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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3520 on: April 15, 2018, 08:57:28 AM »
Didn't seem like a major concern in the winter.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3521 on: April 15, 2018, 10:14:37 AM »
I'm always open to other suggestions.
ZRH? I love Switzerland. You were there, too. You wouldn't go again?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3522 on: April 15, 2018, 11:08:46 AM »
FLL-IAH-GIG-IAH-CLE/IN class

FLL-IAD-LHR-IAD-CLE/IN class
Can't get enough of Brazil, eh?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3523 on: April 15, 2018, 11:52:52 AM »
LOL

Are we brave enough to try LHR for a 3rd time?
Do we stick with GIG, a city we know that we love?
TBD!

I now have 15 PNRs/5MM booked in my account   ;D
Why dont you compromise on ALP?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3524 on: April 15, 2018, 12:30:01 PM »
Why dont you compromise on ALP?
What is ALP ;)
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3525 on: April 15, 2018, 11:08:20 PM »
Su UA4882 CLE-IAD 7:50pm-9:04pm RJ145 XN
Su UA924 IAD-LHR 10:15pm-10:30am+1 B788 IN
3-4 nights in LHR
LON-AMS flight TBD
3-4 nights in AMS
Mo UA908 AMS-ORD 11am-1pm B763 IN
Mo UA2072 ORD-FLL 6:24pm-10:31pm B739 IN
2 nights in FLL
We B6 658 FLL-CLE 8:41pm-11:30pm A320
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3526 on: April 16, 2018, 09:24:01 AM »
Su UA4882 CLE-IAD 7:50pm-9:04pm RJ145 XN
Su UA924 IAD-LHR 10:15pm-10:30am+1 B788 IN
3-4 nights in LHR
LON-AMS flight TBD
3-4 nights in AMS
Mo UA908 AMS-ORD 11am-1pm B763 IN
Mo UA2072 ORD-FLL 6:24pm-10:31pm B739 IN
2 nights in FLL
We B6 658 FLL-CLE 8:41pm-11:30pm A320
I think 3-4 days in AMS is overkill

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3527 on: April 16, 2018, 09:25:36 AM »
I think 3-4 days in AMS is overkill
It's over a Shabbos.

Could fly from LON to AMS on Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. Depart AMS on Monday morning.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3528 on: April 17, 2018, 07:16:23 PM »
Su UA4882 CLE-IAD 7:50pm-9:04pm RJ145 XN
Su UA924 IAD-LHR 10:15pm-10:30am+1 B788 IN
3-4 nights in LHR
LON-AMS flight TBD
3-4 nights in AMS
Mo UA908 AMS-ORD 11am-1pm B763 IN
Mo UA2072 ORD-FLL 6:24pm-10:31pm B739 IN
2 nights in FLL
We B6 658 FLL-CLE 8:41pm-11:30pm A320
I did w pm - s pm in Amsterdam and it was fine.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3529 on: April 18, 2018, 09:34:27 AM »
Su UA4882 CLE-IAD 7:50pm-9:04pm RJ145 XN
Su UA924 IAD-LHR 10:15pm-10:30am+1 B788 IN
3-4 nights in LHR
LON-AMS flight TBD
3-4 nights in AMS
Mo UA908 AMS-ORD 11am-1pm B763 IN
Mo UA2072 ORD-FLL 6:24pm-10:31pm B739 IN
2 nights in FLL
We B6 658 FLL-CLE 8:41pm-11:30pm A320
Gonna squeeze in a Shallots stop in that few hours you have in ORD?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3530 on: April 18, 2018, 05:00:26 PM »
Gonna squeeze in a Shallots stop in that few hours you have in ORD?
That goes without saying....

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3531 on: April 18, 2018, 05:11:26 PM »
Traveling with 3 kids, so doubtful. But we'll see. If we do anything it would probably be Kens or Milts.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3532 on: April 18, 2018, 05:11:58 PM »
Su UA4882 CLE-IAD 7:50pm-9:04pm RJ145 XN
Su UA924 IAD-LHR 10:15pm-10:30am+1 B788 IN
3-4 nights in LHR
LON-AMS flight TBD
3-4 nights in AMS
Mo UA908 AMS-ORD 11am-1pm B763 IN
Mo UA2072 ORD-FLL 6:24pm-10:31pm B739 IN
2 nights in FLL
We B6 658 FLL-CLE 8:41pm-11:30pm A320

Should we fly to AMS on Thursday or Friday?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3533 on: April 18, 2018, 05:16:42 PM »
Should we fly to AMS on Thursday or Friday?
"High-speed trains take as little as 4 hours 38 minutes from central London to central Amsterdam, compared to around 4 hours of hassle by air. Take Eurostar from London to Brussels and change onto a high-speed Thalys train from Brussels to Amsterdam, stress-free & relaxed compared to flying."

I know we dont do busses. But trains?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3534 on: April 18, 2018, 05:18:01 PM »
"High-speed trains take as little as 4 hours 38 minutes from central London to central Amsterdam, compared to around 4 hours of hassle by air. Take Eurostar from London to Brussels and change onto a high-speed Thalys train from Brussels to Amsterdam, stress-free & relaxed compared to flying."
LCY-AMS is less than one hour.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3535 on: April 18, 2018, 05:18:29 PM »
"High-speed trains take as little as 4 hours 38 minutes from central London to central Amsterdam, compared to around 4 hours of hassle by air. Take Eurostar from London to Brussels and change onto a high-speed Thalys train from Brussels to Amsterdam, stress-free & relaxed compared to flying."
+1! And they rarely ever have delays. iirc the last time a train was late by a min, it made it to the front page of the news!
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3536 on: April 18, 2018, 05:19:47 PM »
LCY-AMS is less than one hour.
Getting to LCY? Getting from AMS? Flight time + check-in time. 6 of this half a dozen of the other and a different experience for the kids. Chunnel.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3537 on: April 18, 2018, 05:22:44 PM »
Depends on where you're staying too.  When i was there and stayed at Andaz, Liverpool station was right there. Easy access to tube and trains.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3538 on: April 18, 2018, 05:26:43 PM »
Getting to LCY? Getting from AMS? Flight time + check-in time. 6 of this half a dozen of the other and a different experience for the kids. Chunnel.
LCY appears equidistant to the Andaz for example from London S Pancras by cab.
AMS is 20 minutes vs 8 Amsterdam CS from the Andaz there.

So only 12 minutes saved there.

BA says you can arrive at LCY as little as 20 minutes before departure, but even allowing for an hour at the airport vs 20 at the train, you've only saved 52 minutes outside of the actual train vs flight time.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3539 on: April 18, 2018, 05:32:34 PM »
LCY appears equidistant to the Andaz for example from London S Pancras by cab.
AMS is 20 minutes vs 8 Amsterdam CS from the Andaz there.

So only 12 minutes saved there.

BA says you can arrive at LCY as little as 20 minutes before departure, but even allowing for an hour at the airport vs 20 at the train, you've only saved 52 minutes outside of the actual train vs flight time.
This isnt an accounting questions. Its an experiential question. You're flying plenty on this trip. Mixing it up a bit never hurt anyone. And you get to see French countryside, Belgium and the Netherlands on the ground all in 4 and a half hours, instead of sterile terminal to sterile terminal blah airports.
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