Complimentary Chauffeur Service for BusinessElite Passengers (JFK-LGW/LHR)
Mar 11, 2008, 3:53 pm
#16
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I fly in the latter part of June to London but not on an I - M fare with Z PMU secured at booking. Not that the I fare limo offer applies to my dates but had they, I would have booked the I fare, spare my 2 PMUs as the limo costs with the current $ would have easily made up the difference.
Mar 12, 2008, 9:57 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brooklyn
Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
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And VS's limo service is extremely accommodating--if I recall correctly, they'll drive people from BOS into Maine and New Hampshire.
Mar 12, 2008, 10:09 am
#18
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Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
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Continental Airlines and US Helicopter have initiated the only codeshare between an airline and helicopter in the New York area...
Earn 500 OnePass miles on US Helicopter codeshare flights when connecting to or from a Continental flight.
Earn 500 OnePass miles on US Helicopter codeshare flights when connecting to or from a Continental flight.
BusinessFirst customers enjoy complimentary helicopter service between Manhattan and Newark Liberty International Airport.*Promotion valid for BusinessFirst customers traveling between Newark and Europe, Asia, Tel Aviv, Delhi, Mumbai, Brazil and Argentina only. Must be booked in J, D or Z class of service to qualify. Customer is responsible for taxes. Subject to cancellation or change at any time. Travel must be completed by Mar. 31, 2008.
The range of VS's car service is remarkable. Example...
Flights to/from JFK or Newark
Any address in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Flights to/from Boston
Any address in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Any address in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Flights to/from Boston
Any address in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Mar 12, 2008, 3:35 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SEA - DL DM/2MM, *A Gold, SPG Lifetime Plat, some other car and hotel stuff
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I'm interested to hear about the CO helicopter deal--is that for all international J/D flights or just for London? (Packaging the helicopter with J tickets is an obvious boost to US Helicopter as well, since it's hard to justify a $160 helicopter ride on an expense report, but no problem to slide it in with the airfare. . .)
$160? It was going for ~$99 a few months ago.
Mar 12, 2008, 3:42 pm
#20
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Mar 13, 2008, 10:46 pm
#21
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I was flipping through the February 2008 issue of Business Traveler magazine and was reading the US Helicopter review. The author mentioned...
Does anybody know anything about this?
Delta Air Lines also includes the helicopter service for customers who book in J,D and C class between select trans-Atlantic and South American destinations and JFK.
Dec 17, 2012, 12:39 pm
#22
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My experience
I recently flew LHR-JFK on a D fare and had the following experience:
Diamond Line couldn't book it, nor were they all that familiar with it. They ended up finding the same link I found here on FT and gave me a phone number for Tri-Star Worldwide.
The US based Tri-Star agent wasn't that familiar with the Delta part of things, but gladly took my reservation, taking a credit card "only to hold the reservation". The next day I received a call from Tri-Star wanting my ticket # and class of service. Apparently the first agent didn't set-up my trip as a Delta ride.
Day of service was great. The driver was early and called my mobile # back in the US to tell me he was waiting. Brand new MB E Class Car. Trip from central London to LHR T4 took less than a half hour.
A week later, my AMEX has been charged for the service. I now need to call DL and Tri-Star to sort this out.
How can Delta expect to attract more HVC pax LHR-JFK-LHR if it can't get it's car service right? Perhaps Virgin, who is more known for this perk will take things over from Delta in terms of managing the car service program? It isn't like Delta promotes it either.
Diamond Line couldn't book it, nor were they all that familiar with it. They ended up finding the same link I found here on FT and gave me a phone number for Tri-Star Worldwide.
The US based Tri-Star agent wasn't that familiar with the Delta part of things, but gladly took my reservation, taking a credit card "only to hold the reservation". The next day I received a call from Tri-Star wanting my ticket # and class of service. Apparently the first agent didn't set-up my trip as a Delta ride.
Day of service was great. The driver was early and called my mobile # back in the US to tell me he was waiting. Brand new MB E Class Car. Trip from central London to LHR T4 took less than a half hour.
A week later, my AMEX has been charged for the service. I now need to call DL and Tri-Star to sort this out.
How can Delta expect to attract more HVC pax LHR-JFK-LHR if it can't get it's car service right? Perhaps Virgin, who is more known for this perk will take things over from Delta in terms of managing the car service program? It isn't like Delta promotes it either.
Jan 13, 2013, 11:44 am
#23
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: NYC
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