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Euteanzoic7216 Jul 1, 2015 10:21 pm


Originally Posted by KQ321 (Post 25032244)
I can't answer this particular question. However, to update on the original topic of this thread, I understand Garuda now have regular (daily?) flights from Denpasar to Dili. Which presumably means that SkyTeam frequent flyers can now get to Dili on miles...

I just was in Dili and Garuda was not flying to the airport. You can use Singapore Krisflyer miles to fly Silk Air SIN-DIL. I bought a revenue ticket on Sriwijaya Air from DPS-DIL.

im.daniel Jul 3, 2015 6:29 pm


Originally Posted by Euteanzoic7216 (Post 25057742)
I just was in Dili and Garuda was not flying to the airport. You can use Singapore Krisflyer miles to fly Silk Air SIN-DIL. I bought a revenue ticket on Sriwijaya Air from DPS-DIL.

No you can't. The Silkair flight is chartered as Air Timor and is not available for redemption.

Indelaware Jul 4, 2015 12:09 am


Originally Posted by MVF Trekker (Post 25051961)
I would like to travel to Greenland on miles but I think it's still not possible.


Originally Posted by bosboy73 (Post 25053182)
Now, I don't believe the Air Iceland flights from REK "domestic" are available for redemption (and they ain't cheap, especially the ones to Ilulissat!) and I haven't looked into it but not sure if the Air Greenland flights allow redemption opportunities.

NY/FXI does permit redemption of miles earned in its "Saga Club" FF plan for travel from RKV to various points in Greenland.


Originally Posted by uaflr (Post 25031229)
any ideas for Nauru?

INU is only served by ON/RON; it does not have a FF plan nor does it participate in another airlines' plan.


Originally Posted by SkyTeam777 (Post 25028608)
Does anyone know if we can redeem AA miles for the QF-codeshare flight on Air North from Darwin to Dili, East Timor?

Air North is a Canadian airline (4N/ANT) . You mean Airnorth (TL/ANO) -- there is no space in the Australian name.

keitherson Jul 4, 2015 12:08 pm

Naming an airline that flies in the Southern hemisphere identical to an airline that flies in the Arctic, truly brilliant

CMK10 Jul 4, 2015 12:15 pm

Not quite a country but now that F9 is dropping service to Wilmington (ILG), Delaware is now the only US state that has no commercial air service.

SkyTeam777 Jul 4, 2015 12:15 pm


Originally Posted by MVF Trekker (Post 25051925)
Since SA flies to Madagascar, why can't you redeem UA miles on SA?

For Swaziland, you can just fly into JNB or another nearby city in ZA and then travel by land to SZ. Although I honestly don't think that there's that much to see in SZ.

For some reason, UA won't let you redeem on the Airlink flight even though it is SA coded.

drvannostren Jul 4, 2015 3:21 pm

San Marino!...but then they don't have an airport haha

Indelaware Jul 4, 2015 3:52 pm


Originally Posted by drvannostren (Post 25069768)
San Marino!...but then they don't have an airport haha

No, but there is a heliport and as well as a landing strip.

drvannostren Jul 4, 2015 8:55 pm


Originally Posted by Indelaware (Post 25069863)
No, but there is a heliport and as well as a landing strip.

Quick, any helicopter airlines take miles?!

belfordrocks Jul 4, 2015 10:45 pm


Originally Posted by keitherson (Post 25068985)
Naming an airline that flies in the Southern hemisphere identical to an airline that flies in the Arctic, truly brilliant

Airnorth because north of Australia ;)

sdsearch Jul 5, 2015 8:12 am


Originally Posted by drvannostren (Post 25069768)
San Marino!...but then they don't have an airport haha

Neither does Vatican City, does it? But "reachable" does not require landing in it, just landing close enough to it to get there by reasonable land travel.

I'd say FCO (Rome) is close enough to Vatican City, and either FCO or VCE (Venice) or MXP (Milan) is close enough San Marino.

Similarly, Liechtenstein does not have an airport either, but it's easy enough to get to by ground travel after landing at ZRH (Zurich).

And FCO, VCE, MXP, and ZRH are very reachable on miles (of various kinds).

Daichovo Jul 5, 2015 5:35 pm

Live from Mongolia here...was just wondering options using MIAT. I've been on a tour with Russian jeep-van, share taxis, buses, and trains here. A cultural experience but takes a ton of time. It says something on the MIAT site about Air Berlin being a partner, but not on the AB site.

Even with camping a bit Mongolia has been my most expensive country on my year of travel this far. I decided a tour was necessary because otherwise you have to backtrack constantly to UB, buses pretty much only go from regional capitals to the country capital, and only rarely to other cities. It was fun but it would've been good to save some money with miles.

aSiAnRiCk Jul 5, 2015 6:49 pm

Surinam.

You can fly on KL from AMS but it's silly to fly MIA-AMS-PBM on award tix.

Though on second thought, I'm posting this on Flyertalk :p

MVF Trekker Jul 10, 2015 1:40 pm


Originally Posted by Indelaware (Post 25067171)
NY/FXI does permit redemption of miles earned in its "Saga Club" FF plan for travel from RKV to various points in Greenland.

Correct me if I'm wrong but you can't redeem Saga points to any of the few cities in GRL that NY flies to and they are actually only 5 of such cities/towns, none of which are valid for Saga Club flights. You could, however, use them for other destinations in ISL.
Sadly, there aren't many flying options (I think just 2) into GRL to begin with.

RustyC Jul 15, 2015 10:54 pm


Originally Posted by Daichovo (Post 25073976)
Live from Mongolia here...was just wondering options using MIAT. I've been on a tour with Russian jeep-van, share taxis, buses, and trains here. A cultural experience but takes a ton of time. It says something on the MIAT site about Air Berlin being a partner, but not on the AB site.

Even with camping a bit Mongolia has been my most expensive country on my year of travel this far. I decided a tour was necessary because otherwise you have to backtrack constantly to UB, buses pretty much only go from regional capitals to the country capital, and only rarely to other cities. It was fun but it would've been good to save some money with miles.

Went there two years ago at this time by hitching it up with my regular Asia trip and using Cebu Pacific to get from BKK to ICN via MNL (on what turned out to be the inaugural flight of their first A330) and then KE miles for the all-important ICN-ULN-ICN part. The bulk of the KE miles came from a trip 21 years before, topped off via a credit card from U.S. Bank with slow earning, only 5K introductory but no annual fee. The KE flights were totally full both in and out.

Alas, timeframes allowed only for Naadam and a few days outside that to places like the Tuul Gol, the national park and that big Genghis Khan statue, so I wished I could put together a bloc to see Lake Khusvugol, the far west or the Gobi but missed the opportunity by about 13 years (the time since I could last clear that much time). Good 4 u for getting there when u did...if Air Asia or someone like that were able to operate seasonal service out of BKK, KUL or SIN it'd open a floodgate, just as happened with Angkor, Luang Prabang, etc.


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