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What are you doing with your ELAL flight?

Cancelling
4 (8%)
Switching to a direct flight
13 (26%)
Flying the way I originally booked
19 (38%)
Switching one direction to a one way
14 (28%)

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #60 on: August 19, 2012, 11:30:53 PM »
With an 21 month old, I feel like I'd rather get off for a few hours halfway there, than flying 2 hours and then ten. Also it's $75pp each way which (with the baby booked in a regular seat) is $450. I'm happy with the $1,260 I paid for 3 RT tickets from ORD. Doesn't need to be another $450 on top plus the 30K Avios to get to JFK.
Lol, probably worthwhile if free just to bypass LHR.  Just use Avios.
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #61 on: August 19, 2012, 11:57:30 PM »
Did anybody get any calls from El AL? I got like 2 of them asking me if I am interested in switching, They called like at 1PM and like 3PM

So maybe just wait for them to call you
Cool.  I wonder if we're going to start seeing seeing seats on flights previously "unavailable" suddenly start opening up...

If they can give me the flight I want, then I may actually change (one way)..  o/w wait and see if they get on their knees  :P

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #62 on: August 20, 2012, 12:00:49 AM »
Cool.  I wonder if we're going to start seeing seeing seats on flights previously "unavailable" suddenly start opening up...

If they can give me the flight I want, then I may actually change (one way)..  o/w wait and see if they get on their knees  :P
Last week they actually called me twice and were trying to get me to agree to non-stop flight, I told them not to call me unless you can put me on a specific flight, which of course they said NO.
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #63 on: August 20, 2012, 12:20:15 AM »
Last week they actually called me twice and were trying to get me to agree to non-stop flight, I told them not to call me unless you can put me on a specific flight, which of course they said NO.
How do they have your phone #?  I never got a call  (as I don't recall providing anyone with my phone number).

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #64 on: August 20, 2012, 12:21:08 AM »
How do they have your phone #?  I never got a call  (as I don't recall providing anyone with my phone number).
I did email them once. And they called me back a few times...
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #65 on: August 20, 2012, 12:28:02 AM »
How do they have your phone #?  I never got a call  (as I don't recall providing anyone with my phone number).

Did you call the automated system to change to a direct flight?
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #66 on: August 20, 2012, 12:36:19 AM »
Did you call the automated system to change to a direct flight?
automated system?  I'm not sure what you're referring to, I called the Israel number that someone posted on the original price mistake thread..

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #67 on: August 20, 2012, 10:04:35 AM »
I never emailed or provided my # to anyone and still got a call yesterday. I'm sure the reservations contained phone #s.
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #68 on: August 20, 2012, 10:18:10 AM »
I never emailed or provided my # to anyone and still got a call yesterday. I'm sure the reservations contained phone #s.
Or could be that the Mossad is involved.

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #69 on: August 21, 2012, 02:13:34 PM »
Just wanted to let everybody know that you could move your dates up by a month if you switch your tickets on EL AL, Just did my family's 10 Tickets

They called me and I asked a crazy question and they said no problem and re-booked it. (It did cost $1500 for 10 tickets!)

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #70 on: August 22, 2012, 02:11:04 PM »
8 days and 6 attempts, still no luck getting on any of the direct flights I want. >:(

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Re: Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #71 on: August 22, 2012, 04:03:50 PM »
8 days and 6 attempts, still no luck getting on any of the direct flights I want. >:(
For when?
How many seats
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #72 on: August 22, 2012, 04:07:24 PM »
2 seats, as the Israeli El Al rep put it "in middle of November 26 and 27". In English, the midnight flight Monday night, preferably to EWR.

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Re: Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #73 on: August 22, 2012, 04:08:40 PM »
2 seats, as the Israeli El Al rep put it "in middle of November 26 and 27". In English, the midnight flight Monday night, preferably to EWR.
They released very few (if any) of the night flights. everyone I know is on the morning flight
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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #74 on: August 22, 2012, 04:09:27 PM »
2 seats, as the Israeli El Al rep put it "in middle of November 26 and 27". In English, the midnight flight Monday night, preferably to EWR.
Good luck. Doesn't seem to be available. I'm on the Monday 940am because no late pm early am availability.

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Re: Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #75 on: August 22, 2012, 04:09:58 PM »
They released very few (if any) of the night flights. everyone I know is on the morning flight

I got the night flight ewr>tlv, and the offered me a night flight Wednesday  night

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Re: Re: Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #76 on: August 22, 2012, 04:10:30 PM »
I got the night flight ewr>tlv, and the offered me a night flight Wednsday night
On the return?
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Re: Re: Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #77 on: August 22, 2012, 04:13:15 PM »
On the return?

Yes, but that is too late in the week for me

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Re: Are you planning to switch to a direct flight with ELAL?
« Reply #78 on: August 22, 2012, 04:19:11 PM »
Good luck. Doesn't seem to be available. I'm on the Monday 940am because no late pm early am availability.

Maybe we will bump into each other at TLV