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Aug 20, 2016, 11:23 am
#4681
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,947
Speaking of, I'm using pesos for positioning flights next month SFO-DTW for 11k and YYJ-SFO for 5k.
Aug 20, 2016, 12:43 pm
#4682
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Mem
Programs: Delta GM, Amex Reserve, Amex Plat, JP Morgan Palladium
Posts: 984
4 seats from MEM to CDG in J for 107,000 each over Thanksgiving. I have to admit that skylines have become more valuable than AA miles recently. AA miles have become impossible to use and sky miles seem to have become really useful! Took the family to Munich this summer also in J for not a ton of miles. Well done Delta.
Aug 23, 2016, 2:31 pm
#4683
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: DL PM, MR Titanium/LTP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,130
Was able to leverage FlyingBlue to simultaneously book 2x RDU - ATL - LHR in D1 for next May on the late night ATL - LHR flight using both DL and FB miles (62.5k for each ticket).
More expensive than UA J but they had no saver J availability (and it's not worth paying partner J prices to to LHR) plus I'll take bulkhead 763 D1 over 2-4-2 sUA 777 or even 2-2 UA 752.
Not my best value redemption but we're going to a wedding and then vacation in Santorini so worth the extra miles for J to sleep going westbound even on the relatively short TATL.
More expensive than UA J but they had no saver J availability (and it's not worth paying partner J prices to to LHR) plus I'll take bulkhead 763 D1 over 2-4-2 sUA 777 or even 2-2 UA 752.
Not my best value redemption but we're going to a wedding and then vacation in Santorini so worth the extra miles for J to sleep going westbound even on the relatively short TATL.
Aug 25, 2016, 9:23 pm
#4687
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Romanian Riviera
Programs: Delta, Turkish Elite, American
Posts: 1,111
Booked open jaw coach award ticket for travel within next two weeks:
DCA-MSP-LAX-SYD-MEL (all on DL except last flight on Virgin Australia)
SYD-LAX-RDU-DCA (all DL except first flight on VA)
90k miles and $156 tax
DCA-MSP-LAX-SYD-MEL (all on DL except last flight on Virgin Australia)
SYD-LAX-RDU-DCA (all DL except first flight on VA)
90k miles and $156 tax
Sep 5, 2016, 2:25 pm
#4690
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Groveland, FL, USA
Programs: Starriot Platinum, DL PM, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 1,041
After TATL devaluation, but First/Delta One August 2017 for self and spouse MCO-JFK-CPH for 70K each. Now to book return from HEL when that opens up (probably not with Skypesos though as I have miles from AA and UA to burn).
Sep 5, 2016, 8:58 pm
#4692
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC (RDU)
Programs: DL Plat (won't hit DM again) 2MM (2.5), HH Gold, PC Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 5,626
Sep 8, 2016, 6:45 pm
#4695
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: delta dm
Posts: 1,677