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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3360 on: January 03, 2018, 07:19:26 PM »
Just got 2 RT tickets LAX-TLV in J on Turkish Airlines through the Amex travel portal. It was 580K MR and we will be getting back 35% which will be about a 203K refund for a total cost of 377K MR or about 188.5K a person and didn't have to deal with finding saver availability, we will also be earning the miles on the flight.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3361 on: January 04, 2018, 04:20:50 AM »
Just got 2 RT tickets LAX-TLV in J on Turkish Airlines through the Amex travel portal. It was 580K MR and we will be getting back 35% which will be about a 203K refund for a total cost of 377K MR or about 188.5K a person and didn't have to deal with finding saver availability, we will also be earning the miles on the flight.
Nice, that is why recently I started concentrating on earning MR points , comes very handy when needed without the need for saver availability.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3362 on: January 04, 2018, 07:50:01 AM »
Chase is easier to accumulate and has the same benefit and you do not need to wait 30 days for the points to come back. (For those that have the 35% back)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3363 on: January 04, 2018, 09:31:10 AM »
Chase is easier to accumulate and has the same benefit and you do not need to wait 30 days for the points to come back. (For those that have the 35% back)
Don’t forget that the 35% is capped at 500k refunded annually.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3364 on: January 04, 2018, 10:35:40 AM »
Chase is easier to accumulate and has the same benefit and you do not need to wait 30 days for the points to come back. (For those that have the 35% back)
but get slightly better value from MR obvs

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3365 on: January 04, 2018, 12:04:11 PM »
but get slightly better value from MR obvs
Especially with insider and the valuable underrated amex international airline program 

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3366 on: January 07, 2018, 04:00:37 PM »


valuable underrated amex international airline program
I didn't know that works with TK

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3367 on: January 09, 2018, 12:51:17 AM »
2 Tickets JFK-FRA-SIN-SYD (Brand new Suite)
"F" SQ  280k points.
Have it on hold, debating if worth the points and the extra stopovers.
and which is best points to transfer, MR or UR.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3368 on: January 09, 2018, 12:52:27 AM »
JFK-FRA-SIN-SYD (Brand new Suits)
"F" SQ  280k points.
Have it on hold, debating if worth the points and the extra stopovers.
it depends what brand the suit they give you is.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3369 on: January 09, 2018, 12:53:56 AM »
2 Tickets JFK-FRA-SIN-SYD (Brand new Suite)
"F" SQ  280k points.
Have it on hold, debating if worth the points and the extra stopovers.
and which is best points to transfer, MR or UR.
I wouldn't pay that much for a standard award but that's just my opinion.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3370 on: January 09, 2018, 12:55:10 AM »
I wouldn't pay that much for a standard award but that's just my opinion.
Even for the new 2018 suite?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3371 on: January 09, 2018, 12:57:49 AM »
Even for the new 2018 suite?
Yes, especially since it’s only on one of the flights.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3372 on: January 09, 2018, 10:58:22 AM »
JFK-NRT NH O
NRT-IAH NH O

120K VS (93K MR)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3373 on: January 09, 2018, 11:08:43 AM »
JFK-NRT NH O
NRT-IAH NH O

120K VS (93K MR)

Nice! I love that sweet spot with VS.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3374 on: January 09, 2018, 11:11:02 AM »
JFK-NRT NH O
NRT-IAH NH O

120K VS (93K MR)

Probably the best current redemption out there.
What was the tax?
Did availability match UA.com?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3375 on: January 09, 2018, 11:19:15 AM »
Probably the best current redemption out there.
What was the tax?
Did availability match UA.com?
Around 80$ in taxes
And availability matched on UA.com

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3376 on: January 09, 2018, 11:20:08 AM »
Around 80$ in taxes
And availability matched on UA.com
Awesome, well done!
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3377 on: January 09, 2018, 11:20:58 AM »
Awesome, well done!
Now I just got to read your TR on Japan.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3378 on: January 09, 2018, 11:37:32 AM »
Now I just got to read your TR on Japan.
Never made one from my 2005 2-week trip to Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe :(
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3379 on: January 09, 2018, 03:18:47 PM »
Nice! I love that sweet spot with VS.

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