BA/AA CAI - HNL RT in I for 2400 EUR - 840 TP
Mar 5, 2019, 8:12 am
#1
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BA/AA CAI - HNL RT in I for 2400 EUR - 840 TP
TP runs out of Cairo are back although I couldn't find the previous CAI thread.
I booked CAI - LHR - LAX - HNL 25.04 and return on 28.04 via Skyscanner, available on GF as well.
Business, all segments book into I
Yields 840 TPs (2.8 EUR / TP) and aprox 51k avios with Gold/Emerald
I booked CAI - LHR - LAX - HNL 25.04 and return on 28.04 via Skyscanner, available on GF as well.
Business, all segments book into I
Yields 840 TPs (2.8 EUR / TP) and aprox 51k avios with Gold/Emerald
Mar 5, 2019, 10:24 am
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TP runs out of Cairo are back although I couldn't find the previous CAI thread.
I booked CAI - LHR - LAX - HNL 25.04 and return on 28.04 via Skyscanner, available on GF as well.
Business, all segments book into I
Yields 840 TPs (2.8 EUR / TP) and aprox 51k avios with Gold/Emerald
I booked CAI - LHR - LAX - HNL 25.04 and return on 28.04 via Skyscanner, available on GF as well.
Business, all segments book into I
Yields 840 TPs (2.8 EUR / TP) and aprox 51k avios with Gold/Emerald
....but I'm not so sure that over £2000, plus the costs and hassle of getting too and from Cairo make it attractive as a TP run
Mar 5, 2019, 10:58 am
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TP runs out of Cairo are back although I couldn't find the previous CAI thread.
I booked CAI - LHR - LAX - HNL 25.04 and return on 28.04 via Skyscanner, available on GF as well.
Business, all segments book into I
Yields 840 TPs (2.8 EUR / TP) and aprox 51k avios with Gold/Emerald
I booked CAI - LHR - LAX - HNL 25.04 and return on 28.04 via Skyscanner, available on GF as well.
Business, all segments book into I
Yields 840 TPs (2.8 EUR / TP) and aprox 51k avios with Gold/Emerald
Mar 5, 2019, 11:05 am
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Mar 5, 2019, 11:29 am
#6
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Now I *really* wish I had found the o.g. thread 
To other comments: all fair points. Nevertheless, positioning out of HAM cost me 12000 avios and some loose change, I always wanted a weekend in Hawai , the timing is perfect so the thing just hit a spot. And 2.8 eur/tp, while not fantastic, is acceptable in my book
To other comments: all fair points. Nevertheless, positioning out of HAM cost me 12000 avios and some loose change, I always wanted a weekend in Hawai , the timing is perfect so the thing just hit a spot. And 2.8 eur/tp, while not fantastic, is acceptable in my book
Mar 5, 2019, 12:10 pm
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I've flown a number of these IRCME fares, and in fact have one coming up at the end of April. They exist to many major cities in the US, and you can do stopovers along the way. Very handy if you need/want to visit two places in the US. For example, in April I'm doing CAI-MIA with a stopover in DEN on the return.
Mar 5, 2019, 12:42 pm
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Now I *really* wish I had found the o.g. thread
To other comments: all fair points. Nevertheless, positioning out of HAM cost me 12000 avios and some loose change, I always wanted a weekend in Hawai , the timing is perfect so the thing just hit a spot. And 2.8 eur/tp, while not fantastic, is acceptable in my book
To other comments: all fair points. Nevertheless, positioning out of HAM cost me 12000 avios and some loose change, I always wanted a weekend in Hawai , the timing is perfect so the thing just hit a spot. And 2.8 eur/tp, while not fantastic, is acceptable in my book
Mar 5, 2019, 12:49 pm
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Mar 5, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Rules don't forbid the CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-HNL route, but you need all segments on BA codes and availability in I class for all legs...
Mar 5, 2019, 7:37 pm
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I guess on the return you jump ship in LHR and sacrifice some avios/TPs ? So perhaps fairer to say 50K less 14K less 5K as the net avios gain, though i suppose the 700 TPs are the important thing!
Back to back in Cairo on the way out should be OK. A long day after HAM LHR CAI in Y, but at least you avoid the visa + hotel cost
Mar 6, 2019, 7:38 am
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Correct, 14k avios, not 12k fro the positioning. I'll be staying a few days in Cairo after and then onwards to DXB on a different booking. Otherwise yes, I'd be very tempted to walkaway from the last segment
Mar 7, 2019, 4:46 pm
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Be very careful with the idea of turn around in Cairo. You need a locally issued boarding pass and there's only 65 minutes between the incoming flight arrival time and the outbound departing. It used to be 8+ hours.