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Oct 5, 2012, 9:30 am
#3151
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 198
I will have around 250K miles by end of the year, and wanted to get 3 tickets, from ORD-NRT-HKG-SIN in some combination, I can drop one of the destination SIN or HKG if needed but I really want to visit Tokyo and Hong Kong, and want to get 3 tickets, with 1 week at each desitnation, economy for around minimum required miles which I believe is 70k.
Can someone help me with this itinerary?
Can someone help me with this itinerary?
Oct 5, 2012, 1:55 pm
#3152
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 891
Oct 5, 2012, 2:11 pm
#3153
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: London
Programs: DL FO, BA Bronze, Avis Preferred
Posts: 851
If you can find a way to DTW, there's plenty of low-level award space to NRT in June, and then several low level award dates from there to HKG. The same is true for the reverse. SIN would involve a backtracking or a cheap flight on a low cost carrier (such as JetStar Asia or Scoot).
I hope this helps!
I hope this helps!
Oct 5, 2012, 2:17 pm
#3154
Used to be highman123
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 3,541
JFK-CDG-HAM
HAM-CDG-SFO
for 4 pax in J 100k + $200.80 in fees in August 2013.
I gave up on the side trip to SEZ as 12+ calls later I was still unable to get the KQ itinerary I wanted. I think it's possible but you need to prepare yourself for 20+ calls each 45+ mins long to get them to check and deliver a correct quote (or even one with forgotten fuel surcharges). In 12 calls I was uanble to get a quote in 9 cases and I got 3 quotes for the same itin ranging from 112k miles and $200 to 270k miles and $1182 in surcharges.
However I found lots of availability for RUN which is just 2 hours away from SEZ and you can fly in AF J all the way without fuel surcharges. The Air Austral flight can be had for ~$400 which you can pay with Citi TYP (2 cards give you about $650 in flights each). That's what I gonna as a second trip now.
HAM-CDG-SFO
for 4 pax in J 100k + $200.80 in fees in August 2013.
I gave up on the side trip to SEZ as 12+ calls later I was still unable to get the KQ itinerary I wanted. I think it's possible but you need to prepare yourself for 20+ calls each 45+ mins long to get them to check and deliver a correct quote (or even one with forgotten fuel surcharges). In 12 calls I was uanble to get a quote in 9 cases and I got 3 quotes for the same itin ranging from 112k miles and $200 to 270k miles and $1182 in surcharges.
However I found lots of availability for RUN which is just 2 hours away from SEZ and you can fly in AF J all the way without fuel surcharges. The Air Austral flight can be had for ~$400 which you can pay with Citi TYP (2 cards give you about $650 in flights each). That's what I gonna as a second trip now.
Oct 5, 2012, 2:18 pm
#3155
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: Hilton-Gold
Posts: 706
I was able to get 4 business class seats on SFO-JFK-MAD-FCO and MAD-MEX-LAX-SFO for return. I also booked Paris - Madrid using BA Avios all for next summer. I will be using AA, IB, AS for my trip. I also used my AA miles, BA Avios for this trip.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:03 pm
#3157
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: KUL/TPA/OTP
Programs: UA1k, DL
Posts: 3,138
Wirelessly posted (iPhone 3G: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A403 Safari/8536.25)
Honestly, it seems to me there is a bit more availability this fall / winter on DL metal (anecdotally at least).
Originally Posted by michael_v
So many success stories lately, what has happened?
Oct 5, 2012, 3:09 pm
#3158
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2001
Programs: DL 1 million, AA 1 mil, HH lapsed Diamond, Marriott Plat
Posts: 28,190
My willingness to work for an award falls short of highman123's twelve calls, but a thorough search that works across the spectrum of available (but still reasonable segment-count) routings can often yield a decent award. I do tune ups - swapping medium for low, connections for non-stops - with free redeposits as a Plat.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:21 pm
#3159
In memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2005
Location: PIT
Programs: DM life is over 2MM PM now & NW MillionAir Wyndham Rewards Plat -Hotels.com Silver -Accor Silver
Posts: 15,408
Booked for next summer:
PIT/CDG nonstop in Y - 2 days in Paris (by choice)
CDG/TXL in Y - destination
TXL/CDG/PIT in J - including the CDG/PIT nonstop
80K miles - - Yay!
$180 in taxes!!! Yikes!
I know many here will say that on an award ticket, they won't fly TATL in Y, but, the PIT/CDG nonstop is fantastic for Pittsburghers! No problem snagging the front exit row aisle this far in advance.
PIT/CDG nonstop in Y - 2 days in Paris (by choice)
CDG/TXL in Y - destination
TXL/CDG/PIT in J - including the CDG/PIT nonstop
80K miles - - Yay!
$180 in taxes!!! Yikes!
I know many here will say that on an award ticket, they won't fly TATL in Y, but, the PIT/CDG nonstop is fantastic for Pittsburghers! No problem snagging the front exit row aisle this far in advance.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:36 pm
#3160
Used to be highman123
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 3,541
Oct 6, 2012, 9:03 pm
#3161
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Gold, Hyatt something
Posts: 33,544
I'm sure they'll do all they can to devalue it, but I think they make more money from selling miles to AMEX, etc than they do on actual flights. Eliminating Skymiles would only put them in Bankruptcy, again.
Oct 9, 2012, 4:59 am
#3163
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Mesilla, NM
Programs: DL DM 4.7 MM MQM Marriott Ambassador Lifetime Titanium AA CK
Posts: 2,714
Thanks to Robert on the DM Line and the KVStool!
Had booked
MSP-EWR Y
JFK-FCO C
Added
FCO-CTA Y YES!!!!
was able to book return
Robert called AZ desk and got us
CTA-FCO Y overnight
FCO-JFK C
JFK-MSP Y
DL makes it very hard to get 1st in the USA for the tickets.
Had booked
MSP-EWR Y
JFK-FCO C
Added
FCO-CTA Y YES!!!!
was able to book return
Robert called AZ desk and got us
CTA-FCO Y overnight
FCO-JFK C
JFK-MSP Y
DL makes it very hard to get 1st in the USA for the tickets.
Last edited by hnewman; Oct 9, 2012 at 5:14 am Reason: added KVStool thanks
Oct 9, 2012, 7:18 am
#3164
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Auckland, NZ/New York, NY/ATL
Programs: DL DM MM, BIS 2.4MM, EK Gold, SQ Gold, Marriott Gold, HH Gold,
Posts: 5,225
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Oct 9, 2012, 7:21 am
#3165
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Mesilla, NM
Programs: DL DM 4.7 MM MQM Marriott Ambassador Lifetime Titanium AA CK
Posts: 2,714