Award ticket ......
Nov 11, 2006 | 10:24 am
#1
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Award ticket ......
Not sure, if this belongs here or in the Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus forum. Moderators, please move to appropriate forum, if necessary.
I am in Atlanta and trying to get an award ticket to Sydney return. Been told by Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus I need to pay or make my own way for the domestic flight to LA or SFO to get a star alliance flight from there. Is that right?
I am in Atlanta and trying to get an award ticket to Sydney return. Been told by Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus I need to pay or make my own way for the domestic flight to LA or SFO to get a star alliance flight from there. Is that right?
Nov 11, 2006 | 9:59 pm
#2
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Originally Posted by Joe de London
Not sure, if this belongs here or in the Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus forum. Moderators, please move to appropriate forum, if necessary.
I am in Atlanta and trying to get an award ticket to Sydney return. Been told by Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus I need to pay or make my own way for the domestic flight to LA or SFO to get a star alliance flight from there. Is that right?
I am in Atlanta and trying to get an award ticket to Sydney return. Been told by Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus I need to pay or make my own way for the domestic flight to LA or SFO to get a star alliance flight from there. Is that right?
Nov 11, 2006 | 10:10 pm
#3
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Originally Posted by Joe de London
Been told by Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus I need to pay or make my own way for the domestic flight to LA or SFO to get a star alliance flight from there. Is that right?
Nov 12, 2006 | 10:56 am
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I would say that if you are talking strictly about a TG award, then the agent you talked to is correct:
BUT... a *A award from N. Amer-Austrailia is 80,000 in Y...then you could fly ATL-SFO-SYD with UA. If I remember correctly...NA-Aus. with TG is approx. 100,000....so if you took the *A award, you would effectively save yourself 20,000 miles, and eliminate a stop in Asia.
Food for thought...
BUT... a *A award from N. Amer-Austrailia is 80,000 in Y...then you could fly ATL-SFO-SYD with UA. If I remember correctly...NA-Aus. with TG is approx. 100,000....so if you took the *A award, you would effectively save yourself 20,000 miles, and eliminate a stop in Asia.
Food for thought...