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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2960 on: June 06, 2017, 10:46:01 AM »
FTFY, nice itinerary! Which aircraft for the private charter?

Yes, thanks. I wish they'd fly out of JFK :P.

The charter will be a light Cessna, most likely a 172.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2961 on: June 06, 2017, 10:48:36 AM »
Yes, thanks. I wish they'd fly out of JFK :P.

The charter will be a light Cessna, most likely a 172.
JFK-IAH is better for you than EWR/LGA?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2962 on: June 06, 2017, 10:50:15 AM »
JFK-IAH is better for you than EWR/LGA?

Who wants to fly out of LGA?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2963 on: June 06, 2017, 10:53:30 AM »
Who wants to fly out of LGA?
Anyone trying to go to Manhattan?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2964 on: June 06, 2017, 10:54:10 AM »
JFK-IAH is better for you than EWR/LGA?

I'll be leaving from Brooklyn, so both JFK and LGA are better than EWR.

There was a LGA-IAH flight available (and cheaper, too), but it left me with a 0:38 connection. Not something I can risk with only one IAH-RTB flight a day, especially with LGA being the delay-prone cesspool that it is.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2965 on: June 06, 2017, 10:55:21 AM »
Anyone trying to go to Manhattan?

Have you been to LGA recently? It got downgraded from a third-world country airport to a disgrace of a third-world country airport

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2966 on: June 06, 2017, 10:59:43 AM »
Have you been to LGA recently? It got downgraded from a third-world country airport to a disgrace of a third-world country airport
Nope. Though flying to any NYC airport is a special form of torture.
You'll recall what happened the last time I flew from EWR, if the airport doesn't get you the traffic will :P
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2967 on: June 06, 2017, 11:15:26 AM »
Anyone trying to go to Manhattan?
It's not that much better than EWR in that regard.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2968 on: June 06, 2017, 11:17:01 AM »
Have you been to LGA recently? It got downgraded from a third-world country airport to a disgrace of a third-world country airport

Still beats going to JFK or EWR from Manhattan. Easy and quick public transportation options too.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2969 on: June 06, 2017, 12:35:31 PM »
EWR is the easiest to get to from manhattan via NJ transit. Took me 30 minutes

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2970 on: June 06, 2017, 12:41:41 PM »
It's not that much better than EWR in that regard.
Tell that to the line to get into the tunnel that I waited in in December.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2971 on: June 06, 2017, 12:45:52 PM »
EWR is the only one that you can get to from Manhattan via NJ transit. Took me 30 minutes
FTFY

Trains don't have to deal with the regular NYC outdoor traffic.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2972 on: June 06, 2017, 01:23:34 PM »
FTFY

Trains don't have to deal with the regular NYC outdoor traffic.

LIRR to JFK works fine too, and taking a subway to connect to Q70 nonstop LGA bus is usually decent.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2973 on: June 06, 2017, 03:03:38 PM »
Tell that to the line to get into the tunnel that I waited in in December.

Holiday season, busiest time of the year for Manhattan, so, you waited extra long  ;)
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2974 on: June 06, 2017, 03:38:25 PM »
Nope. Though flying to any NYC airport is a special form of torture.
You'll recall what happened the last time I flew from EWR, if the airport doesn't get you the traffic will :P

Eh, I think EWR was pretty good in that example. Food  was undoubtedly horrible, but at least you made the flight without breaking too many sweats.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2975 on: June 06, 2017, 03:40:34 PM »
Anyone trying to go to Manhattan?
If you don't have much (or any) luggage, its a 5 min walk to get out of the airport and then you can get an uber at the National across the highway (you dont need to walk over the highway, theres a street). Plus if you have an Uber flat fare pass it isn't considered the airport so you get your discount.

Or you can try taking the car rental shuttle. But that might also be a disaster getting out of the airport.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2976 on: June 08, 2017, 01:07:48 PM »
anyone know why AA saver inventory (for domestic flight) does not show up on BA?
dunno where to post this

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2977 on: June 08, 2017, 01:12:08 PM »
anyone know why AA saver inventory (for domestic flight) does not show up on BA?
dunno where to post this

PUTPAC BA could be a glitch. Should be posted in BA avios questions thread.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2978 on: June 08, 2017, 01:14:28 PM »
anyone know why AA saver inventory (for domestic flight) does not show up on BA?
dunno where to post this
You sure it's saver?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2979 on: June 08, 2017, 01:31:43 PM »
yes