Anyone successful in cashing WP miles for summer 2006?
Aug 26, 2005, 12:43 pm
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Anyone successful in cashing WP miles for summer 2006?
I have been a VERY regular caller to the WP Elite desk to cash in some miles for a summer 2006 trip. Until this week, the answer was "they haven't been released yet" - I'm looking for standard coach seets. This week, I got a variety of responses that made it appear they have been released and I missed it. Given my frequent attention to this, that seems unlikely.
Has anyone successfully cashed in some miles for a trip in summer of 2006?
TD
Has anyone successfully cashed in some miles for a trip in summer of 2006?
TD
Aug 26, 2005, 12:48 pm
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Got standard coach from New York to Munich in May 2006 and New York to London in July 2006! The only negative was the departing flights were out of Newark. Both were booked online.
Aug 26, 2005, 1:10 pm
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NW agents are not authoritative as to when partners release the seats.
So if you were insisting on flying NW only, perhaps the answer you got was correct. If you're able to fly a partner, they should just check and not spread misleading info like that.
So if you were insisting on flying NW only, perhaps the answer you got was correct. If you're able to fly a partner, they should just check and not spread misleading info like that.
Aug 26, 2005, 1:27 pm
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In an effort to "protect my miles" from whatever happens at NW. I booked 2 standard WBC for the month of april on partners. Paper tix. SEA-Mia on alaska and MIA-MXP on Alitalia. RT
Aug 26, 2005, 1:35 pm
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Wow, really weird results for me... trying DTW-AMS late June 06, return mid July. Looking for standard award I get 1 open date in biz outbound, HALF of July has open return seats in Biz! Not a single standard coach seat in sight..
(and I am searching for "Best Available")
This is completely opposite of what I've seen before, booking around 1 year in advance I've always found a bunch of outbound standard coach in June, and one lonely return seat in July. July and August are usually IMPOSSIBLE for standard return seats. Atleast that's my experience...
(and I am searching for "Best Available")
This is completely opposite of what I've seen before, booking around 1 year in advance I've always found a bunch of outbound standard coach in June, and one lonely return seat in July. July and August are usually IMPOSSIBLE for standard return seats. Atleast that's my experience...
Aug 26, 2005, 1:41 pm
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Originally Posted by rwill11
In an effort to "protect my miles" from whatever happens at NW. I booked 2 standard WBC for the month of april on partners. Paper tix. SEA-Mia on alaska and MIA-MXP on Alitalia. RT
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Aug 26, 2005, 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by MisterNice
How is this possible?
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Aug 26, 2005, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by rwill11
In an effort to "protect my miles" from whatever happens at NW. I booked 2 standard WBC for the month of april on partners. Paper tix. SEA-Mia on alaska and MIA-MXP on Alitalia. RT
Whether your carrier accepts them as a gesture of goodwill is another story. But technically whatever sense of security you have by doing this is a false one.
Aug 26, 2005, 2:10 pm
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very interesting
Originally Posted by channa
From a legal standpoint, you're not protected whatsoever. Should NW fold, any 012 tickets (paper or not) would be officially worthless.
Whether your carrier accepts them as a gesture of goodwill is another story. But technically whatever sense of security you have by doing this is a false one.
Whether your carrier accepts them as a gesture of goodwill is another story. But technically whatever sense of security you have by doing this is a false one.
Aug 26, 2005, 2:29 pm
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I booked two tickets to Peru for June 2006. I really want to go in August, but I didn't want to wait.
Aug 26, 2005, 2:29 pm
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I booked a WBC standard award from Chicago to Manila for July '06 with no problem. Booked online at 12 midnight 352 days out.
Aug 26, 2005, 2:31 pm
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Standard WBC Award to Shanghai
I booked standard WBC award ticket BOS-DTW-NRT-PVG for July 2006. ^ ^
Aug 26, 2005, 3:59 pm
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I booked a RTW Biz award that included dates in the early summer. 14 legs (for now), 6 contenents, all FC or Biz class. 
I did have to change some dates a day or two, and take a few extra connections to get Biz class on the tickets I wanted, but nothing too horrible.
I did have to change some dates a day or two, and take a few extra connections to get Biz class on the tickets I wanted, but nothing too horrible.
Aug 26, 2005, 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
I booked a RTW Biz award that included dates in the early summer. 14 legs (for now), 6 contenents, all FC or Biz class.
I did have to change some dates a day or two, and take a few extra connections to get Biz class on the tickets I wanted, but nothing too horrible.
I did have to change some dates a day or two, and take a few extra connections to get Biz class on the tickets I wanted, but nothing too horrible.
Aug 26, 2005, 4:45 pm
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Originally Posted by BOS-NWA
How many miles for that? How many partner airlines?