A FF points saga - my wonderful trip
Aug 18, 2010, 8:45 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA, UA, WN, WOH
Posts: 286
Applied for new BA Visa last November. Came with 50,000 British Airways miles and another 50,000 after I spent $2,000. Plus when you spend $30,000 in one calendar year, they send you a voucher (no more than once a year) for two redemptions for the price of one.
We are ticketed for Newark to Tel Aviv next May in BA First Class!
BTW, for those who need miles, US Air is having a promotion right now. Buy up to 50,000 miles and they will double it. If you have no miles, 50,000 becomes 100,000 and costs $1375 - and is good for Business Class on one of US Air's partners - like Swiss of Lufthansa.
We are ticketed for Newark to Tel Aviv next May in BA First Class!
BTW, for those who need miles, US Air is having a promotion right now. Buy up to 50,000 miles and they will double it. If you have no miles, 50,000 becomes 100,000 and costs $1375 - and is good for Business Class on one of US Air's partners - like Swiss of Lufthansa.
Aug 19, 2010, 7:08 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
Dunna about that BTDT in all types of cabins over several lines. Sometimes the most stable rooms in bad weather are in the bleacher seats (inside lower). Rather be there than high outside in rough weather.
Aug 19, 2010, 3:04 pm
#21
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: S Cal
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat, United Silver, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,142
Applied for new BA Visa last November. Came with 50,000 British Airways miles and another 50,000 after I spent $2,000. Plus when you spend $30,000 in one calendar year, they send you a voucher (no more than once a year) for two redemptions for the price of one.
We are ticketed for Newark to Tel Aviv next May in BA First Class!
We are ticketed for Newark to Tel Aviv next May in BA First Class!
Outbound: first we fly from S California to Chicago, then ORD to Amman on Royal Jordanian in Crown Class (it's a 2 class plane)
Return: got the El Al NON-STOP from Tel Aviv to LAX in Business class. Brutal - 15 1/2 hours - but it still beats having to stop.
Aug 20, 2010, 12:23 pm
#24
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 453
I, too, would like to say thanks to the OP for the thread.
Right now, I'm working on fullfilling my "life's passion"; and travel is just ancillary to that.
I hope to have that all finished up in another 5 years or so.
But I have come to realize that what I am learning here may well help me enjoy my years more over the coming decades, however long that may be.
Best wishes to all who learn and share on Flyertalk.:-:
Right now, I'm working on fullfilling my "life's passion"; and travel is just ancillary to that.
I hope to have that all finished up in another 5 years or so.But I have come to realize that what I am learning here may well help me enjoy my years more over the coming decades, however long that may be.
Best wishes to all who learn and share on Flyertalk.:-: