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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2120 on: February 25, 2016, 01:57:00 PM »
So I'm still not sure what your problem is. Assuming short checking works, just don't fly to Japan.

Of course! I just feel bad that I could have flown to Japan in J for free  :)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2121 on: February 25, 2016, 02:01:38 PM »
Of course! I just feel bad that I could have flown to Japan in J for free  :)
I hear ya, but if you can't leave TLV then you just have to be happy you saved 5k.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2122 on: February 25, 2016, 02:07:36 PM »

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2123 on: February 25, 2016, 04:38:25 PM »
EWR-FRA-TLV-IST-NRT in LH J & TK J
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Not sure what to do with last 2 legs though...  ;)

Simple, you call UA and have them change it to a few weeks later :)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2124 on: February 25, 2016, 04:44:22 PM »
Simple, you call UA and have them change it to a few weeks later :)
And... wouldn't that trigger higher miles?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2125 on: February 25, 2016, 05:59:56 PM »
CLE-ORD-SFO for a quick trip with Rafi in the UD of a 747 before UA retires them.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2126 on: February 25, 2016, 06:01:11 PM »
CLE-ORD-SFO for a quick trip with Rafi in the UD of a 747 before UA retires them.

And return?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2127 on: February 25, 2016, 06:03:46 PM »
Same routing I think, though open to suggestions.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2128 on: February 25, 2016, 06:16:11 PM »
Same routing I think, though open to suggestions.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2129 on: February 25, 2016, 06:17:11 PM »
No F space for any dates that work and not worth doing that in J over 747 UD J.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2130 on: February 25, 2016, 06:19:51 PM »
Same routing I think, though open to suggestions.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2131 on: February 25, 2016, 06:25:41 PM »

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2133 on: February 26, 2016, 02:30:08 AM »
I've posted some of this over the past month but finally just finished the last flight so figured I'd post it all in one shot (and because I'm kinda proud of myself ;)). I separated the trips by the month that they're taking place in.

January
PHL-MIA AA Y (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 15,000 Avios
2 Nights in Miami.
MIA-GCM AA Y (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 9,450 Avios
2 Nights in Westin Grand Cayman: 32,000 SPG
GCM-MIA AA Y (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 9,450 Avios
4 Nights in Miami.
MIA-PHL AA Y (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 15,000 Avios

March
PHL-DOH-MLE QR J (2 Adults): 135,000 AA
6 Nights in PH MLE: 150,000 Hyatt Points
MLE-DOH-PHL QR J (2 Adults): 135,000 AA

May
EWR-HNL UA F (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 60,000 SQ
6 Nights in GHK: 4 Sign Up Nights + 50,000 Hyatt Points (May switch to Maui. Not sure.)
HNL-EWR UA Plan B (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 80,000 UA

(Going to book inter-Hawaii flights later on once I finalize which island I'll be going to.)

August
JFK-ICN KE F (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 199,500 KE
1 Night in Grand Hyatt Seoul: Anniversary Night
ICN-CNX KE J (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): Free Stopover
6 Nights in LM Chiang Mhai: 22,000 SPG
CNX-USM PG Y (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): 20,000 JAL
5 Nights in Sheraton Samui: 28,000 SPG Points (Hope to change to CKS if there is still availability when I have enough points.)
USM-HKG PG Y (2 Adults + 1 Lap Infant): Free JAL Stopover
2 Nights in Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui: 1 Anniversary Night + 15,000 Hyatt Points
HKG-JFK CX J (2 Adults + 1 Infant in seat): 165,000 AA

And to think that it was just three years ago that I was proud of getting one free flight to Miami because I had accumulated enough cashback credit on my Amex Blue Cash...

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2134 on: February 26, 2016, 05:04:18 AM »
No F space for any dates that work and not worth doing that in J over 747 UD J.

Book F space >36 hours out when it opens?
At any rate you have at least another 2 years until ua retires 747s

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2135 on: February 26, 2016, 07:19:51 AM »
They stop flying domestic in May.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2136 on: February 26, 2016, 09:00:26 AM »
CLE-ORD-SFO for a quick trip with Rafi in the UD of a 747 before UA retires them.
I'm sure he'll love it! Pretty cool to share the hobby with him. Spending any time in the Bay Area before returning? Maybe stay at the Fairmont where all the fun started?

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2137 on: February 26, 2016, 09:07:27 AM »
DDMS shout out!! :)
Haha yup! 2 small changes to above itinerary though.

1) Changed hotel in Hawaii to Andaz Maui (6 Nights)
2) Cancelled Sheraton Samui and booked at CKS for 5 nights instead.

NOW I'm done.  :)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2138 on: February 26, 2016, 09:13:34 AM »
Haha yup! 2 small changes to above itinerary though.

1) Changed hotel in Hawaii to Andaz Maui (6 Nights)
2) Cancelled Sheraton Samui and booked at CKS for 5 nights instead.

NOW I'm done.  :)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2139 on: February 26, 2016, 09:14:46 AM »
I'm sure he'll love it! Pretty cool to share the hobby with him. Spending any time in the Bay Area before returning? Maybe stay at the Fairmont where all the fun started?
Plan is to spend a day there, not quite sure what we'll do though. And yup :)
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