What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?

[CS91]

Couldn't get a waiver to take it in Manhattan?
Or didn't want to?

I'm not an NYC resident so was all booked up by the time it was my turn to select. Don't mind though, heard it's more relaxed in Albany.

[mb1]

I'm not an NYC resident so was all booked up by the time it was my turn to select. Don't mind though, heard it's more relaxed in Albany.

And flying to Albany is more relaxing then driving to NY (or flying to LGA).

[CS91]

And flying to Albany is more relaxing then driving to NY (or flying to LGA).

Would've been put on the train (most likely Acela) so wouldn't have been bad.

[rileywiles23]

Finalized for my brother.
NYC-DXB-MLE on EK J.
MLE-AUH EY J.
AUH-FCO AZ J
VCE-EWR UA J
4 new products in one trip for someone whose never flown J before.

[SLMYRCB]

Finalized for my brother.
NYC-DXB-MLE on EK J.
MLE-AUH EY J.
AUH-FCO AZ J
VCE-EWR UA J
4 new products in one trip for someone whose never flown J before.

Oy vey. You're spoiling him. Not so sure you can consider that a chesed

[rileywiles23]

Oy vey. You're spoiling him. Not so sure you can consider that a chesed

LOL. This trio took months to finalize. Was a real pain, but finally saw the fruits of my labor.

[LoLo]

LOL. This trio took months to finalize. Was a real pain, but finally saw the fruits of my labor.

How'd you book them?

[rileywiles23]

How'd you book them?

EK - 82.5k AS
EY - 30k AA
AZ - 42.5k DL
UA - 55k AC
Plus about $142 total for all the flights.

[Denverite]

EK - 82.5k AS
EY - 30k AA
AZ - 42.5k DL
UA - 55k AC
Plus about $142 total for all the flights.

Amazing!  And Yashar Koach to do that for your Bro.  I only book travel for family if they babysit my kids while I go on vacation. 

[rileywiles23]

Amazing!  And Yashar Koach to do that for your Bro.  I only book travel for family if they babysit my kids while I go on vacation. 

Don't worry. That part is coming.

[ual902]

AA MAO MIA JFK 17.5K + $110

[high end hobo]

Booked for me and my soon to be DW
New York (JFK) to Warsaw (WAW) — Wed, Oct 12
LOT 27
Dep: 10:15 pm
Arr: 12:40 pm
8h 25m
Boeing 787
   
Tel Aviv (TLV) to Istanbul (IST) — Tue, Oct 25
Turkish Airlines 789
Dep: 9:45 pm
Arr: 12:05 am
2h 20m
Boeing 777
Layover in IST
Wed, Oct 26
6h 40m
   
Istanbul (IST) to New York (JFK) — Wed, Oct 26
Turkish Airlines 3
Dep: 6:45 am
Arr: 10:45 am
11h 0m
Boeing 777

   
Newark (EWR) to Honolulu (HNL) — Tue, Feb 28
United 15
Dep: 9:10 am
Arr: 3:10 pm
11h 0m
Boeing 767

All in Business class
104K ANA + $244 YQ + $58 taxes

Warsaw (WAW) to Tel Aviv (TLV) — Thu, Oct 13
LOT 151
Dep: 10:55 pm
Arr: 3:45 am
3h 50m
Boeing 737
Economy $95

[Aaaron]

Booked for me and my soon to be D

Mazel Tov! Nice booking too.

[ual902]

Booked for me and my soon to be DW
New York (JFK) to Warsaw (WAW) — Wed, Oct 12
LOT 27
Dep: 10:15 pm
Arr: 12:40 pm
8h 25m
Boeing 787
   
Tel Aviv (TLV) to Istanbul (IST) — Tue, Oct 25
Turkish Airlines 789
Dep: 9:45 pm
Arr: 12:05 am
2h 20m
Boeing 777
Layover in IST
Wed, Oct 26
6h 40m
   
Istanbul (IST) to New York (JFK) — Wed, Oct 26
Turkish Airlines 3
Dep: 6:45 am
Arr: 10:45 am
11h 0m
Boeing 777

   
Newark (EWR) to Honolulu (HNL) — Tue, Feb 28
United 15
Dep: 9:10 am
Arr: 3:10 pm
11h 0m
Boeing 767

All in Business class
104K ANA + $244 YQ + $58 taxes

Warsaw (WAW) to Tel Aviv (TLV) — Thu, Oct 13
LOT 151
Dep: 10:55 pm
Arr: 3:45 am
3h 50m
Boeing 737
Economy $95

WOW very nice Mazal Tov.

[BarryLincoln]

Booked for me and my soon to be DW
New York (JFK) to Warsaw (WAW) — Wed, Oct 12
LOT 27
Dep: 10:15 pm
Arr: 12:40 pm
8h 25m
Boeing 787
   
Tel Aviv (TLV) to Istanbul (IST) — Tue, Oct 25
Turkish Airlines 789
Dep: 9:45 pm
Arr: 12:05 am
2h 20m
Boeing 777
Layover in IST
Wed, Oct 26
6h 40m
   
Istanbul (IST) to New York (JFK) — Wed, Oct 26
Turkish Airlines 3
Dep: 6:45 am
Arr: 10:45 am
11h 0m
Boeing 777

   
Newark (EWR) to Honolulu (HNL) — Tue, Feb 28
United 15
Dep: 9:10 am
Arr: 3:10 pm
11h 0m
Boeing 767

All in Business class
104K ANA + $244 YQ + $58 taxes

Warsaw (WAW) to Tel Aviv (TLV) — Thu, Oct 13
LOT 151
Dep: 10:55 pm
Arr: 3:45 am
3h 50m
Boeing 737
Economy $95

That's a good looking itin... should all be w mazel...

[Denverite]

Booked for me and my soon to be DW
New York (JFK) to Warsaw (WAW) — Wed, Oct 12
LOT 27
Dep: 10:15 pm
Arr: 12:40 pm
8h 25m
Boeing 787
   
Tel Aviv (TLV) to Istanbul (IST) — Tue, Oct 25
Turkish Airlines 789
Dep: 9:45 pm
Arr: 12:05 am
2h 20m
Boeing 777
Layover in IST
Wed, Oct 26
6h 40m
   
Istanbul (IST) to New York (JFK) — Wed, Oct 26
Turkish Airlines 3
Dep: 6:45 am
Arr: 10:45 am
11h 0m
Boeing 777

   
Newark (EWR) to Honolulu (HNL) — Tue, Feb 28
United 15
Dep: 9:10 am
Arr: 3:10 pm
11h 0m
Boeing 767

All in Business class
104K ANA + $244 YQ + $58 taxes

Warsaw (WAW) to Tel Aviv (TLV) — Thu, Oct 13
LOT 151
Dep: 10:55 pm
Arr: 3:45 am
3h 50m
Boeing 737
Economy $95

Ok I've learned a lot on DDF but this itinerary literally just blew my mind.  Sorry for the noob questions but I'm so blown away that I still can't wrap my mind around how you did this to Israel on Sukkot and got the flight to Hawaii all for 104k!  So you made the "destination" Istanbul?  With a stopover and open jaw in Warsaw and then they let you do a second stopover at JFK and open jaw to Hawaii?  We're you able to book this online or did you have to call ANA? And +1 on the Mazal Tov!

[high end hobo]

Ok I've learned a lot on DDF but this itinerary literally just blew my mind.  Sorry for the noob questions but I'm so blown away that I still can't wrap my mind around how you did this to Israel on Sukkot and got the flight to Hawaii all for 104k!  So you made the "destination" Istanbul?  With a stopover and open jaw in Warsaw and then they let you do a second stopover at JFK and open jaw to Hawaii?  We're you able to book this online or did you have to call ANA? And +1 on the Mazal Tov!

Its really very simple and requires thinking out of the box.
I played around a bit with the search engine.
Search each leg separately, like piece by piece.
Its a double open Jaw plus one stopover: NYC-WAW, returning TLV-HNL with a stopover in NYC, not so complicated

[Denverite]

Its really very simple and requires thinking out of the box.
I played around a bit with the search engine.
Search each leg separately, like piece by piece.
Its a double open Jaw plus one stopover: NYC-WAW, returning TLV-HNL with a stopover in NYC, not so complicated

So ANA will allow up to 2 open jaws PLUS a stopover?  I thought most airlines will allow a max of two total.  And I guess the WAW/TLV open jaw is ok b/c they are considered in the same area of "Europe?"  Also, were you able to book this online?  Many times, I will have what I think are ok ANA routing/itineraries and the website will let me go all the way through through picking seats for each leg but then at the end it won't give me a mileage amount and says something about it not being an acceptable route.

[SLMYRCB]

So ANA will allow up to 2 open jaws PLUS a stopover?  I thought most airlines will allow a max of two total.  And I guess the WAW/TLV open jaw is ok b/c they are considered in the same area of "Europe?"  Also, were you able to book this online?  Many times, I will have what I think are ok ANA routing/itineraries and the website will let me go all the way through through picking seats for each leg but then at the end it won't give me a mileage amount and says something about it not being an acceptable route.

ANA sees TLV as Africa if I'm correct, not Europe. Their website has complicated yet clearly explained rules. I haven't tried, buy you should be able to figure it out.

[Denverite]

ANA sees TLV as Africa if I'm correct, not Europe. Their website has complicated yet clearly explained rules. I haven't tried, buy you should be able to figure it out.

No it sees TLV as part of Europe, which is why their RT US-Israel is so cheap.  Even if I don't do a stopover, if for example I try to do a RT from Denver to the Maldives it will never let it go through even though it is just one more connection from a hub city.  Not sure why.