fly2nrt

What did you book???

iztok

FC mostly

CLT-JFK US F
JFK-ICN OZ F
ICN-PEK CA C
PEK-BKK TG F
BKK-HKT TG C
HKT-BKK TG C
BKK-FRA TG F
FRA-MUC LH C
MUC-CLT LH F

for me and my wife.

thebobmc

Are there any issues that I should be aware of if wanting to use Dividend Miles to book a *A award ticket that does not originate in North America ?

I am thinking something along the line of S. Asia to Europe via N. America. With a stopover in the USA in both directions ?

Thanks much.

iztok

Normally I assume S Asia to EU doesn't fly through US. So S. Asia to EU direct no issues I assume. However over US the higher mileage would apply I assume.

puchalskir

Third time was the charm. I booked 3 in business class and also one in economy on slightly different dates.

Sweet.

iztok

So what are your routings and airlines now?

johnep1

So, how many miles did they charge for each ticket?

iztok

This was technically S Asia award so it was 160k per tix for total of 320k miles. Plus $325 in taxes and fees for both. But since we go westward all the way it is practically around the world

johnep1

Thanks. I might try to do something similar and wondered if they would charge the N Asia or the S Asia rate.

iztok

Well, since Thailand is in S Asia it is S Asia rate. If we were only go to PEK then it would be N Asia. In any case, CP angel was awesome!

puchalskir

All on LH except for the DEL-IST-CAI which is on TK. Same routing as mentioned.

The economy seat we booked was a mix of UA/LH/TK.

gogate99

I booked a *A award ticket via US Airways for Asia for travel in March of 2008.

We flew from PDX to LAX (United Metal) and was given about a 32 hour stop over -

Then LAX to BKK (Thai Airlines Metal- AMAZING!)

Then flew from Honk Kong to Tokyo (ANA Metal- very nice as well) had about a 23 hour lay over in Tokyo then Tokyo to LAX (ANA Metal)

It took a very long time and several calls to USAirways to get it all confirmed. I have found the level of courtesey and just trying to help you is so varied- I often have to call 2 or 3 times. i dont know if it is a training issue, a customer service issue or what- but I would say def. try again and jsut be nice as I am sure being a cust. service rep for USAirways is not a fun job. Also- I was a Chairman Pref. when I booked the ticket so not sure if that meant anything. Hope it helps

uva185

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8330/4.3.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)

In my experience they charge you the mileage amount for the destination even if you have a stopover in or pass through a higher award zone.

I flew DCA-ORD-LAX-SIN-IST-JNB-FRA-ORD-DCA and was charged 150k (Africa Rate) even though I had a stopover in S. Asia (160k)

uva185

I just spent 90 minutes on the phone with a very helpful US agent trying to get an award ticketed. She checked and re-checked with several departments and was told I can only have one stopover period. (Actually one department said two was okay and the other said only one) I had showed her the 2 stopover rule on the website and she was willing to give me the 2nd stopover but her computer was not willing to price my itinerary. Based on my itinerary below do you have any idea what is preventing the computer from pricing the itinerary out? Routing via BKK? Return to DCA (co-terminal of IAD)?

My Itinerary
IAD-MUC LH
(Stop)
MUC-BKK TG
BKK-HKG TG
(Destination)
HKG-IST TK
IST-ZRH TK (Also tried a LX flight)
(Stop)
ZRH-ORD LX
ORD-DCA UA

Thanks!

iztok

Based on my info stopover is only permitted if you fly in on the carrier of that particular hub. So IST-ZRH TK is definitely out If you can get LX (and it is LX metal!) then try another agent.