How would YOU piece together a Series 17??
May 21, 2009, 10:42 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP, AS MVPG
Posts: 226
How would YOU piece together a Series 17??
Has anyone come up with some creative ways to stretch the value of a Series 17 reward? (Up to 6 stopovers and I think an open jaw...travel has to be in one direction, no backtracking)
The question is not what areas of the world do you think are most interesting, but rather to what cities would you construct an itinerary given CO's partners, assuming reward availability exists?
Most of us would not have the time to do a Series 17, but with all the layoffs, who knows, this may be valuable to someone...
The question is not what areas of the world do you think are most interesting, but rather to what cities would you construct an itinerary given CO's partners, assuming reward availability exists?
Most of us would not have the time to do a Series 17, but with all the layoffs, who knows, this may be valuable to someone...
May 21, 2009, 10:57 am
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
It is pretty easy in SkyTeam as long as you don't want to visit Australia or New Zealand or the South Pacific. Oh, and as long as you don't want too much local transport in SE Asia (not a big deal as that can be cheap) and don't need to get between SE Asia and India or the Middle East.
Availability for most partners can be found using the NWA site and then it is a matter of picking dates.
If you plan to fly premium cabin it is not advisable to use CO metal at all. CO is convinced that their BF product should price as an F product so they charge the F rate for that reward. Biggest mistake I made on my RTW was paying that extra 60K points each, just to fly CO EWR-NRT instead of EWR-DTW-NRT.
When the *A move happens the availability will be a similar exercise, this time using ANA instead of NWA and then booking it up. And the options in the S. Pacific will be infinitely better.
The one major difference between reward and revenue RTW is that on a reward there is no backtracking at all, even within the same continent. That can alter plans and order of cities visited a bit, but it isn't too bad.
Availability for most partners can be found using the NWA site and then it is a matter of picking dates.
If you plan to fly premium cabin it is not advisable to use CO metal at all. CO is convinced that their BF product should price as an F product so they charge the F rate for that reward. Biggest mistake I made on my RTW was paying that extra 60K points each, just to fly CO EWR-NRT instead of EWR-DTW-NRT.
When the *A move happens the availability will be a similar exercise, this time using ANA instead of NWA and then booking it up. And the options in the S. Pacific will be infinitely better.
The one major difference between reward and revenue RTW is that on a reward there is no backtracking at all, even within the same continent. That can alter plans and order of cities visited a bit, but it isn't too bad.
