The Delhi deli
May 22, 2016, 5:24 am
#16
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
Thanks intuition, what a lively story about our surprise-DO! It was a lot of fun reading!
Now really the question is – when are we doing this again?
May 22, 2016, 7:23 am
#18
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
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I am booked solid (ie flat broke) with 3 Japan, 1 Australian and one NZ flight. Won't be looking for AY+ points until late 2017. Unless a good promo comes along!
Oh. The most boring explanation possible!
May 22, 2016, 8:22 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,059
This morning DEL was not the same place.
No economy lie flat on HEL-DEL, no escort service waiting in DEL (only rules given: go to Tranfers desk and take a new boarding pass there), Wi-Fi in that lounge not working at all, no op-up and today Transit hand-luggage tag was from Jet Airways as I picked it up myself from a pot on transfer desk.
But Delhi deli-Baguette as a breakfast from Jumbo Vantaa was delicious and today I didn't care about Cistavoda style-ensalada, I had only orange juice.
We should make this again, after everyone is hungry for points again. I go one more time to DEL in July and before that I'm hunting high and low missing tier points from BKK route and probably going to Bangkok (the city). and that is the hunting low part...
And of course mile hunters interested about mileage and flying and want to see DEL, please join us.
Thanks to Intuition making this great and funny story about bandits.^
No economy lie flat on HEL-DEL, no escort service waiting in DEL (only rules given: go to Tranfers desk and take a new boarding pass there), Wi-Fi in that lounge not working at all, no op-up and today Transit hand-luggage tag was from Jet Airways as I picked it up myself from a pot on transfer desk.
But Delhi deli-Baguette as a breakfast from Jumbo Vantaa was delicious and today I didn't care about Cistavoda style-ensalada, I had only orange juice.
We should make this again, after everyone is hungry for points again. I go one more time to DEL in July and before that I'm hunting high and low missing tier points from BKK route and probably going to Bangkok (the city)
. and that is the hunting low part...And of course mile hunters interested about mileage and flying and want to see DEL, please join us.
Thanks to Intuition making this great and funny story about bandits.^
May 22, 2016, 9:39 am
#22
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May 23, 2016, 7:21 am
#25
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Thank you!
What a good price is depends on who you are and how you value points.
I wouldn't do it in Y, but I guess sub 500€ in economy on a 100% earning fare class is considered good value.
What a good price is depends on who you are and how you value points.
I wouldn't do it in Y, but I guess sub 500€ in economy on a 100% earning fare class is considered good value.
May 23, 2016, 11:49 am
#26
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
This morning DEL was not the same place.
No economy lie flat on HEL-DEL, no escort service waiting in DEL (only rules given: go to Tranfers desk and take a new boarding pass there), Wi-Fi in that lounge not working at all, no op-up and today Transit hand-luggage tag was from Jet Airways as I picked it up myself from a pot on transfer desk.
But Delhi deli-Baguette as a breakfast from Jumbo Vantaa was delicious and today I didn't care about Cistavoda style-ensalada, I had only orange juice.
We should make this again, after everyone is hungry for points again.
No economy lie flat on HEL-DEL, no escort service waiting in DEL (only rules given: go to Tranfers desk and take a new boarding pass there), Wi-Fi in that lounge not working at all, no op-up and today Transit hand-luggage tag was from Jet Airways as I picked it up myself from a pot on transfer desk.
But Delhi deli-Baguette as a breakfast from Jumbo Vantaa was delicious and today I didn't care about Cistavoda style-ensalada, I had only orange juice.
We should make this again, after everyone is hungry for points again.
We're totally doing this again!
For me it was 480 EUR (Y of course) for the OSL-HEL-DEL-HEL-OSL and then on top of that the positioning flights to OSL. I thought this was quite the good value.
May 24, 2016, 12:17 am
#27
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: TK M&S, BAEC, EK
Posts: 257
This is one of the most entertaining TRs I've read for a long time. Thank you very much for sharing.
As far as I know, there aren't really any novels about points/mileage runs as yet. This read the way an extract from an On the Road type tale about frequent flyers might.
Look forward to another example before too long.
As far as I know, there aren't really any novels about points/mileage runs as yet. This read the way an extract from an On the Road type tale about frequent flyers might.
Look forward to another example before too long.
