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Jul 26, 2012, 1:55 am
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Doubtful. There are plenty of areas in which AI deserves criticism.
Jul 29, 2012, 6:00 pm
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Has anyone managed to book Jet J/F through any of their partners in the last few weeks? I had some BMI miles that I wanted rid off and their availability doesn't match up at all to what Jet.com offers. In fact both AA and BMI can't see any seats available for around 15 dates I tried from now till next year.
Good part is that there is plenty of availability available to Jet members now. Albeit with stupid tax amounts.
Good part is that there is plenty of availability available to Jet members now. Albeit with stupid tax amounts.
Jul 29, 2012, 11:00 pm
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Jul 30, 2012, 3:49 am
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Jul 30, 2012, 4:24 am
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exactly....a colleague recently booked a del-lhr return on 9w for 104k miles + inr 55k in taxes....i told him to just book a revenue ticket for inr 58k & use about 70k miles to upgrade....this way he would only be spending about inr 3k more, would save 30k miles plus earn back another 12k miles....
Jul 30, 2012, 4:27 am
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exactly....a colleague recently booked a del-lhr return on 9w for 104k miles + inr 55k in taxes....i told him to just book a revenue ticket for inr 58k & use about 70k miles to upgrade....this way he would only be spending about inr 3k more, would save 30k miles plus earn back another 12k miles....
Best bet to use Jet miles is on Partner redemption's.
Keyser have you ever needed to make a change to a partner ticket. There are some good deals there but my plans are always changing so would hate to loose so many miles when I can't fly.
Jul 30, 2012, 4:54 am
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i managed to do this once but the circumstances were pretty unique....it was on a united flight....i called jet to ask if they could help with the change & they refused....so i got in touch with united & they were happy to help since their flight was overbooked....they booked me on the same flight a couple of days later....but i don't think they would have let me change otherwise....
Jul 30, 2012, 5:00 am
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i managed to do this once but the circumstances were pretty unique....it was on a united flight....i called jet to ask if they could help with the change & they refused....so i got in touch with united & they were happy to help since their flight was overbooked....they booked me on the same flight a couple of days later....but i don't think they would have let me change otherwise....
Jul 30, 2012, 5:03 am
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Jul 30, 2012, 5:10 am
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Jul 31, 2012, 8:26 am
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Haven't seen this sort of award inventory on Jet for a long, long time.
Taxes in Y - GBP227, J - 363, F - 363.
I think F is a decent deal. Y/J both total rip offs!
Taxes in Y - GBP227, J - 363, F - 363.
I think F is a decent deal. Y/J both total rip offs!
Jul 31, 2012, 8:55 am
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Award availability is quite good on Jet now days. But they only offer 1 seat per class is which is bad.
What they have done is blocked all partners from getting these seats and only allocating some seats for them. I feel before everyone would go with Jet instead of their own alliance seats. Now since Jet has blocked partner rewards and only allocated for their own members this is a big ^
Also Keyser reported that there is also now a different class for upgrades through vouchers and redemption seats. So the seats you see above might not be available if using miles or vouches to upgrade.
What they have done is blocked all partners from getting these seats and only allocating some seats for them. I feel before everyone would go with Jet instead of their own alliance seats. Now since Jet has blocked partner rewards and only allocated for their own members this is a big ^
Also Keyser reported that there is also now a different class for upgrades through vouchers and redemption seats. So the seats you see above might not be available if using miles or vouches to upgrade.
Jul 31, 2012, 8:59 am
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Yes I saw that.. Any idea how to check upgrade availability? Is there a way to make a reservation in Y and confirm the upgrade immediately over the phone?
Jul 31, 2012, 9:00 am
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have been seeing this sort of award inventory from bom for a few months now....even from del its looking better for the last couple of months....i guess it finally hit them that they are better off letting us redeem our miles for cabins that are going empty....
Jul 31, 2012, 9:05 am
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