exwannabe

True as far as Ryan or DL should care about the issue.

The real issue here is to look for alternative Ryan flights and prepare to pay whatever change fee they request. I would go to the Ryan website and see what they say.

DL is no help here.

Vuelos

Flying Ryanair for their honeymoon. Sucks for them. Hope they enjoy their time in Dublin.

cabdlg

I was afraid you'd say that. Guess I'll get up in the middle of the night and try to call Ryanair.

If anyone has suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them.

Vuelos

Having dealt with Ryanair you will be paying out the ... in fees. Look for other transport options.

IRISHFLYER1

Sad to say, you will get no sympathy from them. It may be cheaper to rebook the flight, where are they flying to?

fanatic6711

Hi all,

Looking to obviously not pay much for a flight to the Maldives. We're getting married in October around JAX, but also live in NYC. We'd spend a couple days internationally in a destination if it would be beneficial. Dates to leave either Oct 9th or 10th and return ball park 2 weeks.

Now to the points available to us:

I have approx 98,000 miles (although my 1800 Flowers Mother's Day points still haven't posted!?!). Also, I just was given a AMEX Centruion Card as my wedding gift , so I'm DL PM and can pick a gift (which ? $200, SWU or 20K points?). And I have a 006 $100 voucher from DL from screwing up a flight.

She has appx 70,000 miles, also Centurion CM and DL PM, and is willing to transfer 20,000 MR points.

Now, my mother also has 60,000 delta miles and is willing to transfer them to either one or split to both of us.

Can anyone give help / suggestions? I've been accumulating the miles for the honeymoon, so I'm willing to use them all. Also, is the SWU worth it for this or should I just choose $200 or 20K?

THANKS ALL!

turnpike17

Suga momma!!

sheremetyevo

Seeing you're a newbie (at least in terms of posts)... have you considered hiring The Points Guy as your award travel agent?

http://thepointsguy.com/

TechMarauder

The lowest possible mileage for your trip in coach is 80,000 miles each. Based on the airlines that fly into Male, it looks like your best bet is to take AF/KL to India and then Kingfisher Airlines from Delhi to Male. It is going to be pretty hard to get the availability in the lowest class, but good luck.

If you're looking for an alternative, I would suggest the Seychelles. They are also in the Indian Ocean and you can take them on Air France from JFK-CDG-SEZ and availability is usually much easier.

fanatic6711

Thanks, sheremetyevo, I did try thepointsguy, but he told me he was too busy at this time...

Scandalrag

You can fly CZ through CAN or SU through SVO to MLE for the same 40K miles. I know CZ is a pain to get confirmation, but the product is really good.

3Cforme

If your departure date has that little flexibility and you want to book in advance (rather than calling 5x weekly, right up to a month before the wedding), your award search will likely terminate unsuccesfully, and quickly. Two dates for outbound travel by no means meets the imperative 'Be flexible' in award planning.

You could likely find an award (with some work if you demand Low mileage band) to a European or Asian gateway city, then continue on purchased tickets, but that complicates things in case of IROPS (and you might not save all that much money).

br1584

Having just booked this trip myself, Malaysian Airlines through KUL may be your best bet. There was tons of availability on their LAX-KUL flight (has a stop in TPE,) the KUL-MLE flight took a little more searching but there is tons of availability if you have patience and are a little more flexible.

You will probably have a harder time trying to find JFK to LAX at low level.
Also keep in mind MH will hit you with a large YQ (fuel). It was 600ish per person at least in J class.

good luck

jrgray86

Hoping to spend a week in Italy and a week in the Greek islands in Fall 2012. We'd prefer to fly out of and back into JFK but other spots along the east coast are acceptable (EWR, IAD, ATL).

What's the cheapest way to get two business seats on miles? Any tips or tricks? Lastly, this might be over-doing my request a bit but... anyway to get on an A380? Maybe on the way home through CDG? Thanks for any help.

mbarreto

I've done JFK-CDG-BLQ with the TATL leg on the 380... it's not that hard to find award seats on the JFK-CDG leg, and shouldn't be an issue getting the CDG-FCO and ATH-CDG legs...

Though consider that connecting in CDG is nothing less than a nightmare!