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May 13, 2010, 8:36 am
#1471
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BDU
Programs: DL:MM, Marriott:LTT
Posts: 8,779
My niece found out this weekend that she qualified for Jr. Olympics, which is Memorial Day Weekend in PDX. I was able to book two r/t tickets, ATL-PDT, 05/26-30/10 for 25k each, no problem. The outbound is direct, the return changes planes in SEA. Going rate was $600+/each.
Last edited by CJKatl; May 13, 2010 at 12:54 pm
May 13, 2010, 10:23 am
#1472
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
And pay $10 or is it more now for telephone booking?
May 13, 2010, 10:29 am
#1473
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
I've accepted that with DL not flying their metal DTW-CDG (seasonal?), it's going to be AF. Oddly, you can find availability (just find Low J DTW-CDG-LHR), then you know the exact dates/flights to ask for when you call. If one of the "enhancements" coming for the award calendar is being able to view and book alliance partner flights, that will remove that requirement.
May 13, 2010, 10:41 am
#1474
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
I know the AF flight numbers I would want but it's a question of whether there are low BE awards for the dates I want.
Hopefully bad publicity from things like IdeaWorks will force some changes.
I booked an award last July for this weekend and DL was good to me in 2009: the free 10K MQM, the rollover MQMs and Op upgrades for two international segments.
So when I start looking for spring/summer 2011, hopefully they have low award availability.
Hopefully bad publicity from things like IdeaWorks will force some changes.
I booked an award last July for this weekend and DL was good to me in 2009: the free 10K MQM, the rollover MQMs and Op upgrades for two international segments.
So when I start looking for spring/summer 2011, hopefully they have low award availability.
May 13, 2010, 10:54 am
#1475
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta DM, SPG Plat, Hyatt Diamond, MTA Rust, Hertz Five Star something or other
Posts: 2,858
I book lots of AF flights on Delta.com. I always do weeklong searches on Expertflyer.com for their US gateways and then book in multi-city search on dl.com. Works like a charm.
May 13, 2010, 12:17 pm
#1477
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOS, NYC
Programs: DL Plat, HH Diamond, SPG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 572
Got a SAV-DFW rt for 25k. Going rate was almost $700! and it was only 4 days prior to when I needed to leave, Friday to Sunday too, I thought i did pretty well!
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May 13, 2010, 12:36 pm
#1478
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: DCA
Posts: 3,395
I saw the AF awards on Delta.com, I just needed to search one way for coach tickets (which shows J seats for some reason), figure out which segments had availability then type it into the multi-destination search to grab the entire trip. During all my searches, though, I couldn't find anything on Delta metal, which I would have preferred to AF. (I have done 8 longhaul J segments on AF in the last year or so and would have liked to mix it up a bit).
May 13, 2010, 1:15 pm
#1479
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: LAS
Programs: PA FT, TW Gold, NW/CO PE, VK Eagleflyer
Posts: 7,173
How in the world did you do this? I'm trying to burn some Confederate Miles in J IAD/AMS, and the very best I can do is 130k, with several nasty connections in Y via places that I don't want to visit. In a perfect world (or even in a previous life with NW) I could fly KL directly (SkyTeam anyone?) but that would be too much to expect today.
May 13, 2010, 2:41 pm
#1480
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: DCA
Posts: 3,395
How in the world did you do this? I'm trying to burn some Confederate Miles in J IAD/AMS, and the very best I can do is 130k, with several nasty connections in Y via places that I don't want to visit. In a perfect world (or even in a previous life with NW) I could fly KL directly (SkyTeam anyone?) but that would be too much to expect today.
May 13, 2010, 6:32 pm
#1481
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: Waffle House DM
Posts: 467
Got 2 BE returns from MCO-LHR via MSP with the flat bed 767-400 for 150K each. Could have got them for 100K with slower connections going through AMS, but 50K miles extra seemed a reasonable premium for flat bed 767-400 across the Atlantic, and the advantage (?) of MSP is you get more time to enjoy the beds to LHR. This is late September returning early November.
May 14, 2010, 12:35 am
#1483
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Syracuse NY
Posts: 83
sure does ... a few weeks ago i booked SFO-CDG-AMS with the return AMS-SFO ... the outbound is on AF and the return is on KL ... in business class both ways. does KL still offer the cool ceramic houses filled with jenever?
May 14, 2010, 3:32 am
#1484
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: LAS
Programs: PA FT, TW Gold, NW/CO PE, VK Eagleflyer
Posts: 7,173
May 14, 2010, 7:49 am
#1485
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: DL PM, Marriott G, Hilton G
Posts: 1,582
For a short get away this summer on Mrs. AVFlyer's bday, booked BE award on DL metal JFK-PRG, a few days in Prague, AF metal in F (middle-seat open & drinks) PRG-CDG, a few more days in Paris, and then AF C CDG-JFK. 100K each + ~$150 in taxes/fees. Hotels will be on points. Flew the days I wanted to fly - even ideal times.
Got lucky ... definitely. Perfect Mother's Day gift ... priceless
Got lucky ... definitely. Perfect Mother's Day gift ... priceless