Rule of thumb when to use OW?
Apr 29, 2002, 5:05 pm
#4
Join Date: Apr 2000
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A good example is the itinerary I flew last year to Zambia. On a straight AA/BA business award to Lusaka via London was 150K FF miles. I did a 20,000 mile itinerary (130K FF miles) and flew BWI-DUB-LHR-LUN-surface-JNB-LHR-MUC-MAD-OPO-MAD-MIA-BUF-DCA with sopovers at DUB, LUN, MUC, OPO, MIA, and BUF. No limits on stopovers and less miles. The OW awards are a good deal, especially if you travel thru Europe as there are many OW carriers to use.
Apr 30, 2002, 7:12 am
#5
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I agree with Headinclouds. OW award increases the choice of carriers. Quite often AA has no seats for JFK/BOS-LHR but there is an abundance of seats for the same route on EI with a stopover at Shannon.
One of my latest trips was ticketed as BOS-SNN-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG-BOS. A straight AA flight to LHR was not possible on my chosen dates due to no available award seats.
One of my latest trips was ticketed as BOS-SNN-LHR-HEL-LHR-CDG-BOS. A straight AA flight to LHR was not possible on my chosen dates due to no available award seats.
May 3, 2002, 7:43 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by vindesante:
Spider, just curious with your recent itinerary where you had stopovers and where you stayed >24 hours?</font>
Spider, just curious with your recent itinerary where you had stopovers and where you stayed >24 hours?</font>
May 3, 2002, 10:17 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by michswiss:
How does one actually book a OW award instead of a carrier specific award?</font>
How does one actually book a OW award instead of a carrier specific award?</font>
May 3, 2002, 3:41 pm
#10
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If you're going to Asia, a OW award is often a better deal. I recently booked a trip BOS-DUB-LHR-BKK-HKG-LAX-BOS (stopping over in DUB and BKK) in J/C for 130,000 miles. A simple BA/AA award ticket from BOS to BKK would have cost 185,000.
As Spider mentioned, EI usually has great availability in J/C from BOS and JFK. Have made 3 award trips to Ireland in this way and have never had a problem getting the dates I want.
As Spider mentioned, EI usually has great availability in J/C from BOS and JFK. Have made 3 award trips to Ireland in this way and have never had a problem getting the dates I want.