I went to TY....
Aug 3, 2006, 1:53 pm
#57
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Location: PDX
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successful Thanksgiving travel reservation
chalk up another TY Network success!
1. date of redemption - Aug 3, 2006
2. date of travel - Thu Nov 23, 2006 - Mon Nov 27, 2006
3. itinerary/airline/class - PDX-DTW-FNT and return in NW; economy
4. number of points cost - 25k each (total 2 tickets)
5. tax and fees, if any - waived (would have been $71 each)
6. price if purchased - $461 each
7. value of TY points - 1.84 cents each
the scoop: ideally I would have traveled PDX-DTW, but since NW tickets were outpricing AA by $100 each, they only offered me AA. The FNT itinerary showed NW as having the cheapeast flights, so I asked - and received.
The actual purchase price of these tickets with taxes and fees was $458 each if purchased at nwa.com. sweet!
1. date of redemption - Aug 3, 2006
2. date of travel - Thu Nov 23, 2006 - Mon Nov 27, 2006
3. itinerary/airline/class - PDX-DTW-FNT and return in NW; economy
4. number of points cost - 25k each (total 2 tickets)
5. tax and fees, if any - waived (would have been $71 each)
6. price if purchased - $461 each
7. value of TY points - 1.84 cents each
the scoop: ideally I would have traveled PDX-DTW, but since NW tickets were outpricing AA by $100 each, they only offered me AA. The FNT itinerary showed NW as having the cheapeast flights, so I asked - and received.
The actual purchase price of these tickets with taxes and fees was $458 each if purchased at nwa.com. sweet!
Aug 3, 2006, 5:27 pm
#58
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Last march I booked a skyteam award to Europe on Continental Business First for travel in August. This cost 100k Delta skymiles. I had to change the outbound leg in July and this cost $50 which i charged to my Prem Pass Citi M/C. I paid the taxes back in march with my Delta skymiles Amex. I will let you know if i get any flight points. 
Aug 12, 2006, 1:30 pm
#59
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 4
Rebooking fee
I used delta skymiles to book rt ticket to HNL. I used a different card to pay the $10 fee. I needed to make a change to the reservation, and I paid the $50 change fee with my citi premier pass card. I got point credits for the flights to/from HNL eventhough I didn't originally book the ticket with the premier pass card.
Makes me wonder if I had booked the original flight with the citicard and paid a change fee, if I would have gotten double flight points.
Makes me wonder if I had booked the original flight with the citicard and paid a change fee, if I would have gotten double flight points.
Aug 12, 2006, 3:58 pm
#60
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[QUOTE=kms007]I used delta skymiles to book rt ticket to HNL. I used a different card to pay the $10 fee. I needed to make a change to the reservation, and I paid the $50 change fee with my citi premier pass card. I got point credits for the flights to/from HNL eventhough I didn't originally book the ticket with the premier pass card.
You probably would have gotten the double points...I have done it 3-4 times and each of the times, I have recvd double flight points...
I just paid to change the ticket and it showed thr flight routing with the flight points posting in 60 days.....
You probably would have gotten the double points...I have done it 3-4 times and each of the times, I have recvd double flight points...
I just paid to change the ticket and it showed thr flight routing with the flight points posting in 60 days.....