Award Ticket Success - Post It Here
#1606
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA
Programs: DL FO, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 295
ATL-CDG Coach on AF 747 May 30
CDG-FRA-ATL Business AF A320 and DL 767-400ER June 5
80000 each for two tickets
placed on hold 7/9/10 (first date return bookable), got it extended three days on 7/11 and ticketed today
$130 each taxes
Hope the new seats(Thompson?) in business are installed on the 764 by June.
Noticed a lot of coach availability on the on the AF681/682 for many dates around mine. Business nothing for CDG but many cities in Germany seemed to have seats on DL metal.
All done online (except the call to SMS to extend hold).
CDG-FRA-ATL Business AF A320 and DL 767-400ER June 5
80000 each for two tickets
placed on hold 7/9/10 (first date return bookable), got it extended three days on 7/11 and ticketed today
$130 each taxes
Hope the new seats(Thompson?) in business are installed on the 764 by June.
Noticed a lot of coach availability on the on the AF681/682 for many dates around mine. Business nothing for CDG but many cities in Germany seemed to have seats on DL metal.
All done online (except the call to SMS to extend hold).
Last edited by AdamS; Jul 13, 2010 at 7:07 pm Reason: add booked online
#1609
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Programs: AA LT Gold, UA Gold, Hyatt Plat, HHonors Gold, Priority Club Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 316
Over the last couple days I was able to book 2 business (@ 120K each) and 1 coach (@ 80K) award from IAH to DEL for travel in November/December, and it was all done on delta.com! Not a single low level award was available on Continental between 9/1 and 12/31.
#1610
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2001
Programs: DL 1 million, AA 1 mil, HH lapsed Diamond, Marriott Plat
Posts: 28,190
PHX-ATL-PHX, medium coach going, low first on the return; for my sister at 42,500 miles. Given no flexibility in travel dates, zero willingness to connect, and strong preferences in flight timing, I'm happy with this.
#1611
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ann arbor, mi
Programs: Delta Gold, HH Gold
Posts: 90
DTW-AMS, business, 100K
DTW-EWR (coach), EWR-AMS Business Saturday July 10th
AMS-DTW business Tuesday July 13th
Last minute booking and only $59.70 taxes per ticket
1) Better availability as Gold (me) than as non-status (spouse).
2) Tuesday return instead of Monday lowered the mileage amounts for Saturday departure. Not sure if this has implications for the typical 'string together one way routings' strategy
Could have been bumped off the EWR leg and done direct departure, but we had checked a bag. We even saw our bags as they were being loaded so they could have been physically pulled off. But the FA told us the computer system cant deal with that.
brad
AMS-DTW business Tuesday July 13th
Last minute booking and only $59.70 taxes per ticket
1) Better availability as Gold (me) than as non-status (spouse).
2) Tuesday return instead of Monday lowered the mileage amounts for Saturday departure. Not sure if this has implications for the typical 'string together one way routings' strategy
Could have been bumped off the EWR leg and done direct departure, but we had checked a bag. We even saw our bags as they were being loaded so they could have been physically pulled off. But the FA told us the computer system cant deal with that.
brad
#1612
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Washington DC
Programs: Delta DM CO PE OZ GE AMTRAK
Posts: 524
this may help someone here.
just booked a pair of award tickets like this.
At least a pair more are available as of July 11, 2010, each cost 120,000 miles + 260 uSD for tax.
Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) to Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) on 26 Dec 2010
9:55pm
IAD 11:15am
CDG
Arrives 27 Dec
Nonstop
7 hr 20 min
Air France 27
Boeing 777-200
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on 30 Dec 2010
11:20pm
CDG 10:45am
JNB
Arrives 31 Dec
Nonstop
10 hr 25 min
Air France 990
388
In-Flight Services Business
St Denis De La Reunion, Reunion (RUN) to Paris-Orly, France (ORY) on 08 Jan 2011
10:10am
RUN 6:30pm
ORY
Nonstop
11 hr 20 min
Air France 3519
Boeing 777
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) on 09 Jan 2011
4:40pm
CDG 7:05pm
IAD
Nonstop
8 hr 25 min
just booked a pair of award tickets like this.
At least a pair more are available as of July 11, 2010, each cost 120,000 miles + 260 uSD for tax.
Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) to Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) on 26 Dec 2010
9:55pm
IAD 11:15am
CDG
Arrives 27 Dec
Nonstop
7 hr 20 min
Air France 27
Boeing 777-200
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on 30 Dec 2010
11:20pm
CDG 10:45am
JNB
Arrives 31 Dec
Nonstop
10 hr 25 min
Air France 990
388
In-Flight Services Business
St Denis De La Reunion, Reunion (RUN) to Paris-Orly, France (ORY) on 08 Jan 2011
10:10am
RUN 6:30pm
ORY
Nonstop
11 hr 20 min
Air France 3519
Boeing 777
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) on 09 Jan 2011
4:40pm
CDG 7:05pm
IAD
Nonstop
8 hr 25 min
#1614
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K (MM), DL, AA, AS, HHonors, SPG, Kimpton, Hyatt, IC PC, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), Hertz PC
Posts: 7,231
#1615
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K (MM), DL, AA, AS, HHonors, SPG, Kimpton, Hyatt, IC PC, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), Hertz PC
Posts: 7,231
Just booked OAK-SEA-SFO for next weekend for two of us at 25k+$5 each.
Generally, I wouldn't be able to justify calling this a success, but I did get the exact dates/times that I wanted and am looking at roughly a 1.4 cpm redemption rate (these tickets are $356 each if purchased directly from AS, and more if purchased from DL).
That and I wasn't really finding anything else to spend them on...
Generally, I wouldn't be able to justify calling this a success, but I did get the exact dates/times that I wanted and am looking at roughly a 1.4 cpm redemption rate (these tickets are $356 each if purchased directly from AS, and more if purchased from DL).
That and I wasn't really finding anything else to spend them on...
#1617
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Plat, DL AMEX Plat
Posts: 333
JFK - BRU - JFK in Coach for 60K miles. Booked with Medallion availability.
Thu 9SEP Delta 140 LV New York-Kennedy, (JFK) 715P Coach
Fri 10SEP AR Brussels, Belgium (BRU) 920A
Sun 19SEP Delta 141 LV Brussels, Belgium (BRU) 1110A Coach
AR New York-Kennedy, (JFK) 139P
Plenty of low coach award with medallion availability for JFK - BRU - JFK in September. Even some openings without medallion availability.
Thu 9SEP Delta 140 LV New York-Kennedy, (JFK) 715P Coach
Fri 10SEP AR Brussels, Belgium (BRU) 920A
Sun 19SEP Delta 141 LV Brussels, Belgium (BRU) 1110A Coach
AR New York-Kennedy, (JFK) 139P
Plenty of low coach award with medallion availability for JFK - BRU - JFK in September. Even some openings without medallion availability.
#1618
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Honolulu, HI
Programs: HH LTDiamond, Delta Diamond,UA 1K, *wood Platinum
Posts: 42
Awards
Here is what I have been able to get:
HNL-BKK AUG 2010 40K
SEA-JFK-MAD NOV 2010 60K
HNL-BKK DEC 2010 40K
HNL-BKK JAN 2011 40K
HNL-BKK MAR 2011 40K
HNL-NRT-SIN APR 2011 40K
That is just over the last 8 months. Never really had a problem getting flights, I just try to plan about 300 days out.
HNL-BKK AUG 2010 40K
SEA-JFK-MAD NOV 2010 60K
HNL-BKK DEC 2010 40K
HNL-BKK JAN 2011 40K
HNL-BKK MAR 2011 40K
HNL-NRT-SIN APR 2011 40K
That is just over the last 8 months. Never really had a problem getting flights, I just try to plan about 300 days out.
#1620
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Romanian Riviera
Programs: Delta, Turkish Elite, American
Posts: 1,111
this may help someone here.
just booked a pair of award tickets like this.
At least a pair more are available as of July 11, 2010, each cost 120,000 miles + 260 uSD for tax.
Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) to Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) on 26 Dec 2010
9:55pm
IAD 11:15am
CDG
Arrives 27 Dec
Nonstop
7 hr 20 min
Air France 27
Boeing 777-200
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on 30 Dec 2010
11:20pm
CDG 10:45am
JNB
Arrives 31 Dec
Nonstop
10 hr 25 min
Air France 990
388
In-Flight Services Business
St Denis De La Reunion, Reunion (RUN) to Paris-Orly, France (ORY) on 08 Jan 2011
10:10am
RUN 6:30pm
ORY
Nonstop
11 hr 20 min
Air France 3519
Boeing 777
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) on 09 Jan 2011
4:40pm
CDG 7:05pm
IAD
Nonstop
8 hr 25 min
just booked a pair of award tickets like this.
At least a pair more are available as of July 11, 2010, each cost 120,000 miles + 260 uSD for tax.
Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) to Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) on 26 Dec 2010
9:55pm
IAD 11:15am
CDG
Arrives 27 Dec
Nonstop
7 hr 20 min
Air France 27
Boeing 777-200
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on 30 Dec 2010
11:20pm
CDG 10:45am
JNB
Arrives 31 Dec
Nonstop
10 hr 25 min
Air France 990
388
In-Flight Services Business
St Denis De La Reunion, Reunion (RUN) to Paris-Orly, France (ORY) on 08 Jan 2011
10:10am
RUN 6:30pm
ORY
Nonstop
11 hr 20 min
Air France 3519
Boeing 777
In-Flight Services Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Washington-Dulles, DC (IAD) on 09 Jan 2011
4:40pm
CDG 7:05pm
IAD
Nonstop
8 hr 25 min