Best offer of 2005
Oct 19, 2005 | 8:40 pm
#77
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 746
Originally Posted by sy7
My personal best deal was the BA $560 WT+ airfares from SFO-LHR that was active back in September. This is a good price for the premium economy seats, and I originally purchased it as a cheap but relatively comfortable way to get to LHR. However, what really made this the killer deal was the triple miles promo BA came out with right afterwards for European residents. Thus, I "moved" to Europe. I then had to call up BA in europe to manually sign up for the promo, but had no problems with that and the bonus miles posted as promised.
Since I got three tickets, and BA allows household accounts, for the $1665 price I ended with:
3 WT+ tickets to LHR
AND
~120,000 miles, or more than enough for a business class ticket US-Europe, or 30,000 miles short of a first class ticket (which can easily be obtained with the credit card sign up bonuses, etc.).
Thanks Flyertalk!
Since I got three tickets, and BA allows household accounts, for the $1665 price I ended with:
3 WT+ tickets to LHR
AND
~120,000 miles, or more than enough for a business class ticket US-Europe, or 30,000 miles short of a first class ticket (which can easily be obtained with the credit card sign up bonuses, etc.).
Thanks Flyertalk!
Oct 20, 2005 | 7:39 am
#79
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3
Originally Posted by pinniped
- The Delta Dash - that was an easy 30k: wife, daughter, and I. My 10k has already been monetized: time will tell if the other 20k will be, but I figure worst case I'll just goose those two accounts with an iDine and chances are they will someday turn into a small amount of value. If DL goes belly-up all the better: someone else will buy Skymiles, and chances are that'll be an airline I use. Considering I got the miles for playing a silly game, no complaints...
Oct 20, 2005 | 9:45 am
#80
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 905
nope, still going on. just book it online...its actually available from anywhere in the us (well 48 states actually)
even if u r in newark, get the return with a stopover in newark for however long then connect to somewhere else u wanna go in the us a few weeks later and you just got yourself a free oneway tik to anywhere in the usa too...
even if u r in newark, get the return with a stopover in newark for however long then connect to somewhere else u wanna go in the us a few weeks later and you just got yourself a free oneway tik to anywhere in the usa too...
Originally Posted by jologolf
when did they offer the EWR to PEK for 30K miles? Is it too late now?
Oct 20, 2005 | 1:06 pm
#81
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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Originally Posted by jologolf
when did they offer the EWR to PEK for 30K miles? Is it too late now?
Save 30,000 miles on Economy travel to Beijing, China - a savings of 50% on the number of miles needed for a standard Economy seat. Fly non-stop to Beijing from our New York area hub, Liberty International. Relax aboard the Boeing 777 aircraft with comfortable 3-3-3 seating in Economy, featuring individual seat back video and audio entertainment systems.
Make your travel experience even more rewarding starting from as little as $268, which includes:
* 5 nights accommodation in choice of hotel
* 5 breakfasts, 2 lunches
* Round-trip transfers between airport and hotel, baggage handling, hotel taxes and service charges
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Make your travel experience even more rewarding starting from as little as $268, which includes:
* 5 nights accommodation in choice of hotel
* 5 breakfasts, 2 lunches
* Round-trip transfers between airport and hotel, baggage handling, hotel taxes and service charges
* Sightseeing tours: two full day tours include Tian An Men Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace with Lake Kunming boat ride; full day Great Wall, Sacred Way and Chang Ling Exhibition Hall tour