Honk! If you are flying to Europe this summer with Frequent Flyer awards
May 18th, 2007, 07:27 AM
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Honk! If you are flying to Europe this summer with Frequent Flyer awards
I purchased an Economy Plus ticket with British Airways from Miami to Barcelona for $1,900, used 30,000 miles and upgraded to Business Class for June 13-July 11 travel. I'll have a flat bed upstairs on the 747.
I earned 3800 miles for purchasing this ticket on my BA Visa card and will get about 12,500 miles for the flight.
I still haven't decided whether I will sleep or pass out on the flights.
So, Honk, Honk Honk!!!
I earned 3800 miles for purchasing this ticket on my BA Visa card and will get about 12,500 miles for the flight.
I still haven't decided whether I will sleep or pass out on the flights.
So, Honk, Honk Honk!!!
May 18th, 2007, 08:04 AM
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Buy everything with my Avion Visa. Change the Avion points to BA miles (1.5 for 1).
Two business class tickets Toronto to Paris for September.
Sleeper seats - yes Wally - but we also get access to the BA lounge in Toronto and Heathrow and Paris.
Two business class tickets Toronto to Paris for September.
Sleeper seats - yes Wally - but we also get access to the BA lounge in Toronto and Heathrow and Paris.
May 18th, 2007, 08:44 AM
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We have four tickets from Montreal to Nice this June, courtesy of Air Canada Aeroplan. But, I had to book them last December, and the routing home is long and slow (Nice/overnight in Frankfurt/Heathrow/Montreal!).
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May 18th, 2007, 08:50 AM
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We've got two business class tickets on Air Canada at Christmas, Halifax to Paris via Montreal. (Classic Awards, for those who pay attention to Aeroplan. We got the routes we wanted and only had to go one day early to get business class on all legs. Bonus: we get an extra day in Paris.)
The fees were stiffish, about $320 Cdn each, but I have a short memory for that kind of pain.
Anselm
The fees were stiffish, about $320 Cdn each, but I have a short memory for that kind of pain.
Anselm
May 18th, 2007, 08:53 AM
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Poutine, that return trip is brutal. Aeroplan offered us Halifax, London, Munich, Paris outbound, so I asked what would happen if we went the day before ... all of a sudden the sun came out from behind the clouds.
Anselm
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May 18th, 2007, 09:06 AM
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AnselmAdorne - yes, with two kids in tow, brutal. But there were no other options, supposedly. Since Aeroplan changed their online reservations system last fall, finding four tickets online requiring partner airlines just won't work. I had to rely on the skills of the aeroplan phone agent......
However, they were 60,000 points each, and not the worst Aeroplan routing I've had to live with (try Montreal/ Chicago/LA with a two night layover/Auckland/Sydney/Cairns with two kids...).
However, they were 60,000 points each, and not the worst Aeroplan routing I've had to live with (try Montreal/ Chicago/LA with a two night layover/Auckland/Sydney/Cairns with two kids...).
May 18th, 2007, 09:27 AM
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Wally - yews that "we" included you, too. That is a real bonus in my book. Worth as much as the business class.
Anselm - greetings
<<Halifax to Paris via Montreal>>
You are staring out by going backwards... is that to get more miles? LOL
Anselm - greetings
<<Halifax to Paris via Montreal>>
You are staring out by going backwards... is that to get more miles? LOL
May 18th, 2007, 09:32 AM
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Delta from Atlanta to Milan (via Copenhagen for three of us, direct for one), direct Milan to Atlanta return, second half of June. A total of 250,000 skymiles: 50,000 skymiles each for three of us, 100,000 skymiles for the last ticket.
May 18th, 2007, 09:39 AM
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No honking here. You can receive FF tickets on CO for 50K roundtrip. You sometimes need to be flexible and book far enough out. Start looking at 330 days and continue to look if you do not see what you are after.
May 18th, 2007, 09:41 AM
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Couldn't get Delta/AF RT nonstop Boston/Paris flights I wanted in September-- they told me the award seats on these flights must usually be reserved 11 months in advance. I never had that problem before. On American, I can still do this, but have spent so many miles on upgrades in previous years, that I haven't enough left. The fare has gone down about $70 in the last 2 weeks, but I think it will stick. Also it's about 60 bucks cheaper if I don't fly on the weekend. All-in, it's still over $1200!
May 18th, 2007, 10:03 AM
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Family of 6 leaving in 11 days (!!)using 5 FF 50K mile tickets to fly Delta from ATL to Paris. However, we do have to travel thru Prague to get there -- got our tickets December 31st for May 30th travel-- pretty good, eh? Delta's Prague service had just been announced and opened the week before..we also have to fly back from Milan to ATL via Prague.. but I'm not complaining..wouldn't be going otherwise!
