[PREM FARE GONE] Ba/aa cai-lhr-lax-hnl (840 tp)= us$1556
Oct 7, 2017, 8:08 pm
#646
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FWIW, every stopover that I have priced works in 2018 (through EOS, obv.)
Last edited by notsosmart; Oct 7, 2017 at 8:15 pm
Oct 8, 2017, 10:06 am
#647
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I don’t think there is this restriction. My issued ticket contains a more than 6 months stopover.
Oct 8, 2017, 2:57 pm
#648
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Hi all,
I am looking at pulling the trigger on this. Next April /May for Ł1500. Ok ish price. Can I do a stopover in LHR on the way back (live near Manchester) and use the LHR-CAI 6 months later? Couldn't understand the rules easily on matrix. Any help would be gratefully accepted.
I am looking at pulling the trigger on this. Next April /May for Ł1500. Ok ish price. Can I do a stopover in LHR on the way back (live near Manchester) and use the LHR-CAI 6 months later? Couldn't understand the rules easily on matrix. Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Oct 8, 2017, 3:01 pm
#649
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Hi all,
I am looking at pulling the trigger on this. Next April /May for Ł1500. Ok ish price. Can I do a stopover in LHR on the way back (live near Manchester) and use the LHR-CAI 6 months later? Couldn't understand the rules easily on matrix. Any help would be gratefully accepted.
I am looking at pulling the trigger on this. Next April /May for Ł1500. Ok ish price. Can I do a stopover in LHR on the way back (live near Manchester) and use the LHR-CAI 6 months later? Couldn't understand the rules easily on matrix. Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Oct 8, 2017, 3:12 pm
#650
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Yes, you can do this. I priced something up this afternoon that had a 6+ month stopover. The only issue you will have is that if your ticket starts April/May then the latest you can book at the moment is approx the first week in September. If you wish your LHR-CAI to be later in 2018, you will need to wait to book your ticket until your date falls into the booking window (355 days).
Sorry a newby since never done a stopover in middle of a itinerary before.
Oct 8, 2017, 3:18 pm
#651
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If you post your exact dates/route, I can tell you when to book your ticket.
Oct 8, 2017, 3:31 pm
#652
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Hi rossmacd. Many thanks for the advice. Routing wise CAI to either OGG or HNL and back from OGG (if went into HNL) or vice versa. Prefer not to do Alaskan via SEA since don't get BA tier points. (Working towards retaining Gold). Prefer Saturday or Sunday departure. Dates are latter part of April or Early May. Ideally on the way back stop the itinerary in LHR and then use the unused portion to CAI later in the year but not set date yet.
If I can get a JFK routing to get a transcon for an extra 140 tier points for same price, even better but not a deal breaker. Hope that makes sense. Really appreciate your help.
If I can get a JFK routing to get a transcon for an extra 140 tier points for same price, even better but not a deal breaker. Hope that makes sense. Really appreciate your help.
Oct 8, 2017, 4:35 pm
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Hi all,
I am looking at pulling the trigger on this. Next April /May for Ł1500. Ok ish price. Can I do a stopover in LHR on the way back (live near Manchester) and use the LHR-CAI 6 months later? Couldn't understand the rules easily on matrix. Any help would be gratefully accepted.
I am looking at pulling the trigger on this. Next April /May for Ł1500. Ok ish price. Can I do a stopover in LHR on the way back (live near Manchester) and use the LHR-CAI 6 months later? Couldn't understand the rules easily on matrix. Any help would be gratefully accepted.
Last edited by Tafflyer; Oct 8, 2017 at 4:43 pm
Oct 8, 2017, 7:05 pm
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Dselvan - I would book this directly with BA on the phone and ask if they will allow a free date change of the LHR/CAI sector as the date you want is currently not in range. Many airlines will do this, but you need to get something noted in the booking at the outset.
Oct 9, 2017, 1:16 am
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I found out that is is possible to have two sectors before flying TATL. So in my case ( I live close to Cracow in Poland) I can have itienary like this:
CAI-LHR <few weeks> KRK-LHR-NYC ........... MIA-LHR,KRK-LHR-CAI.
Flight beetwen KRK and LHR is in R class and raises total price for about 50 USD which is OK to me.
CAI-LHR <few weeks> KRK-LHR-NYC ........... MIA-LHR,KRK-LHR-CAI.
Flight beetwen KRK and LHR is in R class and raises total price for about 50 USD which is OK to me.
Last edited by tasma; Oct 9, 2017 at 9:45 am
Oct 9, 2017, 1:27 am
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I found out that is is possible to have two sectors before flying TATL. So in my case ( I live close to Cracow in Poland) I can have itienary like this:
CAI-LHR <few weeks> KRK-LHR-NYC ........... MIA-LHR-KRK,LHR-CAI.
Of course I'm going to miss last sector to CAI.
Flight beetwen KRK and LHR is in R class and raises total price for about 50 USD which is OK to me.
CAI-LHR <few weeks> KRK-LHR-NYC ........... MIA-LHR-KRK,LHR-CAI.
Of course I'm going to miss last sector to CAI.
Flight beetwen KRK and LHR is in R class and raises total price for about 50 USD which is OK to me.
Oct 9, 2017, 1:55 am
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Many thanks for the suggestion. Didn't think I would be able to do that. Prices seems to jump when I do that but I will ring BA and see what they can do.
Many thanks
Oct 9, 2017, 1:57 am
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BA are pricing this higher for some reason. I will ring them today and see what they can do.
many thanks for your advice.