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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3560 on: April 20, 2018, 02:06:50 PM »
Something with Asian carriers and Married segments. CX has the same issue..
Yup.
US carriers too for that matter.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3561 on: April 20, 2018, 02:12:14 PM »
Yup.
US carriers too for that matter.
True. But for some reason I find it more pronounced with their Asian counterparts.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3562 on: April 20, 2018, 02:13:52 PM »
True. But for some reason I find it more pronounced with their Asian counterparts.
What AA does with their married award segments is just egregious though.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3563 on: April 20, 2018, 02:14:51 PM »
What AA does with their married award segments is just egregious though.
Not nearly as bad as Iberia.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3564 on: April 20, 2018, 03:08:12 PM »
Yup.
US carriers too for that matter.

Yup had the same with AA a few months ago.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3565 on: April 20, 2018, 03:47:42 PM »
Yup.
US carriers too for that matter.
DDMS ?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3567 on: April 20, 2018, 03:54:05 PM »
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/on-married-segments-and-expanded-award-availability/
are there any tricks how to get around this on other carriers? What about using throw away as mentioned up thread ?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3568 on: April 20, 2018, 03:55:51 PM »
are there any tricks how to get around this on other carriers? What about using throw away as mentioned up thread ?
That works.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3569 on: April 20, 2018, 04:00:42 PM »
That works.
If ur already taking ur time with me
What about Using throw away to save miles ? Ever done that ?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3570 on: April 21, 2018, 09:59:37 PM »
Changed to:

JFK-FRA in SQ R 380
Stopover for 1h 50m in Frankfurt
FRA-SIN in SQ R 380
Layover for 23h 30m in Singapore
SIN-CGK in SQ F 777 (Possible throw-away leg).

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3571 on: April 22, 2018, 07:27:01 PM »
Ticketed this one.

JFK-FRA in SQ R 380
Stopover for 1h 50m in Frankfurt
FRA-SIN in SQ R 380
Layover for 23h 30m in Singapore
SIN-CGK in SQ F 777 (Possible throw-away leg).

And booked:

ITM-NRT in JL Y 73H
Stopover for 2h 10m in Narita
NRT-JFK in JL F 77W

72,000 AA Miles (after 10% back) + ~$41 tax = 18.06 CPM.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3572 on: April 22, 2018, 08:11:27 PM »
Very nice!

Whats the plan to get to ITM?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3573 on: April 22, 2018, 08:25:26 PM »
In Green:

JFK-FRA in SQ R 380
Stopover for 1h 50m in Frankfurt
FRA-SIN in SQ R 380
Layover for 23h 30m in Singapore
SIN-CGK in SQ F 777

In Red:

HLP-DPS in QG Y 320 - paid $40.

In Yellow:

DPS-KIX in GA J 333 - 40,000 DL miles + $16.

In Blue:

ITM-NRT in JL Y 73H
Stopover for 2h 10m in Narita
NRT-JFK in JL F 77W


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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3574 on: April 23, 2018, 10:06:14 AM »
TLV-AMM-AUH-SYD.

RJ J A319
EY J 787
EY F A380

 :)

100k AA + $70


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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3575 on: April 23, 2018, 10:09:19 AM »
TLV-AMM-AUH-SYD.

RJ J A319
EY J 787
EY F A380

 :)

100k AA + $70


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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3576 on: April 23, 2018, 10:24:30 AM »
Nice!

Just need to find a way to NY now. Would love to fit SQ/EK in but I'd settle for finding SQ to SIN and maybe grabbing JAL back to NY.

Worst case can always get VA J last minute to LAX and then AA F or Mint to NYC.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3577 on: April 27, 2018, 12:20:09 AM »
This x 5. 95,000 UR a piece. I couldn't find a cheaper way to do it (pretty stuck on dates, due to a wedding). If anyone has an idea I have 23 and a half hours to cancel :)





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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3578 on: April 27, 2018, 12:59:53 AM »
Not bad!

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3579 on: April 27, 2018, 02:40:51 AM »
JFK-LAX-JFK for 23,000 DL.

Really was going to take J for 50k, such a good deal for midsummer can’t be refused.
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