MR living in europe
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hamburg, Germany
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MR living in europe
hi,
a little help please.
does anyone know how to get cheap MRs together when living in Europe(Zurich,Switzerland).
Am with AAdvantage and tend to stick to them.
As far as I know MRs inside Europe will cost a fortune.Or do they?
Thanks for any advise.
a little help please.
does anyone know how to get cheap MRs together when living in Europe(Zurich,Switzerland).
Am with AAdvantage and tend to stick to them.
As far as I know MRs inside Europe will cost a fortune.Or do they?
Thanks for any advise.
#2
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: LZBB
Posts: 79
Taxes are MR people's death in Europe
Sorry no, because of high taxes in Europe, even you could go transcontinental flight or flight to US and MR there or just take some very good "1-penny" offers (like last CPH to US, BUD to Canada, etc) .
#3
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: BUD / PEK
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Have to agree with Kabolcs. Except for the BUD run fare mistakes I've found through the great people at Flyer Talk, MRs around Europe don't seem to exist. We do have great low cost carriers though! Nothing beats BUD-LGW for GBP 10. ^
#4
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most bang for the buck (so to speak, how about best bang for the Franc ) is going to be int'l to the US (or elsewhere that's a long distance) off-season since that's when fares are lowest.
#5
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: ZRH
Programs: QR Silver, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond
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maybe LX?
As LX Silver, Swiss has some special's on display. Check the LX section of this board and you will find some possibilitys. Swiss ins very generous in the moment because LH has to pay the bill later
#6
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Join Date: May 2004
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Only AZ
Alitalia is the only airline that's a viable proposition for a MR in Europe. A 1200 mile minimum for international flights and a double-hub strategy combine to produce very decent results. It should not be very hard to collect 5800 status miles (plus whatever elite bonus) with just one cheap ticket.
Pretty much everyone else will screw you through reduced earnings (merci AF).
Pretty much everyone else will screw you through reduced earnings (merci AF).
#7
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Originally Posted by graraps
Alitalia is the only airline that's a viable proposition for a MR in Europe. A 1200 mile minimum for international flights and a double-hub strategy combine to produce very decent results. It should not be very hard to collect 5800 status miles (plus whatever elite bonus) with just one cheap ticket.
Pretty much everyone else will screw you through reduced earnings (merci AF).
Pretty much everyone else will screw you through reduced earnings (merci AF).
#8
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: BCN
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I got BCN-BOS for 178 on US (LH codeshare) a couple weeks ago with a Sat stay. No interesting routings, but via FRA it was a decent amount of miles (100% in M&M). Total with tax was a bit less than 300. Found it on edreams.es, but it doesn't seem to be there anymore.
Last edited by alanw; Jun 9, 2005 at 4:37 pm
#9
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Posts: 18
Just this evening I was wondering the same thing actually. I'm going to be stationed in Europe for 3 years and wondered what the possibilities for MRs were. I don't know how to find MRs in the first place, so I guess it doesn't matter.
#10
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,044
Originally Posted by kobolcs
Sorry no, because of high taxes in Europe
A few years ago, there was *A 55,555 miles promo.
I took ARN-(SK)-CPH-(LH)-MUC-(LH)-CDG-(OS)-VIE-(OS)-CPH-(SK)ARN for about 2300 SEK(ca 250 EUR) incl taxes, then.
Today, only taxes & surcharges will be 1700 SEK(ca 185 EUR).
#11
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#12
Join Date: Jun 2004
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How about former colonies? Caribbean routes attract fierce competition between legacy carriers (AF and KL) and specialized carriers (Corsair / TUI, Martinair, etc) that keeps prices at reasonable levels off season. These longhaul flights usually provide plenty of miles ^ (as well as rhum, sun and bananas ).
#13
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Originally Posted by Falco Peregrinus
How about former colonies? Caribbean routes attract fierce competition between legacy carriers (AF and KL) and specialized carriers (Corsair / TUI, Martinair, etc) that keeps prices at reasonable levels off season. These longhaul flights usually provide plenty of miles ^ (as well as rhum, sun and bananas ).
#14
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,044
MR for LX SWISS TravelClub member only
Triple miles on intercontinental routes
Travel Period: 15.06.2005 - 14.07.2005
Zurich - Montreal
Source:
http://travelclub.swiss.com/FFP/CDA/...1_0_1_,00.html
You can find LON-YYZ r/t for GBP 305 incl. taxes SWISS website.
Source:
http://booking.swiss.com/web/IE6/boo...startflag=true
Approx. 10,000 status miles and total of approx. 30,000 award miles.
Travel Period: 15.06.2005 - 14.07.2005
Zurich - Montreal
Source:
http://travelclub.swiss.com/FFP/CDA/...1_0_1_,00.html
You can find LON-YYZ r/t for GBP 305 incl. taxes SWISS website.
Source:
http://booking.swiss.com/web/IE6/boo...startflag=true
Approx. 10,000 status miles and total of approx. 30,000 award miles.
#15
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,044
KL ARN-xAMS-PVG r/t for 482$ (385€) all in.
KL ARN-xAMS-PVG r/t for 482 US$ all in. (at expedia.com, don't book it on KLM website as they charge higher taxes.)
Fare basis: VPRAFKL4
Booking class: V
TICKET MUST BE ISSUED BY 9 SEP 2005.
total: 12450 miles
If you are member of AF/KL Flying Blue(25%) or Delta Skymiles(0%), just forget it.
But NW WP and Alitalia MM, you'll get 100% of flight miles.
Fare basis: VPRAFKL4
Booking class: V
TICKET MUST BE ISSUED BY 9 SEP 2005.
total: 12450 miles
If you are member of AF/KL Flying Blue(25%) or Delta Skymiles(0%), just forget it.
But NW WP and Alitalia MM, you'll get 100% of flight miles.
Last edited by AHO; Sep 12, 2005 at 2:14 pm