flying from Georgetown, Guyana to US on miles?
Dec 17, 2004, 7:37 am
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flying from Georgetown, Guyana to US on miles?
Hi,
I have a friend who is doing missionary work in Guyana. I would like to fly him home using my FF miles as a gift. Is it true that USAirways has a partner out of Georgetown, Guyana that can use FF miles?
Please help.
Thanks
I have a friend who is doing missionary work in Guyana. I would like to fly him home using my FF miles as a gift. Is it true that USAirways has a partner out of Georgetown, Guyana that can use FF miles?
Please help.
Thanks
Dec 17, 2004, 8:58 am
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doesn't appear possible...
According to this link, US has limited partner services to South America.
Your friend might want to explore cheap flights rom SJU or AUA to Guyana and from those airports on to a US mileage ticket. If he can get overland to Panama City, US has announced service will be starting there, soon and they already serve Costa Rica. That's probably quite a drive, though.
Someone else here might have a more creative option...
http://www.usairways.com/travel/maps...th_america.htm
Your friend might want to explore cheap flights rom SJU or AUA to Guyana and from those airports on to a US mileage ticket. If he can get overland to Panama City, US has announced service will be starting there, soon and they already serve Costa Rica. That's probably quite a drive, though.
Someone else here might have a more creative option...
http://www.usairways.com/travel/maps...th_america.htm
Dec 17, 2004, 1:24 pm
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Caribbean Star airlines flies out of GEO. You'd have to connect via a destination served by US. Good luck getting seats. Never tried using the GoCaribbean network.
Originally Posted by klakhav
Hi,
I have a friend who is doing missionary work in Guyana. I would like to fly him home using my FF miles as a gift. Is it true that USAirways has a partner out of Georgetown, Guyana that can use FF miles?
Please help.
Thanks
I have a friend who is doing missionary work in Guyana. I would like to fly him home using my FF miles as a gift. Is it true that USAirways has a partner out of Georgetown, Guyana that can use FF miles?
Please help.
Thanks
Dec 17, 2004, 1:45 pm
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http://www.usairways.com/dividendmil...ocaribbean.htm shows "Georgetown" as a valid award destination, but doesn't specify whether Georgetown, Guyana (GEO) or Georgetown, Bahamas (GGT) is valid. Might be worth a call.
Dec 18, 2004, 12:31 am
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I've booked a Caribbean Sun award ticket via USAir and had no problems. In fact I did DCA-PHL-STT (St. Thomas) on the way in on US metal and then did STX-SJU-PHL-DCA on the way out. Since the STX flight was on Caribbean Sun I had to book this over the phone as a Caribbean Sun Award. I believe Caribbean Sun and Caribbean Star are affiliated, but I'm not sure if this affiliation extends to the relationship Sun has with US.
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Dec 19, 2004, 9:55 pm
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Thank you
Friends,
Thank you for your input. I greatly appreciate it, with the exception oflast message, I do not know what that means. Can someone explain?
I just checked Caribbean Sun's website andthey do not fly to Georgetown, Guyana. Any other options?
Thank you again.
Thank you for your input. I greatly appreciate it, with the exception oflast message, I do not know what that means. Can someone explain?
I just checked Caribbean Sun's website andthey do not fly to Georgetown, Guyana. Any other options?
Thank you again.
Dec 20, 2004, 12:12 am
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Originally Posted by klakhav
Friends,
Thank you for your input. I greatly appreciate it, with the exception oflast message, I do not know what that means. Can someone explain?
I just checked Caribbean Sun's website andthey do not fly to Georgetown, Guyana. Any other options?
Thank you again.
Thank you for your input. I greatly appreciate it, with the exception oflast message, I do not know what that means. Can someone explain?
I just checked Caribbean Sun's website andthey do not fly to Georgetown, Guyana. Any other options?
Thank you again.
http://usairways.com/dividendmiles/r...ocaribbean.htm
Caribbean Partner Airlines
-Bahamasair
-Caribbean Star
-Caribbean Sun
Awards
Within the Caribbean
--One Economy
----15,000
Between the United States or Canada and the Caribbean
One Economy--------One First
----30,000------------60,000
Award reservations for Bahamasair will be accepted beginning September 15, 2004.
Note: Award travel is subject to certain taxes and fees.
Valid Award Destinations:
U.S. / Canada-- Any city in the U.S. or Canada serviced by US Airways, the US Airways Express carriers or US Airways Shuttle
Caribbean --Anguilla, Antigua, Arthurs Town, Barbados, The Bright, Crooked Island, Dead Man's Cay, Dominica, Freeport, Ft. Lauderdale, Georgetown, Governor's Harbour, Grenada, Guyana, Inagua, Marsh Harbour, Miami, North Eleuthera, Orlando, Palm Beach, Providenciales, Rock Sound, San Salvador, Spring Point, Stella Maris, St.Kitts, St.Lucia, St.Maarten, St.Vincent, Treasure Cay, Tortola, Trinidad, Tobago
It looks to me, just glancing at a Georgetown travel web site, that Caribbean Star flies into GEO--so you should be able to call USAIRWAYS award reservations and book an award ticket from GEO to a city in the USA served by USAIRWAYS. It would likely be a combination of connecting flights using US and Caribbean Star metal (if I am interpreting the web site correctly).
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Dec 20, 2004, 12:31 am
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Originally Posted by StSebastian
At one point Georgetown, Guyana was on the route map as served by GoCarribean network airlines, but it isn't showing any more.
The US web site shows Georgetown as a valid award destination in the Caribbean network and when I look at a general Guyana travel web site, it looks like a lot of the airlines that do fly into Georgetown connect in Trinidad or Tobago which is on the Eastern Caribbean route map.
Dec 20, 2004, 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by N674UW
Georgetown in that list might also mean Georgetown, Grand Cayman? 
Very vague...
Very vague...Some flights from GEO to PHL:
BW------------432----GEO-----MIA----540A---1035A--- 1---738
US Airways---26-----MIA------PHL---440P---725P----0--733
BW-------------432----GEO-----BGI----540A---655A--- 1---738
US Airways---1476---BGI------PHL----435---839P---0---319
LI-------------386-----GEO-----BGI----1045A---1250P---0---DH8
US Airways--1476---BGI------PHL-----435P---839P---0---319
8B--------------722-----GEO------BGI----1050A---1250P---0---DH8
US Airways---1476-----BGI-------PHL-----435P---839P---0---319
Flight: 8B 722
Airline: Caribbean Star Airlines
So--US has several flight options to GEO--and the web site says that 8B is the airline code for Caibbean Star
If I look at Caribbean Star's website, and look up flights from GEO to PHL, it shows--
Flight information
from: Georgetown, Guyana
to: Philadelphia International Airport, USA
Connecting Flights
Flight: 8B 722
Airline: Caribbean Star Airlines
Depart: Georgetown
Terminal:
Departure Time: 10:50, Thursday 23 December 2004
Arrive: Barbados
Terminal:
Arrival Time: 12:50, Thursday 23 December 2004
Stops: Non-Stop
Travel Time: 2hrs
Aircraft: DH8 (de Havilland DHC-8 Dash 8)
Classes offered: Business Economy
Notes:
---- Connecting to ----
Flight: US 1476
Airline: US Airways
Depart: Barbados
Terminal:
Departure Time: 16:35, Thursday 23 December 2004
Arrive: Philadelphia International Airport
Terminal: Terminal A
Arrival Time: 20:39, Thursday 23 December 2004
Stops: Non-Stop
Travel Time: 5hrs 4mins
Aircraft: 319 (Airbus Industrie A319)
Classes offered: First Economy
So, it looks like Caribbean Star and USAIRWAYS do partner up. As to if Georgetown is an available award destination as shown on the website for usairways, it is probably best to call and ask the agent directly.
I do notice on the usairways website that it lists Georgetown and Guyana separately as valid award destinations in the Caribbean.
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Last edited by chicagorich; Dec 20, 2004 at 1:45 pm Reason: spelling