Advice: Planning for travel to Europe in Oct 2014
Jul 7, 13, 4:35 pm
#16
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 101
I didn't think of flying out of TLH or PNS. That saves a 10 hour drive to a 2 hour drive. I am doing business flying this October with AA and partners. Can you tell me how many miles I get business class and gold for these legs? Where do I look it up?
STL ORD. AA
ORD LHR. AA
LHR BOM. BA
BOM NRT NH
HND GMP. JL
ICN TPE. OZ. Economy
TPE HKG CX. Economy
HKD ORD. CX
How long does it take to get the miles credit once you get the credit cards?
STL ORD. AA
ORD LHR. AA
LHR BOM. BA
BOM NRT NH
HND GMP. JL
ICN TPE. OZ. Economy
TPE HKG CX. Economy
HKD ORD. CX
How long does it take to get the miles credit once you get the credit cards?
Jul 7, 13, 8:35 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Antonio
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 2,276
Try http://www.milecalc.com/ for calculating mileage earning.
For all of the credit cards talked about in this thread, miles earned post to your FF account 1-2 days after the statement posts, Chase cards may be after the following statement for spending late in the statement cycle.
For all of the credit cards talked about in this thread, miles earned post to your FF account 1-2 days after the statement posts, Chase cards may be after the following statement for spending late in the statement cycle.
Jul 8, 13, 7:59 pm
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 101
Okay, I think I'm close but. If I move $100k of securities to my Fidelity acct, when can I expect the AA miles? Otherwise, how long until I get the miles on a bonus credit card?
The cruise line said round trip business class is $4000 per person and will only include the overseas leg. I think 100k miles per person is doable and a better value.
Mike
The cruise line said round trip business class is $4000 per person and will only include the overseas leg. I think 100k miles per person is doable and a better value.
Mike
Jul 9, 13, 8:41 am
#19
Join Date: May 2013
Location: FRA-ish
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OP, as an aside, you said in your first post your home airport will be ECP. I don't know how loyal you are to AA, but that airport only has Delta and Southwest at this time. VPS and PNS both have AA (and US for after the merger) flights.
Jul 9, 13, 9:07 am
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Yes, ECP is closest but VPS isn't too far. I'm now thinking that PNS or TLH might be better because they're nonstop to MIA. They're both about two and a half hours away.
If I can't get the miles in my acct in time, I might look at buying. Given the prices for business class travel, buying miles might be a decent deal.
Mike
If I can't get the miles in my acct in time, I might look at buying. Given the prices for business class travel, buying miles might be a decent deal.
Mike
Jul 10, 13, 7:53 am
#21
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You have 300K Marriott points? Why not grab a package to boost yourself by quite a few AA miles, as well as having a hotel room?
Jul 10, 13, 10:52 am
#22
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 101
Thanks Eponymous, yet another god idea. To summarize options, they include
Use Marriott points and get 120k miles and a week. I think Cat6 might be good for the big Island, HI
Buy the points from AA
get another card or two
Deposit $100k in Fidelity.
Continue to wait for miles and credits to roll in.
Given I will plan on getting the tickets in November, how long do each of these schemes take? Also, how would Fidelity claw back miles if I clean it out?
Mike
Use Marriott points and get 120k miles and a week. I think Cat6 might be good for the big Island, HI
Buy the points from AA
get another card or two
Deposit $100k in Fidelity.
Continue to wait for miles and credits to roll in.
Given I will plan on getting the tickets in November, how long do each of these schemes take? Also, how would Fidelity claw back miles if I clean it out?
Mike
Jul 13, 13, 12:24 am
#23
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 685
If you are looking for award tickets for November, you are cutting it close. I usually start looking for availability 11 months ahead but airlines usually release more award seats if they are behind their anticipated sales target. Or maybe they just open a few award seats every few months.
Jul 13, 13, 7:42 am
#24
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Originally Posted by rtraveler
If you are looking for award tickets for November, you are cutting it close. I usually start looking for availability 11 months ahead but airlines usually release more award seats if they are behind their anticipated sales target. Or maybe they just open a few award seats every few months.
Mike
Jul 16, 13, 2:15 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Philadelphia
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Plat, SPG & Marriott Gold, CC Silver
Posts: 541
Originally Posted by Dbears
I'm flying October, 2014. The tickets won't be available for sale until November, 2013. Still some time.
Mike
Mike
If you have a hard time finding space, use Award Nexus to give you ideas for routings through city pairs and with airline partners you might not have considered.
Jul 18, 13, 8:40 am
#26
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MCO
Programs: AA 1MM, BA, UA, HH Dia, CC Gold, SPG Plat
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We just took this trip aiming for Oneworld J for an identical cruise. Flew on AA award over MCO-MIA-LHR-BCN (last leg on BA). Like pulling teeth to get J award space though. F was easier (got 4), then as it got closer Y opened up. I only ever got 2 J ~ 250 days out.
On the way back we flew AB VCE-TXL (stayed overnight) - ORD-MCO. All in J. AB only ever released 2 J to AA (there were 4 empty seats when we boarded), but it was a J/F flight and it was their new J so it easily rivaled AA F.
You really need to keep your city pair options open. At 330 I started checking every route through MIA, JFK, ORD, etc... MIA-BCN did open at one point as well. Don't expect availability at 330 though. Flying in Oct may give you an edge at least. We flew peak June/July.
Availability on AA (and partners) can be had, but I bit the bullet and also subcribed to KVS which I checked every single day. I hate the lack of a notification feature like EF, but liked their access to AB unlike EF.
On the way back we flew AB VCE-TXL (stayed overnight) - ORD-MCO. All in J. AB only ever released 2 J to AA (there were 4 empty seats when we boarded), but it was a J/F flight and it was their new J so it easily rivaled AA F.
You really need to keep your city pair options open. At 330 I started checking every route through MIA, JFK, ORD, etc... MIA-BCN did open at one point as well. Don't expect availability at 330 though. Flying in Oct may give you an edge at least. We flew peak June/July.
Availability on AA (and partners) can be had, but I bit the bullet and also subcribed to KVS which I checked every single day. I hate the lack of a notification feature like EF, but liked their access to AB unlike EF.
Jul 18, 13, 7:44 pm
#27
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 288
Originally Posted by TTnC4me
Availability on AA (and partners) can be had, but I bit the bullet and also subcribed to KVS which I checked every single day. I hate the lack of a notification feature like EF, but liked their access to AB unlike EF.
