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Apr 13, 2011, 9:55 am
#16
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
If you choose all UA metal, you can waitllist up to 2 flights per segment. All of my waitlisted flights in the past had cleared for my friends/relatives/self using my miles. It is well worth a try.
Apr 13, 2011, 11:20 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: RTW
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 186
Fly first is also lounge perks so I would consider LH first class to and from FRA. Give yourselves planty of time to enjoy First Class Terminal at FRA. It's amazing.
Apr 13, 2011, 12:36 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA 1K MM, SPG Plat For Life, Marriott Plat, Nexus/GlobalEntry
Posts: 9,198
Sounds like you're getting good suggestions already... I found your thread from a couple years ago so you can review that too: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ing-oldie.html
Apr 13, 2011, 12:43 pm
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SJC, SFO, YYC
Programs: AA-EXP, AA-0.41MM, UA-Gold, Ex UA-1K (2006 thru 2015), PMUA-0.95MM, COUA-1.5MM-lite, AF-Silver
Posts: 13,437
Apr 13, 2011, 12:50 pm
#20
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA Plat 1MM, Hyatt Plat, SPG Gold/SVN 3 Star Elite, ICG Plat Ambassador
Posts: 242
+1 for both using the ANA web tool and considering *A partners...especially with your CO miles. I'm about to embark on a trip to IST/ATH using TK (First, with private suites) over and LH thru Frankfort returning (also First) - for 135K miles and $115.
Apr 13, 2011, 1:39 pm
#21
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: FL 290 through FL390
Posts: 1,687
Great suggestions, everyone. Thank you all! I wish I knew what all the acronyms meant, though. I know the ones that start with K (airports) but that's about it. Time to get onto Google, I guess.
One of my unknowns was whether my miles will work on Star Alliance, and it sounds like the will so we will try to go DEN-FRA on Lufthansa as a first choice!
There should be a new thread in FT, I think, for airline employees. How's "FTer Q & A" sound?
FAB
Scratch that acronym thing! Just discovered the "Help" section. TYAVM (thank you all very much!)
One of my unknowns was whether my miles will work on Star Alliance, and it sounds like the will so we will try to go DEN-FRA on Lufthansa as a first choice!
There should be a new thread in FT, I think, for airline employees. How's "FTer Q & A" sound?
FAB
Scratch that acronym thing! Just discovered the "Help" section. TYAVM (thank you all very much!)
Apr 13, 2011, 2:43 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: DEN
Programs: UA Plat, 1MM
Posts: 2,182
Sounds like you're getting good suggestions already... I found your thread from a couple years ago so you can review that too: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ing-oldie.html
Apr 13, 2011, 2:51 pm
#23
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: FL 290 through FL390
Posts: 1,687
Apr 13, 2011, 2:55 pm
#24
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA 1K MM, SPG Plat For Life, Marriott Plat, Nexus/GlobalEntry
Posts: 9,198
Apr 13, 2011, 3:06 pm
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: FL 290 through FL390
Posts: 1,687
Apr 13, 2011, 5:45 pm
#27
Formerly known as CollegeFlyer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: JRA
Programs: UA 1K MM, AA PLT, Hyatt Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 6,716
However the Chase cc miles do have a 'extra" value as Choice Points -- they can be converted 1 mile = $0.01 (1 cent). While not a great value and many hope to get greater value in awards redemption, the added flexibility is an added benefit. A ticket purchased with Choice Points will earn EQMs & RDMs and is upgradeable -- but has cancellation fees.
So, for example, if you can't find XC (saver business inventory) on your dates but you can find NC (upgrade business inventory), you can buy the ticket using Choices (redeeming the miles you earned on your chase credit card--miles earned by flying cannot be redeemes this way) at a rate of 1 cent per mile. Then you can use your remaining miles to upgrade (with a co-pay on the upgrade if you bought a discounted economy ticket...which is annoying. but it may still be better than flying in coach, if you can't find XC or XF space).
Apr 13, 2011, 6:06 pm
#29
Formerly known as CollegeFlyer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: JRA
Programs: UA 1K MM, AA PLT, Hyatt Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 6,716
Apr 14, 2011, 2:15 am
#30
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: FL 290 through FL390
Posts: 1,687
YUK is any airport that you take off from after your normal bedtime, any airport you overfly after midnight, and any airport you land at when you've been awake for 20 hours or more. If it's the latter of these and you're wearing your sunglasses, then it's DOUBLE-YUK.
Hope that helps as much for an explanation as a few hits of O2 do for a landing after one of these flights.
Another double YUK is when the more bid points you put towards "no ANF"(all night flying), the more you actually get. My April and May schedules, for instance, are double YUK.
When you look up "Circadian Desynchronosys" on Wiki, you'll see my picture this month. I wish that was as funny as i tried to make it sound
FAB
Hope that helps as much for an explanation as a few hits of O2 do for a landing after one of these flights.
Another double YUK is when the more bid points you put towards "no ANF"(all night flying), the more you actually get. My April and May schedules, for instance, are double YUK.
When you look up "Circadian Desynchronosys" on Wiki, you'll see my picture this month. I wish that was as funny as i tried to make it sound
FAB