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Qantas To Israel
« on: November 19, 2019, 03:04:36 PM »
I transferred all of my Amex points to Qantas back by the 44% bonus, but boy have I been frustrated.  I have been trying to use the points to book travel to Israel with no success.  I do not need specifically El AL nor a specific airport.  Ive tried Newwark, JFK, LGA and even expanded to Baltimore and Philadelphia as per Dans suggestion.  I've tried multiple dates as well.  I tried winter dates, summer dates., and after Pesach as a return flight for my son.  Same frustration each time.  The closest that I came to finding was on BA with a 10-12 hour or longer stop in England and then the last leg from Jordan on Air Jordan.  Not what I am looking for! Can anyone offer concrete tips that can help me find "real" flight options?  TY to all

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2019, 03:06:41 PM »
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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2019, 03:07:21 PM »
First of all, there's no need for a new thread. The right thread is just below this. Second of all, there is still a ton of availability in Economy on El Al through Qantas so I really don't understand why you seem to be having a hard time finding something.

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2019, 08:34:35 PM »
Thread title had me thinking that Qantas was announcing flights from Australia to TLV.
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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2019, 02:01:20 AM »
Ill take the qantas points and ill trade you my amex points with the rate you got

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2019, 09:14:19 AM »
Thread title had me thinking that Qantas was announcing flights from Australia to TLV.
Lol

Opps.  Sorry, didn't see that thread.  Only the El Al one.  Not sure, but searches don't have results and neither does texting them.

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2019, 09:15:26 AM »
Opps.  Sorry, didn't see that thread.  Only the El Al one.  Not sure, but searches don't have results and neither does texting them.

Can't you use the AMex for the new Virgin Atlantic routes?

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2019, 09:16:49 AM »
Ill take the qantas points and ill trade you my amex points with the rate you got

Yes, a misleading title! I guess East Coasters have the mindset they they are the default setting to everything!  How irrationally haughty!

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2019, 07:46:31 PM »
If you would have booked right away back in June you would have had no issue. That's what I did and got many seats on direct Elal exactly when we wanted. After awhile they started playing games with availability and although you can still find it's much harder.

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2019, 09:49:23 PM »
How could I have booked if I didn't yet know when I wanted to go!

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Re: Qantas To Israel
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2019, 08:32:14 PM »
How could I have booked if I didn't yet know when I wanted to go!

There's always a risk of transferring when you can't immediately book (or don't know the rules).