What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?

[cholent]

AA? How much taxes?

Yes
About $122 for 2 pax

[Denverite]

Yes
About $122 for 2 pax

Nice!

[Yaalili]

JFK-LAX in AA F 321
Stopover for 23h 13m in Los Angeles
LAX-SYD in QF F 380
Layover for 4h 25m in Sydney
SYD-AKL in LA J 787

65,250 AA Miles (Pre-Deval) = 18.31 CPM.

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KKE-AKL in NZ Y Dash-8
Layover for 1h 35m in Auckland
AKL-SFO in NZ J 777
Layover for 9h in San Francisco
SFO-IAD in UA J 737
Layover for 43m in Washington
IAD-EWR in UA Y Dash-8

80,000 AC Miles = 4.34 CPM.

[mmm740]

JFK-LAX in AA F 321
Stopover for 23h 13m in Los Angeles
LAX-SYD in QF F 380
Layover for 4h 25m in Sydney
SYD-AKL in LA J 787

65,250 AA Miles (Pre-Deval) = 18.31

F would have been 72,500.

[Yaalili]

F would have been 72,500.

-10% back for being an AA card holder.

[high end hobo]

JFK-LAX in AA F 321
Stopover for 23h 13m in Los Angeles
LAX-SYD in QF F 380
Layover for 4h 25m in Sydney
SYD-AKL in LA J 787

65,250 AA Miles (Pre-Deval) = 18.31 CPM.

~

KKE-AKL in NZ Y Dash-8
Layover for 1h 35m in Auckland
AKL-SFO in NZ J 777
Layover for 9h in San Francisco
SFO-IAD in UA J 737
Layover for 43m in Washington
IAD-EWR in UA Y Dash-8

80,000 AC Miles = 4.34 CPM.

SERIOUSLY impressed how you were able to get such rare space to come together.

[Yaalili]

SERIOUSLY impressed how you were able to get such rare space to come together.

Thanks - the dates are not the best for me, but there is zero alternative availability comparable.

[benjie1305]

Thanks - the dates are not the best for me, but there is zero alternative availability comparable.

This is potentially a "once in a lifetime" type of trip. You make the dates work! 

[Yaalili]

This is potentially a "once in a lifetime" type of trip. You make the dates work! 

Yup, QF F especially is never easy to get.

[benjie1305]

Yup, QF F especially is never easy to get.

..to and from the US..

[AJK]

Nicely done, indeed. QF F is a treat.

[Yaalili]

..to and from the US..

True, though not like DXB is wide open from what I was seeing.

[high end hobo]

I think NZ J is more rare then QF F

[Dan]

I think NZ J is more rare then QF F

Lots of NZ J LAX/SFO-AKL these days.

[high end hobo]

Lots of NZ J LAX/SFO-AKL these days.

I guess United Competing flight from SFO is good for the consumer?
Great way to use LH with little YQ.
Or a premium cabin redemption with VS miles 90k rt in J from LA to South Pacific

[Yaalili]

Lots of NZ J LAX/SFO-AKL these days.

+1, even a few scattered days with J availability on their longest route to IAH.

Or a premium cabin redemption with VS miles 90k rt in J from LA to South Pacific

Yup that is a sweet spot on their chart if you are going with them RT.

[Dave A]

ORD-TLV, TK, 4 ppl for Hannukah (I know it's not a particularly exotic award itinerary, but I'm just grateful to be going to Israel for a 2nd year in a row with my family for free thanks to DDF!)

[Denverite]

ORD-TLV, TK, 4 ppl for Hannukah (I know it's not a particularly exotic award itinerary, but I'm just grateful to be going to Israel for a 2nd year in a row with my family for free thanks to DDF!)

They also had that kind of J availability from many cities in J on TK over Pesach (yes I know it's far away but also peak season for flights).

[Dave A]

They also had that kind of J availability from many cities in J on TK over Pesach (yes I know it's far away but also peak season for flights).

Am a little worried about the only-70-min connection, but luckily they have a bunch of flights IST-TLV all day.

[David Smith]

Am a little worried about the only-70-min connection, but luckily they have a bunch of flights IST-TLV all day.

They have 11 flights a day. Getting rebooked within 2 hours should be a cinch. The lounges aren't bad.