Author Topic: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability (Read 517518 times)

Yehoshua · « **Reply #1680 on:** October 23, 2015, 12:23:08 PM »

Quote from: jungarmtl on October 23, 2015, 12:10:18 PM

Anyone could help me i wanna make a plan b for 2 people what do i have to tell them on the phone?

Just curious, have you read any of this thread?

normathej · « **Reply #1681 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:15:57 PM »

Still on the fence about booking the Plan B for EWR-HNL due to the potential 10 hour ride in economy... I know Dan says everybody gets it on the TLV routes, but does any data exist on how often it does / doesn't work for this route?
Do you get upgraded only if saver award space opens up, or do you get upgraded as soon as they open up the business class seats for upgrades in general, but there doesn't have to be award space?

Yehuda25 · « **Reply #1682 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:17:54 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 01:15:57 PM

Still on the fence about booking the Plan B for EWR-HNL due to the potential 10 hour ride in economy... I know Dan says everybody gets it on the TLV routes, but does any data exist on how often it does / doesn't work for this route?
Do you get upgraded only if saver award space opens up, or do you get upgraded as soon as they open up the business class seats for upgrades in general, but there doesn't have to be award space?

Dan says what about the TLV route?

Yehoshua · « **Reply #1683 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:18:27 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 01:15:57 PM

Still on the fence about booking the Plan B for EWR-HNL due to the potential 10 hour ride in economy... I know Dan says everybody gets it on the TLV routes, but does any data exist on how often it does / doesn't work for this route?
Do you get upgraded only if saver award space opens up, or do you get upgraded as soon as they open up the business class seats for upgrades in general, but there doesn't have to be award space?

What's your alternative? Stop in LAX/SFO/PHX/PDX/SEA?

normathej · « **Reply #1684 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:21:04 PM »

Quote from: Yehuda25 on October 23, 2015, 01:17:54 PM

Dan says what about the TLV route?

Dan says everybody he knows who books the Plan B ends up getting upgraded.

normathej · « **Reply #1685 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:22:00 PM »

Quote from: Yehoshua on October 23, 2015, 01:18:27 PM

What's your alternative? Stop in LAX/SFO/PHX/PDX/SEA?

I'm a snob, and don't want to stop over at all

normathej · « **Reply #1686 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:23:16 PM »

And, most of the availability for Saver Award is mixed class on the stopover routes

Yehoshua · « **Reply #1687 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:27:44 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 01:22:00 PM

I'm a snob, and don't want to stop over at all

Well unless you want to vacation on Oahu you don't have a choice.

normathej · « **Reply #1688 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:29:02 PM »

details, details. that's not a choice; stopping over somewhere in mainland usa IS a choice.

Yehoshua · « **Reply #1689 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:34:38 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 01:29:02 PM

details, details. that's not a choice; stopping over somewhere in mainland usa IS a choice.

WTH is the difference? I don't see any benefit to stopping in HNL unless you just want to be in J, but if that's not guaranteed (I don't know how likely it is to be successful using Plan B) then why bother? There are many more options if you'd stop somewhere else.

normathej · « **Reply #1690 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:48:33 PM »

Feels different to me to break up your flight midway, rather than at the end.

Although to be honest, I didn't realize you could fly directly to OGG from parts of the West Coast; I thought it was a small regional airport. Probably shouldn't admit that on this forum....

Yehoshua · « **Reply #1691 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:57:07 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 01:48:33 PM

Feels different to me to break up your flight midway, rather than at the end.

Although to be honest, I didn't realize you could fly directly to OGG from parts of the West Coast; I thought it was a small regional airport. Probably shouldn't admit that on this forum....

You can fly from OGG to many cities that aren't on the West Coast also.

username · « **Reply #1692 on:** October 23, 2015, 02:46:06 PM »

Quote from: Yehoshua on October 23, 2015, 01:57:07 PM

You can fly from OGG to many cities that aren't on the West Coast also.

He probably means the west side of the hudson

normathej · « **Reply #1693 on:** October 23, 2015, 02:48:14 PM »

I am FROM the west coast

Yehoshua · « **Reply #1694 on:** October 23, 2015, 02:52:59 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 02:48:14 PM

I am FROM the west coast

So why would you even consider flying with a stop in HNL with AS, AA, DL, UA and now VX all offering non-stop flights to OGG?

username · « **Reply #1695 on:** October 23, 2015, 02:54:39 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 02:48:14 PM

I am FROM the west coast

OOPs. I stand corrected.

normathej · « **Reply #1696 on:** October 23, 2015, 03:08:36 PM »

Regrettably, I now live on the east coast and am looking to fly from there
Was just noting that not everybody on the east coast thinks it's the center of the world.
I don't have a lot of days and want to make the traveling as short as possible. I think ewr-hnl-ogg works out to be the shortest.

D93 · « **Reply #1697 on:** October 24, 2015, 01:11:28 PM »

Quote from: normathej on October 23, 2015, 01:15:57 PM

Still on the fence about booking the Plan B for EWR-HNL due to the potential 10 hour ride in economy... I know Dan says everybody gets it on the TLV routes, but does any data exist on how often it does / doesn't work for this route?
Do you get upgraded only if saver award space opens up, or do you get upgraded as soon as they open up the business class seats for upgrades in general, but there doesn't have to be award space?

You can get upgraded in 2 ways.
1) If savor business space opens.
2) by getting pr1 status when you check in which puts you on the top of the waitlist and if there's any business seats available, you'll be upgraded.

For more info read this - http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/38212

jungarmtl · « **Reply #1698 on:** October 25, 2015, 11:24:38 AM »

Does plan b work even on a other name then the account holder ?

ilherman · « **Reply #1699 on:** October 25, 2015, 11:32:42 AM »

Sure.

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