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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #360 on: June 10, 2012, 04:42:34 PM »
AJK, nice CPM's values. Where are those prices from?
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #361 on: June 10, 2012, 04:56:13 PM »
Quote from: aussiebochur on June 10, 2012, 04:42:34 PM
AJK, nice CPM's values. Where are those prices from?

Kayak/Orbitz/United. Only place I could get 'em.
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #362 on: June 10, 2012, 05:09:54 PM »
You mentioned a great price for the OWB. Is that a promo or the standard rates for the hotel? In addition was the OWB out of this world?
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #363 on: June 10, 2012, 05:16:11 PM »
Quote from: Fan of Dan on June 10, 2012, 05:09:54 PM
You mentioned a great price for the OWB. Is that a promo or the standard rates for the hotel? In addition was the OWB out of this world?

Promo.

Stay tuned for the rest of the TR :)
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #364 on: June 10, 2012, 05:17:13 PM »
Quote from: AJK on June 10, 2012, 05:16:11 PM


Stay tuned for the rest of the TR :)
are you trying to build up curiosity by posting it piece by piece?
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #365 on: June 10, 2012, 05:33:39 PM »
Quote from: Fan of Dan on June 10, 2012, 05:17:13 PM
are you trying to build up curiosity by posting it piece by piece?

Ha, I'm not writing episodes of 24.

I'm posting them as I write 'em.
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #366 on: June 10, 2012, 05:44:13 PM »
Quote from: AJK on June 10, 2012, 04:56:13 PM
Kayak/Orbitz/United. Only place I could get 'em.
You do know that if you actually were to buy the tickets you flew, you wouldnt pay nearly that much?

Though it does look cool to say that you got $60K tix for next to nothing.

Almost like Dans $250K RTW tix... ;)
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #367 on: June 10, 2012, 05:48:02 PM »
Quote from: aussiebochur on June 10, 2012, 05:44:13 PM
You do know that if you actually were to buy the tickets you flew, you wouldnt pay nearly that much?

Though it does look cool to say that you got $60K tix for next to nothing.

Almost like Dans $250K RTW tix... ;)
Maskim! I always say that to everyone when I fly that according to kayak I would have paid 20k a ticket.. although I know that is not really accurate as I would have figured out a cheaper way to get those tickets.
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #368 on: June 10, 2012, 05:50:02 PM »
Quote from: aussiebochur on June 10, 2012, 05:44:13 PM
You do know that if you actually were to buy the tickets you flew, you wouldnt pay nearly that much?

I'm not sure why you say that...

You can go--right now--on Kayak or Orbitz or even Etihad itself and you'll see that a OW from JFK-AUH in F is $13K+, not including AUH-MLE.

EDIT: The pic.
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #369 on: June 10, 2012, 06:41:30 PM »
Quote from: AJK on June 10, 2012, 05:50:02 PM
I'm not sure why you say that...

You can go--right now--on Kayak or Orbitz or even Etihad itself and you'll see that a OW from JFK-AUH in F is $13K+, not including AUH-MLE.

EDIT: The pic.
If you piece together multiple one ways, you obviously get a crazy high price.
Get a quote from a TA for a RT and it will be less.

You can go RTW in SQ Suites for less then the prices you posted...
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #370 on: June 10, 2012, 08:01:08 PM »
Quote from: aussiebochur on June 10, 2012, 06:41:30 PM
If you piece together multiple one ways, you obviously get a crazy high price.
Get a quote from a TA for a RT and it will be less.

You can go RTW in SQ Suites for less then the prices you posted...

...except that's not piecing together anything.

That's a simple OW from JFK-AUH.

$13K+.
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #371 on: June 10, 2012, 08:07:13 PM »
Quote from: AJK on June 10, 2012, 08:01:08 PM
...except that's not piecing together anything.

That's a simple OW from JFK-AUH.

$13K+.
I was referring to your total price of $41K+.

And I dont think anyone ever buys a international F class OW ticket if they know the first thing about airline tix...
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #372 on: June 10, 2012, 08:10:11 PM »
Quote from: aussiebochur on June 10, 2012, 08:07:13 PM
I was referring to your total price of $41K+.

And I dont think anyone ever buys a international F class OW ticket if they know the first thing about airline tix...

Perhaps not, but 1) these are the flights I took, and if I wanted to buy them, this is how much it'd cost me (I even called up Etihad to confirm), and 2) I didn't just mash up a bunch of OWs with the United miles, they said I could get them or 120K OR pay $12K.

Perhaps if I was paying and could have bought the EY F ticket RT it woulda been cheaper, I guess you're right about that, but it's not what I did.
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #373 on: June 10, 2012, 08:16:46 PM »
Quote from: AJK on June 10, 2012, 08:10:11 PM
Perhaps not, but 1) these are the flights I took, and if I wanted to buy them, this is how much it'd cost me (I even called up Etihad to confirm), and 2) I didn't just mash up a bunch of OWs with the United miles, they said I could get them or 120K OR pay $12K.

Perhaps if I was paying and could have bought the EY F ticket RT it woulda been cheaper, I guess you're right about that, but it's not what I did.
Not saying your wrong, for the flights you took, that's what it would cost.

But to say that's the true value of the trip IMO is just a little bit of fantasizing.

As I said
Quote from: aussiebochur on June 10, 2012, 05:44:13 PM
Though it does look cool to say that you got $60K tix for next to nothing.
;)
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #374 on: June 10, 2012, 08:24:40 PM »
True value is a funny thing. It's idiosyncratic, it's amorphous, and it's relative.

Is it what I could have gotten these exact tickets for on the market? ($41K)
Is it what I could have gotten EY F for RT? ($30K)
Is it what a reasonable person would have paid for EY F? ($??)
Is it what I personally would have paid for these tickets? (<$5K for sure)

It's open to various approaches, so I just performed the calculations I believe most people do when calculating these things. Is there a better, more consistent way?
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #375 on: June 10, 2012, 10:04:38 PM »
how was your meal on Qatar?

There was a mess-up and only my wife has kosher meals. :-(

we're leaving in half an hour. for some reason I don't think I'll be missing much...
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #376 on: June 10, 2012, 10:07:13 PM »
Actually our meals on QR were quite tasty, both from MLE and DOH...

Sorry they messed yours up. Safe flight!
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #377 on: June 11, 2012, 07:39:03 AM »
Quote from: AJK on June 10, 2012, 03:57:22 PM
Stay 5 nights, get 6 + using a great TA.
can you elaborate?
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #378 on: June 11, 2012, 07:42:22 AM »
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Re: Honeymoon: BOB, MLE, Or LIH?
« Reply #379 on: June 11, 2012, 08:02:08 AM »
Quote from: moish on June 11, 2012, 07:39:03 AM
can you elaborate?

In addition to using a "Stay 5 nights, get the 6th night free" promo, I used a great travel agent who was able to get me a deal.
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