AwardPlanner experiences?
Jan 9, 2003 | 10:01 am
#16
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 53,010
Just thought I'd post a follow-up since I started some AwardPlanner discussion about a month ago:
I subscribed to the Awardplanner service and asked them to plan an itinerary including 3 airline awards x 2 people, a hotel award, 2 stopovers in addition to end destinations, and an open jaw.
They successfully found good routes at the "Plan Ahead" award levels and were successful booking the hotel award I wanted on the dates I wanted it. The even recommended an airline award that I hadn't thought of - using an AA partner I hadn't even considered. One of the awards was a 35,000 mile UA award to Hawaii (hard to get) and another was a Hilton GLONP (sometimes hard to get for a Gold). Putting all of this together on my own would have probably taken me hours on the phone - if I even got it put together at all.
Therefore, after one experience with AwardPlanner, I would recommend their services. I feel that their service has been well worth the cost - even if I don't need them to plan another award trip for me in the next year. (Of course, I'll probably have them do 1 or 2 more...)
I subscribed to the Awardplanner service and asked them to plan an itinerary including 3 airline awards x 2 people, a hotel award, 2 stopovers in addition to end destinations, and an open jaw.
They successfully found good routes at the "Plan Ahead" award levels and were successful booking the hotel award I wanted on the dates I wanted it. The even recommended an airline award that I hadn't thought of - using an AA partner I hadn't even considered. One of the awards was a 35,000 mile UA award to Hawaii (hard to get) and another was a Hilton GLONP (sometimes hard to get for a Gold). Putting all of this together on my own would have probably taken me hours on the phone - if I even got it put together at all.
Therefore, after one experience with AwardPlanner, I would recommend their services. I feel that their service has been well worth the cost - even if I don't need them to plan another award trip for me in the next year. (Of course, I'll probably have them do 1 or 2 more...)
Jan 9, 2003 | 12:14 pm
#17
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Cleveland
Programs: AF/KLM Plat For Life/UA Million Miler-PremEx For Life/SPG Gold
Posts: 5,056
Nikki spearheads the operations there, and she is incredibly knowledgeable and savvy about both FFPs and the destinations themselves.
If I didn't enjoy making my own award reservations so much, AwardPlanner would be my go-to guy (girl!).
If I didn't enjoy making my own award reservations so much, AwardPlanner would be my go-to guy (girl!).