Booking advice please
Apr 26, 2011 | 2:43 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: PIT
Programs: UA Mileage Plus, CO OnePass, SPG Amex, US Airways
Posts: 88
Booking advice please
Hello,
First of all, I wasnt sure if it'd be a right thread for my question, but I wasnt sure where to go with my question.
Next spring or so, we're planning an award (or partially award) trip that'll go as follows:
PIT-FRA (my daughter and I)
FRA-PIT (just me, daughter stays in Germany for some time longer)
Some time later:
FRA-PIT (daughter and grandma)
PIT-FRA (just grandma returns).
The question would be- how does this need to be planned and done?
I will be booking it later this year or so. I currently have
UA- 80K miles
AA-80K miles
SPG- 68 + K points
Cap1 -will be close to 100k points..
Id like to use miles for maybe 2 roundtrips out of all.
Right now my primary card is Cap1 and also SPG.
Thanks
First of all, I wasnt sure if it'd be a right thread for my question, but I wasnt sure where to go with my question.
Next spring or so, we're planning an award (or partially award) trip that'll go as follows:
PIT-FRA (my daughter and I)
FRA-PIT (just me, daughter stays in Germany for some time longer)
Some time later:
FRA-PIT (daughter and grandma)
PIT-FRA (just grandma returns).
The question would be- how does this need to be planned and done?
I will be booking it later this year or so. I currently have
UA- 80K miles
AA-80K miles
SPG- 68 + K points
Cap1 -will be close to 100k points..
Id like to use miles for maybe 2 roundtrips out of all.
Right now my primary card is Cap1 and also SPG.
Thanks
Apr 26, 2011 | 3:09 pm
#2
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both aa & ua have 1 way awards iirc...
next spring might include both low & high award seasons...
do you have specific dates for the flights needed?....if not, look at the 2 sites so you know when the mi's required for the awards change...
if you have to buy flights, you probably would want to be the pax...
does a cap1 award book into a mi earning fare class?
good luck...
edit to add....i wouldn't book any 1 ways unless i had both out and back available...does your spring include may?
next spring might include both low & high award seasons...
do you have specific dates for the flights needed?....if not, look at the 2 sites so you know when the mi's required for the awards change...
if you have to buy flights, you probably would want to be the pax...
does a cap1 award book into a mi earning fare class?
good luck...
edit to add....i wouldn't book any 1 ways unless i had both out and back available...does your spring include may?
Last edited by clacko; Apr 26, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Apr 26, 2011 | 8:55 pm
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: dallas texas usa
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if y&d and d&g are flying prior to 15 may, your 80k aa mi can get 4 1 way saver awards putting y'all on the same flights...then you could use the ua for y & g's return...assuming may 15 is the cut off for saver in 2012...
i haven't looked at the ua award chart, nor do i have a clue re cap1...
good luck...
i haven't looked at the ua award chart, nor do i have a clue re cap1...
good luck...