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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #780 on: October 02, 2014, 07:01:21 PM »
Called China Eastern.
OW is 155K, RT is 280K.
Better off with KE I guess.

Will AF book MU F?
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #781 on: October 02, 2014, 07:02:35 PM »

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #782 on: October 02, 2014, 07:06:55 PM »
Definitely better with KE.

You can do OW with MU and the return with MU/KE/CZ...
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #783 on: October 02, 2014, 07:10:11 PM »
Any chance KE would book JFK-PVG-ICN-TLV-JFK on a ST award?
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #784 on: October 02, 2014, 07:12:11 PM »
Any chance KE would book JFK-PVG-ICN-TLV-JFK on a ST award?

Would take no less than two awards, looks like three.

JFK-ICN; ICN-TLV; TLV-JFK.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #785 on: October 02, 2014, 07:14:10 PM »
That would be true for the KE chart. But for the ST chart?
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #786 on: October 02, 2014, 07:15:46 PM »
Definitely better with KE.

You can do OW with MU and the return with MU/KE/CZ...

Or combine it with GA first if you can, their F product seems great.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #787 on: October 02, 2014, 07:24:12 PM »
That would be true for the KE chart. But for the ST chart?

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Or combine it with GA first if you can, their F product seems great.

Not possible, AFAIK.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #788 on: October 02, 2014, 07:32:41 PM »
PVG<>JFK announced!

Begins 11/15/14.
Whats the excitement? I guess you never flew SQ F

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #789 on: October 02, 2014, 07:38:07 PM »
Whats the excitement? I guess you never flew SQ F

^^^

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #790 on: October 02, 2014, 11:28:30 PM »
Called China Eastern.
OW is 155K, RT is 280K.
Better off with KE I guess.

Will AF book MU F?
No. And just so you know, JFK-PVG in J on MU is 100k for a OW plus about $200.

Interestingly, no YQ on KE. Still with 100k for a OW its not a big deal.... Rather book with with AZ, 90/95K ROUND TRIP!!
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #791 on: October 03, 2014, 12:38:56 AM »
Huh?
Who was talking about J?
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #792 on: October 03, 2014, 12:49:56 AM »
Huh?
Who was talking about J?
I answered your question. Then I wrote JUST SO YOU KNOW ...........................how much they charge for J.
 
What don't you understand ??? I just wrote in short some options on how to redeem KE J. AS A BY THE WAY.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #793 on: October 03, 2014, 12:54:44 AM »
All I wanted to know was how to book MU F one way.
If I wanted a BTW I'd read more blog posts.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #794 on: October 03, 2014, 01:09:20 AM »
All I wanted to know was how to book MU F one way.
If I wanted a BTW I'd read more blog posts.
Sorry. Good to know for the future. It was the first time I saw that AF does not charge YQ on KE so I figured I'll share. But sorry for the inconvenience. I'll know for next time.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #795 on: October 03, 2014, 12:29:29 PM »
If I am on a US ticket JFK-HKG and a BA ticket HKG-SIN, with both legs being on CX, there shouldn't not be any issue with having my bags checked through to SIN correct?

Very tight connection in HKG that will be impossible to make if I don't have bags checked through.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #796 on: October 03, 2014, 12:33:49 PM »
AFAIK only Delta has policy not to interline with themselves (funny just writing that sentence)
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #797 on: October 03, 2014, 12:42:37 PM »
AFAIK only Delta has policy not to interline with themselves (funny just writing that sentence)

Didn't know that. How silly.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #798 on: October 03, 2014, 02:05:17 PM »
Didn't know that. How silly.
+1. Interesting and good to know.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #799 on: October 03, 2014, 02:14:29 PM »
Upon further review, the FT thread discussing this says Delta at some point reconsidered and didn't implement this http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta-air-lines-skymiles/1401060-new-baggage-rules-january-2013-postponed.html
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