Help: 24 hours to change decision for award flight BKK-SFO
Dec 25th, 2014, 10:01 PM
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Help: 24 hours to change decision for award flight BKK-SFO
Hi all,
Well, at 10:01 pm PST I booked 2 one way business class seats with Asiana BKK-Seoul-SFO (10 hour layover which we will spend with very good rate at airport Hyatt). I'm really pleased.
THEN after the lady had done ALL the paperwork etc, I saw a flight that has not been open before: Thai airlines to Nakita, 10 hour layover, then Nakita-SFO with ANA. I left things as they are but now have Doubts. There are 24 hours to change my mind. THOUGHTS?
I will also write this on the two other threads but want to thank everyone again for all your help in making these arrangements. We now have 80,000 mile award flights SFO-KTM, returning BKK-SFO, will do other leg with Druk Air (open jaw KTM-Paro. Paro-BKK) 6 nights in Nepal,
4 at Dwarika's and 1 at their resort (got truly great deal), final night at Hyatt. THANKS KATHIE for this idea.
THEN 16 nights in Bhutan, including Black Neck Crane Festival where children dress up like black necked cranes on Nov 11 and a 5 day trek hiking from Paro to Thimphu, before spending 2 nights in Thimphu, 2 in Paro, on our last day, doing the hike to Tiger Nest Monastery. (All this with just the two of us, (THANKS CRAIG) traveling with Noble Traveller, a tour operator owned by Tensing Norgay's (Everest first ascent with Sir Edmund Hillary) personable and competent son Dhamey.
Shifting gears again to spend three nights in Bangkok at either Anantara (junior suite) or the Penn if a super deal opens up. (have cancelable reservations at both)
I am excited and scared (hubris of making arrangement so far in advance, hoping for no Health Event), mostly excited and on to next step of learning phrases in Thai, Nepalese, Dzong, and Korean.
Namaste and Tashi Delek
mille grazie and once again thank you. I promise a trip report.
Well, at 10:01 pm PST I booked 2 one way business class seats with Asiana BKK-Seoul-SFO (10 hour layover which we will spend with very good rate at airport Hyatt). I'm really pleased.
THEN after the lady had done ALL the paperwork etc, I saw a flight that has not been open before: Thai airlines to Nakita, 10 hour layover, then Nakita-SFO with ANA. I left things as they are but now have Doubts. There are 24 hours to change my mind. THOUGHTS?
I will also write this on the two other threads but want to thank everyone again for all your help in making these arrangements. We now have 80,000 mile award flights SFO-KTM, returning BKK-SFO, will do other leg with Druk Air (open jaw KTM-Paro. Paro-BKK) 6 nights in Nepal,
4 at Dwarika's and 1 at their resort (got truly great deal), final night at Hyatt. THANKS KATHIE for this idea.
THEN 16 nights in Bhutan, including Black Neck Crane Festival where children dress up like black necked cranes on Nov 11 and a 5 day trek hiking from Paro to Thimphu, before spending 2 nights in Thimphu, 2 in Paro, on our last day, doing the hike to Tiger Nest Monastery. (All this with just the two of us, (THANKS CRAIG) traveling with Noble Traveller, a tour operator owned by Tensing Norgay's (Everest first ascent with Sir Edmund Hillary) personable and competent son Dhamey.
Shifting gears again to spend three nights in Bangkok at either Anantara (junior suite) or the Penn if a super deal opens up. (have cancelable reservations at both)
I am excited and scared (hubris of making arrangement so far in advance, hoping for no Health Event), mostly excited and on to next step of learning phrases in Thai, Nepalese, Dzong, and Korean.
Namaste and Tashi Delek
mille grazie and once again thank you. I promise a trip report.
Dec 26th, 2014, 07:27 AM
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Hi all,
Cancel the question but keep the thanks! I checked Seat Guru and saw that the Thai Air flight BKK-Nakita has 180 decline flat lie back seat while Asiana BKK-Seoul has 160 decline. That made it a no brainer and I changed the reservations.
Thank everyone again for all the help
Cancel the question but keep the thanks! I checked Seat Guru and saw that the Thai Air flight BKK-Nakita has 180 decline flat lie back seat while Asiana BKK-Seoul has 160 decline. That made it a no brainer and I changed the reservations.
Thank everyone again for all the help
Dec 26th, 2014, 02:07 PM
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"I am excited and scared (hubris of making arrangement so far in advance, hoping for no Health Event)"
Have you considered "cancel for any reason" or other travel insurance? It makes me more comfortable with major investments in travel. If interested, note that most policies require that you purchase the insurance within a limited amount of time of purchasing your airline tickets or other major trip costs -- about 2 weeks, as I recall. You can use insuremytrip.com or squaremouth.com to compare policies.
Should be a great trip - enjoy!
Have you considered "cancel for any reason" or other travel insurance? It makes me more comfortable with major investments in travel. If interested, note that most policies require that you purchase the insurance within a limited amount of time of purchasing your airline tickets or other major trip costs -- about 2 weeks, as I recall. You can use insuremytrip.com or squaremouth.com to compare policies.
Should be a great trip - enjoy!
Dec 27th, 2014, 04:53 AM
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Hi Kathie,
We will get travel insurance as soon as we pay for Bhutan. At that point we will change our hotel reservations in Bangkok to cheaper nonrefundable ones since the hotel loss will then be insured.
So far we are only risking the costs of putting the miles back in our accounts.
And yes, the rule is you have to get the insurance within two weeks of putting out money.
What I meant by hubris was the fear that the Health Gods will strike us down for our temerity.
On our 10th anniversary we planned to go to Venice and Prague--had to cancel two days before because of major food problem. Trip to French Polynesia got cancelled two years in a row because I had major illness and we were not comfortable with Papeete as hospital destination.
(Trip eventually taken was great. I think I reviewed in in parts in trip advisor rather than here.)
Last year 53 year old husband had surprise emergency triple bypass, canceling another trip.
So we LOVE travel insurance. And, with the exception of Venice and Prague (Venice we have been to many times since)all the trips were eventually taken and all were great!
We will get travel insurance as soon as we pay for Bhutan. At that point we will change our hotel reservations in Bangkok to cheaper nonrefundable ones since the hotel loss will then be insured.
So far we are only risking the costs of putting the miles back in our accounts.
And yes, the rule is you have to get the insurance within two weeks of putting out money.
What I meant by hubris was the fear that the Health Gods will strike us down for our temerity.
On our 10th anniversary we planned to go to Venice and Prague--had to cancel two days before because of major food problem. Trip to French Polynesia got cancelled two years in a row because I had major illness and we were not comfortable with Papeete as hospital destination.
(Trip eventually taken was great. I think I reviewed in in parts in trip advisor rather than here.)
Last year 53 year old husband had surprise emergency triple bypass, canceling another trip.
So we LOVE travel insurance. And, with the exception of Venice and Prague (Venice we have been to many times since)all the trips were eventually taken and all were great!
