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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3640 on: May 17, 2018, 02:51:12 PM »
Early.
Piece of mind.
Was hard to imagine the likelihood of anything better appearing in the days before Pesach.  I guess I would have preferred UA via EWR, but pretty happy with what I got.
Next, the return, but we’re not yet in the window when booking is possible!

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3641 on: May 22, 2018, 09:50:57 PM »
Completing the trip mentioned just above:
TLV-MAD-BOS
IB in J (should be A330-200)
55K IB +$185pp x 2pax

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3642 on: May 24, 2018, 10:47:39 AM »
Ewr sfo j x2
Sfo lax x2

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3643 on: May 24, 2018, 04:49:39 PM »
JFK - LAX AA F x2
LAX - JFK B6 Mint X2

Surprising my wife.  8)

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3644 on: May 24, 2018, 04:59:26 PM »
JFK - LAX AA F x2
LAX - JFK B6 Mint X2

Surprising my wife.  8)
Nice!
The whole trip is a surprise?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3645 on: May 24, 2018, 05:06:42 PM »
Nice!
The whole trip is a surprise?

Yup.

I'll either tell her nothing, and have a friend pack her bag, or tell her we are going to a hotel for the night that day.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3646 on: May 24, 2018, 05:07:02 PM »
The point of this thread is to post how you booked it. Not just that you did.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3647 on: May 24, 2018, 05:09:41 PM »
Yup.

I'll either tell her nothing, and have a friend pack her bag, or tell her we are going to a hotel for the night that day.
Note of caution. Dont do that. A woman needs her "stuff" I thought about doing thia with my wife on London 3 day trip and her response was that most women she knows want an chance to take care of themselves and pack before a trip
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3648 on: May 24, 2018, 05:09:49 PM »
JFK - LAX AA F x2
LAX - JFK B6 Mint X2

Surprising my wife.  8)
For B6, aiming for 2 "suites" or sitting next to each other?

I guess if going with AA F over J, the single seats are no problem (if available).

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3649 on: May 24, 2018, 05:16:18 PM »
Note of caution. Dont do that. A woman needs her "stuff" I thought about doing thia with my wife on London 3 day trip and her response was that most women she knows want an chance to take care of themselves and pack before a trip

Haha good point. I'll figure it out.

For B6, aiming for 2 "suites" or sitting next to each other?

I guess if going with AA F over J, the single seats are no problem (if available).

I took the thrones. It's farther apart, but we will survive. #firstworldproblems  :D

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3650 on: May 24, 2018, 05:17:05 PM »
I took the thrones. It's farther apart, but we will survive. #firstworldproblems  :D
How'd you book?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3651 on: May 24, 2018, 05:22:47 PM »
How'd you book?

It was like 72k B6 each.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3652 on: May 24, 2018, 05:32:45 PM »
Note of caution. Dont do that. A woman needs her "stuff" I thought about doing thia with my wife on London 3 day trip and her response was that most women she knows want an chance to take care of themselves and pack before a trip
Silly to give general advice like this. My wife loved it when I did a big trip with all surprise destinations. I just gave the weather forecasts.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3653 on: May 24, 2018, 05:35:20 PM »
Silly to give general advice like this. My wife loved it when I did a big trip with all surprise destinations. I just gave the weather forecasts.
Did she know she was going somewhere, just didn't know where?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3654 on: May 24, 2018, 05:36:10 PM »
Did she know she was going somewhere, just didn't know where?
Obviously, she was told the forecast...
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3655 on: May 24, 2018, 05:37:15 PM »
Obviously, she was told the forecast...
So wouldn't that be different then not knowing that she traveling at all?
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3656 on: May 24, 2018, 05:37:33 PM »
Silly to give general advice like this. My wife loved it when I did a big trip with all surprise destinations. I just gave the weather forecasts.
He said hes not telling her about trip until day of and possibly having wifes friend pack her bag. Thats a bit extreme. To each his own. Of course surprises are great. I just did one on my stopover in London. Made a side trip to Victoria Station to pick up flowers similar to the ones I got her when we were there 2 years ago with the whole birrhday cake surprise / free Andaz stay debacle/win.
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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3657 on: May 24, 2018, 05:38:15 PM »
Silly to give general advice like this. My wife loved it when I did a big trip with all surprise destinations. I just gave the weather forecasts.

I think I'll just tell her that morning that we are going away for shabbos. Her sister will take the kids, and she generally doesn't mind stuff like this. Not that I've ever done it before.

I promise I'm not copying AJK.  ;D I just saw some space and decided YOLO.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3658 on: May 24, 2018, 05:41:48 PM »
TLV-AMM-AUH-SYD.

RJ J A319
EY J 787
EY F A380

 :)

100k AA + $70

Just to give a bit more back story, she was kind enough to let me book this and fly back to NY with the kids in economy, but she mentioned that she wishes she could fly in first again. It's been almost a year for her. So this is a thank you when I get back.

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Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3659 on: May 26, 2018, 03:14:49 PM »
TLV - JFK LY J x2 with QF.

Can't help myself anymore.