Award Ticket Success - Post It Here
Nov 14, 2019, 1:05 am
#5311
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: San Diego
Programs: IHG Spire Amb, HH Diamond, DL Diamond and 1MM
Posts: 3,610
This new flash sale was really wide open last night and this morning. Could have and should have booked a SAN-ZAG/LJU-SAN open jaw. I dithered and a lot of availability has now dried up. For a while virtually the entire continent was bookable.
I booked a SAN-TXL roundtrip in March for 98k each. For the life of me, I can't understand why my wife wanted Berlin over Munich.
Nov 14, 2019, 1:51 am
#5312
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
RDU-CDG-BEG/BEG-CDG-BOS-RDU 129,000 + $116 in D1. Outbound is at the flash sale price, return is after the sale so it prices at both. Return does have an overnight at CDG at my expense, will use some hotel points, I guess. Going to Serbia for a pet/house sit.
Added -- House sit fell through so I ended up cancelling and arranging a different sit location. Too bad..
Added -- House sit fell through so I ended up cancelling and arranging a different sit location. Too bad..
Last edited by mot29; Jan 6, 2020 at 8:34 am
Jan 6, 2020, 8:33 am
#5313
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
YYZ-JFK-BOS-LHR/LHR-JFK(VS)-RDU - 166,000 miles and US$383. Not base, but not bad. I found it online but in 3 attempts to book it came out 'just sold out.'
Called and got connected to an ATL based agent who answered Diamond line and introduced herself at Ms xxx (most agents use their first names I find). She found the itin and put it into the reservation but couldn't get it to price at all. She worked her way up to ticketing and ticketing supervisor... It took about an hour and she kept coming back to me to let me know of progress and took my phone number in case we got disconnected..
I'm guessing the combination of the different origin and return locations and the VS flight messed up the auto pricing, but got an agent who worked it through for me.
(I've already sent in a compliment.)
Called and got connected to an ATL based agent who answered Diamond line and introduced herself at Ms xxx (most agents use their first names I find). She found the itin and put it into the reservation but couldn't get it to price at all. She worked her way up to ticketing and ticketing supervisor... It took about an hour and she kept coming back to me to let me know of progress and took my phone number in case we got disconnected..
I'm guessing the combination of the different origin and return locations and the VS flight messed up the auto pricing, but got an agent who worked it through for me.
(I've already sent in a compliment.)
Jan 6, 2020, 9:35 am
#5314
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: ATLien
Programs: Hub Captive Club
Posts: 127
Just grabbed for two tickets in May for ATL-DTW-AMS//LIS-JFK-ATL in Delta One & First for 160k each plus about $100 in taxes (don't remember the exact amount). Now just hoping for a change or cancellation to move to something more direct. We'll be buying an AMS-Portugal leg on KLM to complete the trip and make sure we're somewhat protected within Skyteam should something happen. I was pleasantly surprised I could find anything at these rates for 4 months out starting and ending in ATL.
Jan 6, 2020, 10:24 am
#5315
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Platinum, AA Plat Pro, Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic 3, Amtrak Select
Posts: 966
JFK-SAN, R/T 20k in coach. I have a business trip to San Diego that requires weekend travel and wanted to bring the GF. Cash fares were in the 450 range, so was happy to get this at a decent redemption
Jan 7, 2020, 2:31 pm
#5318
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold and hotel status through their credit cards as needed :)
Posts: 268
Not aspirational, but booked two economy tickets in May for SFO-CDG-BOD for 15K each and $22 in taxes. Will have to position to SFO but very happy with redemption (and only had about 35K DL miles to spend)
Jan 7, 2020, 9:03 pm
#5319
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Seattle, WA. USA
Programs: MR, AA, UA, DL, AVIS and growing
Posts: 1,172
Jan 9, 2020, 6:22 am
#5321
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio
Programs: DL DM, Former AA EXP now AY Plat, AC 75K, NW Plat, Former CO Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 27,042
Jan 9, 2020, 8:22 pm
#5322
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold and hotel status through their credit cards as needed :)
Posts: 268
We are headed to TLV a week later for a wedding so will buy a connecting flight. Have a mileage ticket in business already booked for my return (AF: TLV-CDG-SFO for 53K each)
Feb 26, 2020, 12:46 pm
#5323
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
LGA-MSP-YVR 20,000 one way for a coach award (chose over 41,000 for F or $317 cash for Y). I had a booking on CX in J but CX has cancelled JFK-YVR prematurely. The trip is less than four weeks away so my options are fairly limited but I'm happy with this.
Feb 26, 2020, 1:10 pm
#5324
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: MSP
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, UA Silver, Hertz 5*
Posts: 913
Just booked 2 OW tickets BOM-JFK-MSP in Delta One (BOM-JFK) and Comfort (JFK-MSP) for 135K and $45 each for the return leg of my trip to BOM. Doesn't feel like a great win at all. The mileage rate has almost doubled in 3 years. Just in 2016 I was able to book the same journey for 70K each, then it was 90K in 2018 and 2019 and now 135K.
Now got to work out the outbound.
Now got to work out the outbound.
Feb 26, 2020, 1:11 pm
#5325
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,057
There's one-way awards from 9.5K on this route (12K main cabin), but they have a 30-day advance purchase requirement.
