quarryking

That explains it then...Anyway the Flying Return miles required are pretty stiff for the longer sectors and availability scarce as well.

PiperAtGatesofDawn

I've generally found better value to do domestic redemption on AI. Their international charts are extremely poor. Eg: BOM - PVG/HKG/SIN with AI charts on AI metal - 70,020 miles and I think 90,000 miles with AI on *A. On the other side BOM - SIN etc. with SQ on SQ metal - 35,000 miles and with SQ on *A metal - 50,000 miles.

If I were you I'd only use AI miles for domestic redemption. If you want to use your miles to fly international don't credit your miles to AI or 9W.

Anish

Has anyone booked a Jet award ticket in J, cancelled the ticket and checked whether they add award availability back to the flight?

onlysuites

Yeah it will do. But also depends on the load of the flight if its a busy flight then it won't.

PiperAtGatesofDawn

It would depend on a million factors.

kshastry

A quick question on AI FR policy on infant tickets. I have a confirmed reward booking on an international sector where travel dates are still few months away. I needed to add an infant ticket. But infant's passport is not done yet. I went to local AI ticketing office. They refused to book a ticket without passport information. I had carried birth certificate. I know [as I have done it before], passport details for infant are not a must for international ticket with other airlines of India. Did I got a wrong person, or is it the policy of AI?

PiperAtGatesofDawn

Instead of trying to beat your head against a wall (talk/argue/discuss anything with AI) why don't you get your infant's passport issued right away? It takes a few days - there's no police verification etc. It's the less painful route for sure. Unless you have some issues getting it issued right now that's the best course of action.

ajayr

I am trying to score a 9W redemption from BLR to CUN. The most convenient routing appears to be BLR-CDG-CUN on AF (both legs on AF metal). From their partner award chart, it appears that this will be a Zone 04 to Zone 11 redemption that costs 100,000 miles. However, if I consider this as two separate segments, BLR-CDG and CDG-CUN, according to the chart, I will be charged only 42,000+42,000 = 84,000 miles.

1) How much will 9W try to charge me?
2) If I route it as two separate segments, can 9W issue the ticket on a single PNR so that I can check-in my bags all the way till CUN and be protected against BLR-CDG flight delay?
3) If they issue the tickets on two separate PNRs, would AF allow me to check-in my bags all the way till CUN from BLR and also issue my CDG-CUN boarding pass in BLR itself so that I need not get a visa for France? (I understand that I won't be protected against BLR-CDG flight delay. The layover is ~5 hours in CDG).

L_D_M

Re No. 3, I've checked in luggage all the way through on a BOM-CDG-MAD itinerary on separate tickets before. AF and 9W interline, so it shouldn't be a problem. I had to get a boarding pass for the second leg from the desk in CDG, if I remember.

Bioflyer

AFAIK for France now, Indians are not required to have the Transit Visa (courtesy 9W's tie-up with AF) - But the risk I see in the above is if the AF agent at BLR denies for a through check-in and than in-case your BLR-CDG flight is significantly delayed, you would end up in a soup!

ajayr

L_D_M

Ouch, that's pretty steep. But then again, Jet miles are valued somewhere in the peanut ballpark, so...

PiperAtGatesofDawn

I think this is a pretty good deal - J return @ 168k miles. The taxes are fairly high but the mileage required is quite low.

L_D_M

Yeah, if it's a round-trip. I got the impression from the OP's post that it was one way.

ajayr