Award Ticket Success - Post It Here
Dec 15, 2012, 4:33 pm
#3331
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Ann Arbor
Programs: HHonors Gold , National Emerald Exec, Hertz Presidents, Delta Gold
Posts: 2,604
Sorry if this is a newbie question, I haven't tried booking that many TPAC award tickets, but how are you guys finding 2 tickets for the low tier? I can find it no problem if it's just 1 ticket I'm looking for, but when I look for the other one it cranks it up to the high. Am I suppose to book 1 and then wait a few days and try booking another?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
I used several calendars, with one for outbound and one return. Then I broke each day down into 3 columns, to cover the 3 possible cities I could fly into.
Dec 15, 2012, 4:41 pm
#3332
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SUX
Programs: BA Silver; HHonors Gold; SPG Gold; Points but dirt with everyone else
Posts: 8,050
I looked for 2 people in First/Business on delta.com, searching LAX-(SYD or MEL or BNE) and then the return separately.
I used several calendars, with one for outbound and one return. Then I broke each day down into 3 columns, to cover the 3 possible cities I could fly into.
I used several calendars, with one for outbound and one return. Then I broke each day down into 3 columns, to cover the 3 possible cities I could fly into.
Dec 16, 2012, 11:03 am
#3334
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,767
Dec 16, 2012, 11:37 am
#3335
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 477
July 2013:
JFK-LHR Flight 1
LHR-JFK Flight 2
2 tickets = 120,000 miles total.
Also booked LCY-FLR-LCY for $205 per ticket (non-award travel).
Really excited! Maybe I will surprise my mom and sister with purchasing Economy Choice upgrades :-)
JFK-LHR Flight 1
LHR-JFK Flight 2
2 tickets = 120,000 miles total.
Also booked LCY-FLR-LCY for $205 per ticket (non-award travel).
Really excited! Maybe I will surprise my mom and sister with purchasing Economy Choice upgrades :-)
Dec 16, 2012, 3:37 pm
#3336
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,767
Jul/Aug 2013.
100K $178 tax for 2 persons business class except CDG-AMS segment in coach.
MIA-FCO-CDG-ARN AZ/AF
All seat requests came back denied by KL so have to go thru CDG.
SVO-CDG-AMS AF
with a forced overnight at CDG. KL has 0 availability. SU added $38 YQ on each ticket, plus if 1st flight IRROP, 2nd flight would get us to AMS very late at night.
AMS-FCO-MIA AZ
with a forced overnight at FCO.
FWIW, DL system classifies ARN being destination and makes the portion starting from SVO being "return". (so AMS is classified as stopover then?)
Many thanks to several FTers who graciously helped me in booking our first DL awards, particularly mtkeller for verifying the validity of routing and michael_v for many valuable suggestions. Without your helps this DL non-flyer would have no idea how to book an award.
100K $178 tax for 2 persons business class except CDG-AMS segment in coach.
MIA-FCO-CDG-ARN AZ/AF
All seat requests came back denied by KL so have to go thru CDG.
SVO-CDG-AMS AF
with a forced overnight at CDG. KL has 0 availability. SU added $38 YQ on each ticket, plus if 1st flight IRROP, 2nd flight would get us to AMS very late at night.
AMS-FCO-MIA AZ
with a forced overnight at FCO.
FWIW, DL system classifies ARN being destination and makes the portion starting from SVO being "return". (so AMS is classified as stopover then?)
Many thanks to several FTers who graciously helped me in booking our first DL awards, particularly mtkeller for verifying the validity of routing and michael_v for many valuable suggestions. Without your helps this DL non-flyer would have no idea how to book an award.
Dec 16, 2012, 5:39 pm
#3337
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_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A523 Safari/8536.25)
I just flew RO OTP-CDG on a new A318 and it had the blocked middle seat business configuration. That is why I asked. Perhaps the 737s are older. I guess RO is like red wine, the older, the better.
Just took this RO flight today. Had the A318 and it was 3x3 in J.
Originally Posted by michael_v
I have flown LHR-OTP a few times in J and also CDG-OTP. RO has true F seats for the most part (if not all AC) unlike AF and KL for intra-EU flights. 2X2 as with DL F. Hoping to find the same going into MUC.
http://www.seatmaestro.com/airplanes...300-118-1.html
http://www.seatmaestro.com/airplanes...300-118-1.html
Dec 18, 2012, 2:50 am
#3338
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BNA/LAX/BWI/SZX/SIN
Posts: 649
Success!
Within 4 hours, I was able to piece together 2 business class tickets for my parents to come over for my graduation in May. Best use of my 240, 000K Miles yet!
SIN-ICN-DTW-BNA-MSP-LAX-CAN-SIN
My senior year has now come full circle. Thanks to all the help from the FT community in helping me accrue these awesome miles.
SIN-ICN-DTW-BNA-MSP-LAX-CAN-SIN
My senior year has now come full circle. Thanks to all the help from the FT community in helping me accrue these awesome miles.
Last edited by RSSrsvp; Dec 18, 2012 at 6:14 am Reason: Merged into the master thread on this subject
Dec 18, 2012, 7:50 am
#3341
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 198
Within 4 hours, I was able to piece together 2 business class tickets for my parents to come over for my graduation in May. Best use of my 240, 000K Miles yet!
SIN-ICN-DTW-BNA-MSP-LAX-CAN-SIN
My senior year has now come full circle. Thanks to all the help from the FT community in helping me accrue these awesome miles.
SIN-ICN-DTW-BNA-MSP-LAX-CAN-SIN
My senior year has now come full circle. Thanks to all the help from the FT community in helping me accrue these awesome miles.
Dec 18, 2012, 7:57 am
#3342
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DTW
Programs: DL 0.22 MM, AA 0.34 MM, PC Plat Amb, Hertz #1 GC 5*
Posts: 7,511
Dec 18, 2012, 8:04 am
#3343
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 198
It was more of a joke that the poster added the three 0s and then included the k. It would make it seem as if it were really 240,000,000 miles instead of the intended 240k.
Dec 18, 2012, 9:01 am
#3344
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,983
Within 4 hours, I was able to piece together 2 business class tickets for my parents to come over for my graduation in May. Best use of my 240, 000K Miles yet!
SIN-ICN-DTW-BNA-MSP-LAX-CAN-SIN
My senior year has now come full circle. Thanks to all the help from the FT community in helping me accrue these awesome miles.
SIN-ICN-DTW-BNA-MSP-LAX-CAN-SIN
My senior year has now come full circle. Thanks to all the help from the FT community in helping me accrue these awesome miles.
Dec 18, 2012, 9:45 am
#3345
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: DL PM; IHG PlatAmb; Hilton Dia; Marriott Plat; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,326
Successful booking at 100k, though high fees ($335 per pax):
June 2013, 2 Business Class:
EWR-CDG (on DL)
CDG-VIE (AF code share on OS metal)
VIEW-AMS-HEL (KL)
TLL-SVO-JFK (Aeroflot)
June 2013, 2 Business Class:
EWR-CDG (on DL)
CDG-VIE (AF code share on OS metal)
VIEW-AMS-HEL (KL)
TLL-SVO-JFK (Aeroflot)