Cheap international award tickets
Jan 16, 2020, 8:57 pm
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Cheap international award tickets
Not sure if there was a mistake or a recent sale, but while booking spring break to Spain and a may trip to Paris I found some really cheap award tickets. I got 4 tickets to Barcelona at 17k one way each at the end of March and 2 tickets the first week of May to Paris at 18k one way 21k return. Just thought I'd let everyone know in case anyone is looking for deals.
Jan 16, 2020, 9:44 pm
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Jan 16, 2020, 10:55 pm
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Jan 17, 2020, 1:02 am
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Not sure if there was a mistake or a recent sale, but while booking spring break to Spain and a may trip to Paris I found some really cheap award tickets. I got 4 tickets to Barcelona at 17k one way each at the end of March and 2 tickets the first week of May to Paris at 18k one way 21k return. Just thought I'd let everyone know in case anyone is looking for deals.
There have been lots of deals round trip USA-Barcelona or Madrid sub $300 lately. Look at secretflying.com It might be better to save your miles for more expensive routes.
Jan 17, 2020, 3:18 am
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A return trip USA-Spain for ~30000 miles is pretty good. ^
Jan 17, 2020, 8:35 am
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The key benefit here is for one way travel -- if you already have some journey from USA to Europe, getting a one way westbound tatl with the flexibility of XN can be a better deal than booking a $250 basic economy round trip BCN-USA.
Jan 17, 2020, 9:55 am
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Oh wow, it's very, very dynamic. On 14 May 2019 BCN-EWR-BOS is:
13500 miles per pax for 2 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults)
13500 miles per pax for 3 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults, 1 child aged 2-4)
13500 miles per pax for 4 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults, 2 children aged 2-4)
15500 miles per pax for 4 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults, 1 child aged 2-4, 1 infant in own seat)
13500 miles per pax for 2 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults)
13500 miles per pax for 3 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults, 1 child aged 2-4)
13500 miles per pax for 4 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults, 2 children aged 2-4)
15500 miles per pax for 4 pax (booked into XN -- 2 adults, 1 child aged 2-4, 1 infant in own seat)
Jan 17, 2020, 11:12 am
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Last week I got the Misses to Pepeete in Polaris for just 105,000 miles. I am starting to like the dynamic pricing, as it does seem to favor those of us who look at this stuff obsessively.