Are GIB and LHR same country?
Oct 26, 2006 | 11:47 pm
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Are GIB and LHR same country?
How can I convince OWE that a ticket bought in GIB can end in LHR?
I Bought a DONE5 in GIB but don't want to return there. I want to end at LHR. One option is to not use my last segment (LHR-GIB) but it seems I should be able to convince OWE that GIB=England. That way, I would gain an extra segment. GIB is not represented at UN.
I Bought a DONE5 in GIB but don't want to return there. I want to end at LHR. One option is to not use my last segment (LHR-GIB) but it seems I should be able to convince OWE that GIB=England. That way, I would gain an extra segment. GIB is not represented at UN.
Oct 27, 2006 | 5:42 am
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Originally Posted by RafikiYangu
How can I convince OWE that a ticket bought in GIB can end in LHR?
I Bought a DONE5 in GIB but don't want to return there. I want to end at LHR. One option is to not use my last segment (LHR-GIB) but it seems I should be able to convince OWE that GIB=England. That way, I would gain an extra segment. GIB is not represented at UN.
I Bought a DONE5 in GIB but don't want to return there. I want to end at LHR. One option is to not use my last segment (LHR-GIB) but it seems I should be able to convince OWE that GIB=England. That way, I would gain an extra segment. GIB is not represented at UN.
I think your own solution is likely to be the least difficult solution to your problem.
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:06 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Whilst GIB is part of the UK, it is not part of England!
I think your own solution is likely to be the least difficult solution to your problem.
I think your own solution is likely to be the least difficult solution to your problem.
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Hmmm, so a xONEx exFalkland islands might also be interesting then....
I must state however that the point of my post was not to suggest Gibraltar and the UK are counted as a single zone, more that Gibralter is not part of England but part of the United Kingdom (from a sovereignty perspective).
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Do BA even fly to Stanley? In fact do any OW carrier fly down there?
Actually, I had a real struggle to convince QF that MPN was part of South America when I tried to redeem a FF ticket SCL-MPN. They said (under the old QF rules) that it was British and therefore part of Britain. That meant a 100,000 point ticket whereas my logic said it was Sth America and hence a 40,000 point ticket. I eventually won by ringing back several times and getting someone who agreed with me.
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by og
Actually, I had a real struggle to convince QF that MPN was part of South America when I tried to redeem a FF ticket SCL-MPN. They said (under the old QF rules) that it was British and therefore part of Britain. That meant a 100,000 point ticket whereas my logic said it was Sth America and hence a 40,000 point ticket. I eventually won by ringing back several times and getting someone who agreed with me.
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:42 am
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Originally Posted by ffay005
Interesting! So by those rules, I could have flown from HEL to Stanley on an Intra-European award (is it 20K on QF?). Might actually have made such a trip had I known about this.
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:46 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Do BA even fly to Stanley? In fact do any OW carrier fly down there?
(However for the UK, you can get paid tickets on scheduled RAF flights to Stanley. From RAF Brize-Norton IIRC, with a refuelling stop enroute. No miles or tier points though!
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Oct 27, 2006 | 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Could be an interesting place to visit. @:-)
Oct 27, 2006 | 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by RafikiYangu
How can I convince OWE that a ticket bought in GIB can end in LHR?
I Bought a DONE5 in GIB but don't want to return there. I want to end at LHR. One option is to not use my last segment (LHR-GIB) but it seems I should be able to convince OWE that GIB=England. That way, I would gain an extra segment. GIB is not represented at UN.
I Bought a DONE5 in GIB but don't want to return there. I want to end at LHR. One option is to not use my last segment (LHR-GIB) but it seems I should be able to convince OWE that GIB=England. That way, I would gain an extra segment. GIB is not represented at UN.
Saves you the trouble of trying to change British history!
Oct 27, 2006 | 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
QF awards are mileage rather than zone based so this would not work.
Oct 27, 2006 | 2:03 pm
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Agreed! @:-) Are you thinking what I'm thinking....
Unfortunately for me the LA flights seem to be seasonal, and the time of year I can best fit in South America is October when the SCL-MPN flights aren't running.
Edited to add. LA flight runs weekly on Saturdays.
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Oct 27, 2006 | 2:18 pm
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Agreed! @:-) Are you thinking what I'm thinking....
And in F...... (although I might be slapped for spending too much $$$ by a certain someone)