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direct flightb to israel
« on: August 24, 2010, 10:15:22 PM »
Is there anybody out here, who has gone through (at least most of) mileage programs, that are able to get you a direct flight for NYC-TLV? I'm trying to figure out what is the lowest mileage i need to get such a ticket.

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2010, 12:10:27 AM »
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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2010, 12:14:18 AM »
if you have star alliance points or withany of their carriers you might get lucky on getting a point ticket.

lot airlines is good with miles. i redeemed a ticket on lot business class for 120k aeroplan points economy was 75k .

i dont know what points you have but if they belong to a member of star alliance u might be in luck .

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2010, 12:17:43 AM »
if you have star alliance points or withany of their carriers you might get lucky on getting a point ticket.

lot airlines is good with miles. i redeemed a ticket on lot business class for 120k aeroplan points economy was 75k .

i dont know what points you have but if they belong to a member of star alliance u might be in luck .
LOT might be good with availability, but their business class can't compare to fellow Star members like Swiss or Lufthansa via Europe or Continental or USAir direct from the US.
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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2010, 12:18:45 AM »
To answer your question, if Continental has EWR-TLV availability then ANA will be very good.  60K in coach and 90K in business with no fuel surcharge.
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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2010, 12:21:51 AM »
mr dan am i in for a rude awakining when i fly lot business?

the good thing is i have swiss air returning to toronto.

interesting things is its an aircanada flight operated by swiss. ac only has an executive first class thats what its called, although swiss has a business and a first . where will i be put ?

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2010, 12:22:38 AM »
i doubt continentl ewr will have availability for succos ........

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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2010, 12:24:33 AM »
i doubt continentl ewr will have availability for succos ........
Who was asking about Sukkos?
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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2010, 09:21:33 AM »
LOT might be good with availability, but their business class can't compare to fellow Star members like Swiss or Lufthansa via Europe or Continental or USAir direct from the US.

 True but since I havent flown LO yet I can only think its still better then being in Coach for some , only question is it worth the extra 40-50k in miles? It might be if the seats arent any worse then COs 767s BF seats

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2010, 10:20:01 AM »
from what i understand and the way the seats look like in the pics the lot business class looks exactly like elal business class seats .
nothing to extravegant. but i may aswell use the points . 120k on lot vs 250k on air canada direct.

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2010, 02:13:14 PM »
See S.B.S.'s PDF here:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/3065

Probably could use some updating though...
checked it first thing, definitely could use updating, and is missing a lot of airlines.
To answer your question, if Continental has EWR-TLV availability then ANA will be very good.  60K in coach and 90K in business with no fuel surcharge.
how do i find out contitnental availability on ana?

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2010, 02:16:11 PM »
how do i find out contitnental availability on ana?
same as continental.com
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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2010, 02:26:19 PM »
what do you mean?

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2010, 02:35:03 PM »
what do you mean?
You can check for availability on Continental.com look for saverpass level, if you find availability then it can also be booked via ANA miles.
Just remember that SPG to ANA transfers can take a few days so availability can change from when you found it until your points are available in ANA.

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2010, 02:47:52 PM »
You can check for availability on Continental.com look for saverpass level, if you find availability then it can also be booked via ANA miles.
Just remember that SPG to ANA transfers can take a few days so availability can change from when you found it until your points are available in ANA.
1, if i can only find easypass on continental.com what would that mean in terms of ana/other mileage programs partnered with continental?
2, Don't have SPG

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2010, 02:56:49 PM »
1, if i can only find easypass on continental.com what would that mean in terms of ana/other mileage programs partnered with continental?
2, Don't have SPG

 You must find Saver Award seats if you are going to use non-CO miles

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2010, 02:58:22 PM »
what about delta and elal?

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2010, 03:00:59 PM »
what about delta and elal?

 ElAl with AA miles, then I believe but not sure that it must come out of the seat allotment AA gets, so ElAl might have but AA wont

DL is ST so from where will you book it? what other program? DL usually to TLV wants an 18 wheeler full of miles

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2010, 03:03:01 PM »
what about delta and elal?
You can fly on ElAl using either matmid points or AA (90K =coach 135k= Biz) Availability should be the same, best to just call up AA.
Delta you can see online at Delta.com although availability at the lowest level -80K coach- is almost non existant, which means you would have to use more points.

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Re: direct flightb to israel
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2010, 03:07:23 PM »
You can fly on ElAl using either matmid points or AA (90K =coach 135k= Biz) Availability should be the same, best to just call up AA.
Delta you can see online at Delta.com although availability at the lowest level -80K coach- is almost non existant, which means you would have to use more points.

 so you are saying if AA is out of both its free seats and rev seats on an ELAL flight but ElAl still has Award space for itself , AA can get ahold of those seats?