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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2340 on: May 16, 2016, 03:36:57 PM »
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2342 on: May 19, 2016, 02:28:36 AM »
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.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2343 on: May 19, 2016, 03:08:37 AM »

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.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2016, 03:22:23 AM by mmm740 »

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2344 on: May 19, 2016, 03:16:39 AM »
F would have been 72,500.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2345 on: May 19, 2016, 11:28:21 AM »
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.

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

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2346 on: May 19, 2016, 01:26:00 PM »
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.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2347 on: May 19, 2016, 02:13:37 PM »
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!  :)
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2348 on: May 19, 2016, 04:15:31 PM »
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.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2349 on: May 19, 2016, 04:40:04 PM »
Yup, QF F especially is never easy to get.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2350 on: May 19, 2016, 04:59:31 PM »
Nicely done, indeed. QF F is a treat.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2351 on: May 19, 2016, 06:20:55 PM »
..to and from the US..

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

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2352 on: May 20, 2016, 10:18:47 AM »
I think NZ J is more rare then QF F

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2353 on: May 20, 2016, 10:19:19 AM »
I think NZ J is more rare then QF F
Lots of NZ J LAX/SFO-AKL these days.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2354 on: May 20, 2016, 10:21:47 AM »
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
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2355 on: May 20, 2016, 03:12:54 PM »
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.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2356 on: May 24, 2016, 12:25:38 AM »
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!)
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2357 on: May 24, 2016, 03:06:27 AM »
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).

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2358 on: May 24, 2016, 10:21:16 AM »
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.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #2359 on: May 24, 2016, 10:25:09 AM »
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.
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