Route Option Help
Dec 12, 2023 | 1:18 pm
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Route Option Help
Hello, our family of 4 is trying to find a way to DPS on award travel, this summer mid June when school gets out, to mid July. Ideally it would include a stopover in ICN on our return for a few weeks - July to early Aug. I've looked up options but difficult to find. One thought was fly to Singapore and get separate tickets on low cost carrier into DPS and back? We are located DC Metro but open to flying out of any domestic City that could make this happen. Can anyone recommend a best carrier / flight option that could make this work?
Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question.
Thanks for any advice!
Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question.
Thanks for any advice!
Dec 12, 2023 | 1:22 pm
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Hello, our family of 4 is trying to find a way to DPS on award travel, this summer mid June when school gets out, to mid July. Ideally it would include a stopover in ICN on our return for a few weeks - July to early Aug. I've looked up options but difficult to find. One thought was fly to Singapore and get separate tickets on low cost carrier into DPS and back? We are located DC Metro but open to flying out of any domestic City that could make this happen. Can anyone recommend a best carrier / flight option that could make this work?
Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question.
Thanks for any advice!
Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question.
Thanks for any advice!
Also, are you looking to travel in Economy Class, or in some premium cabin?
Dec 12, 2023 | 2:01 pm
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Very few ffp awards now allow "stop overs". So DPS-ICN and ICN-DC would need to be separate awards. Look for 3 one ways
So keep your expectations realistic (that is not as you first 2 sentences). Have you done long haul family awards before?
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Last edited by Mwenenzi; Dec 12, 2023 at 2:10 pm
Dec 13, 2023 | 7:42 am
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Without telling us how many miles you have in which FFPs (or how many transferrable points you have in which credit-card programs, like Amex MR or Chase UR), it's tough for us to give good advice.
Also, are you looking to travel in Economy Class, or in some premium cabin?
Also, are you looking to travel in Economy Class, or in some premium cabin?
Dec 13, 2023 | 7:46 am
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Getting 4 award seats on the same flight can be *very* hard even in economy. In a premium cabin at a busy time tending to impossible.
Very few ffp awards now allow "stop overs". So DPS-ICN and ICN-DC would need to be separate awards. Look for 3 one ways
So keep your expectations realistic (that is not as you first 2 sentences). Have you done long haul family awards before?
A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper
Very few ffp awards now allow "stop overs". So DPS-ICN and ICN-DC would need to be separate awards. Look for 3 one ways
So keep your expectations realistic (that is not as you first 2 sentences). Have you done long haul family awards before?
A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper
Dec 14, 2023 | 10:29 am
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Dec 14, 2023 | 3:56 pm
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Dec 14, 2023 | 4:58 pm
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