M&M Flight Award Booking - FAQ and Help Thread
Sep 7, 2015, 4:24 pm
#286
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Sep 10, 2015, 7:51 am
#289
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Obviously a mileage bargain. From OSL for 55k you can get nice round trips in J to BOS, ORD, DFW, DEL, YUL, BOM, JFK, or EWR. Travel between January and February. Shopping spree in New York after Christmas doesn't sound like a bad idea!
Sep 21, 2015, 8:03 am
#290
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Could someone please provide feedback on these questions:
1) For Europe-Australia-Europe award (assuming that it is a 3-region award), how many transfers and stopovers are allowed in total?
2) Is such routing valid for 185000 miles in C "Europe-South East Asia-Australia//stopover//Australia-Far East-Europe"? Or does the connecting point - South East Asia or Far East - have to be the same for both outbound and inbound flights?
Thanks you!
1) For Europe-Australia-Europe award (assuming that it is a 3-region award), how many transfers and stopovers are allowed in total?
2) Is such routing valid for 185000 miles in C "Europe-South East Asia-Australia//stopover//Australia-Far East-Europe"? Or does the connecting point - South East Asia or Far East - have to be the same for both outbound and inbound flights?
Thanks you!
Sep 21, 2015, 9:53 am
#291
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I just booked online two award tickets exactly at my desired dates in first class on the 748i for the following sectors:
FRA-HND-FRA OCT 2015
FRA-HKG-FRA NOV 2015
My boss was so happy that I saved him tons of money for not buying revenue tickets for these four day trips.
FRA-HND-FRA OCT 2015
FRA-HKG-FRA NOV 2015
My boss was so happy that I saved him tons of money for not buying revenue tickets for these four day trips.
Sep 21, 2015, 9:55 am
#293
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1) 4 legs, 2 stopovers (one in each direction) in addition to your destination. No stopovers in the region you are starting in (i.e. Europe).
2) (City in) Australia would be considered your destination, not a stopover. You can transfer through (and stopover in) different regions on your outbound and inbound.
2) (City in) Australia would be considered your destination, not a stopover. You can transfer through (and stopover in) different regions on your outbound and inbound.
Sep 21, 2015, 12:45 pm
#295
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Really? You can do a redemption to Australia and back without getting into the multi-region conundrum? I thought the multi-region paradox was impossible to get out of on certain super long haul destinations.
Sep 21, 2015, 1:28 pm
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Sorry for bringing this up again....Just called Miles and More to make the booking and was told that for Europe-Australia-Europe, it is possible to have maximum 6 segments/flights per roundtrip, with a maximum of 3 segments per direction.... Is this the new rule or should I use "hang up and call again" rule?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Sep 21, 2015, 1:55 pm
#299
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Sorry for bringing this up again....Just called Miles and More to make the booking and was told that for Europe-Australia-Europe, it is possible to have maximum 6 segments/flights per roundtrip, with a maximum of 3 segments per direction.... Is this the new rule or should I use "hang up and call again" rule?
Thanks!
Thanks!
But if you transfer in different regions in each direction, that might be treated as 2 one-ways - which is same number of points, but does not allow any stopovers (> 24 hours)
Sep 21, 2015, 2:12 pm
#300
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Tell them you want to book a 3 region award - not Europe to Australia. That allows you 4 flights in each direction.
But if you transfer in different regions in each direction, that might be treated as 2 one-ways - which is same number of points, but does not allow any stopovers (> 24 hours)
But if you transfer in different regions in each direction, that might be treated as 2 one-ways - which is same number of points, but does not allow any stopovers (> 24 hours)
Source: I booked this many times myself.