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Old Oct 4, 2016, 4:35 pm
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Any fuel surcharge?
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Old Oct 4, 2016, 5:20 pm
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
Any fuel surcharge?
Negative. $28 or so from what I remember.
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Old Oct 4, 2016, 6:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Frindle
Negative. $28 or so from what I remember.
Thanks, how many miles did you need? Did you book one-way?
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Old Oct 4, 2016, 9:32 pm
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
Thanks, how many miles did you need? Did you book one-way?
One way, two people, 188,000 total. Takes 48 hours to issue the tickets, so I'll try to update with the full amount I was charged once it hits my card.

It was $28.40 per person for fees. Just had the charge hit my Amex.
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Old Oct 6, 2016, 4:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Colin
VX award F = K = D. D inventory visible via Expert Flyer.
VX books in T/A/K for Economy/Main Cabin Select/First.
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Old Oct 6, 2016, 4:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Frindle
One way, two people, 188,000 total. Takes 48 hours to issue the tickets, so I'll try to update with the full amount I was charged once it hits my card.

It was $28.40 per person for fees. Just had the charge hit my Amex.
Business class?

Originally Posted by zakami
VX books in T/A/K for Economy/Main Cabin Select/First.
You can see this in EF?
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Old Oct 6, 2016, 7:37 pm
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
Business class?
Yes, booked into Z class on VA.
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Old Oct 9, 2016, 1:46 am
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
You can see this in EF?
Not in Awards and Upgrades section but in Flight Availability. Type in the class T, A, or K.
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Old Oct 12, 2016, 3:31 pm
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For DL metal awards, does it have to be DL saver level? When searching on alaska air for example, there are LAX-LHR award seats on DL but they are 62.5k each way as opposed to 50k which I think is saver level.

Would I be able to book at 62.5k via VS?
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Old Oct 17, 2016, 1:29 am
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Originally Posted by fjk
For DL metal awards, does it have to be DL saver level? When searching on alaska air for example, there are LAX-LHR award seats on DL but they are 62.5k each way as opposed to 50k which I think is saver level.

Would I be able to book at 62.5k via VS?
Alaska should only have access to Saver space, so it should be.
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Old Oct 18, 2016, 6:09 pm
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Booked:
PDX - AMS (4 seats in Biz on Delta)
LHR - SLC - OAK (4 seats in Biz on Delta)

100K per person round trip
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Old Oct 19, 2016, 1:46 pm
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Originally Posted by iqbalt80
Booked:
PDX - AMS (4 seats in Biz on Delta)
LHR - SLC - OAK (4 seats in Biz on Delta)

100K per person round trip
What kind of taxes did you pay on these bookings?

Also, were you able to search for award space online beforehand? I know you can use Air France's site (as per the Wiki) but you often can't choose the partner it tries to book the award flight on so not perfect for search DL award availability.
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Old Oct 19, 2016, 1:55 pm
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Originally Posted by eknock007
Not in Awards and Upgrades section but in Flight Availability. Type in the class T, A, or K.
I can't see any listings for T, A, K - but I can see D as per Colin's original post. Should I be searching for VX or another airline here?
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Old Oct 19, 2016, 4:37 pm
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Originally Posted by bristoldave
What kind of taxes did you pay on these bookings?

Also, were you able to search for award space online beforehand? I know you can use Air France's site (as per the Wiki) but you often can't choose the partner it tries to book the award flight on so not perfect for search DL award availability.
Yes, I did search the award space on Delta.com and AF.com. Even though Delta.com showed saver level 1 seats, AF was not showing them so I solely relied on AF availability.
I had to make 3-4 calls as some of the agents couldn't even see the seats. Had to push for SLC - OAK segment as no one wanted to book it as one itinerary.

Taxes Total: $1045 for 4 passengers. I know LHR departure killed it but I got the flights I needed.
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Old Oct 21, 2016, 12:52 am
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Can you no longer book one-way VX awards? The website says "No one way rewards permitted."
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