Author Topic: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?  (Read 907323 times)

Offline yitrap

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2014
  • Posts: 3315
  • Total likes: 56
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 1
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3820 on: July 03, 2018, 05:26:34 AM »
Wow that’s not good news. I need to change my 2 tickets  as well and I only transferred in 10k. 
  Ouch, $57 for 2k points.
Maybe they'll let you do the change

Offline hide4

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Oct 2015
  • Posts: 1446
  • Total likes: 29
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 2
    • View Profile
  • Location: NY-Israel
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3821 on: July 03, 2018, 06:11:26 AM »
It wouldn't let me change on the Qantas site and called it in and they said ELAl doesn't let changes so had to cancel and rebook.

Yes I checked and it was the 747.
Did you have to wait for the points to post back to your account or they let you rebook right away? (Or you had enough points anyway?) It sounds like it could take a month for points to be returned.

Offline sammy n

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2013
  • Posts: 2815
  • Total likes: 21
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3822 on: July 03, 2018, 06:24:59 AM »
Did you have to wait for the points to post back to your account or they let you rebook right away? (Or you had enough points anyway?) It sounds like it could take a month for points to be returned.
I had enough points just in case it didn't post back to the account but it came back instantly. Logged out and back in and it was there minus the 6k points.

Offline zagguru

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: May 2014
  • Posts: 3112
  • Total likes: 171
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 70
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3823 on: July 03, 2018, 08:29:07 AM »
Changed this to:
LY TLV-EWR J X2
on the 787.
Paid 6k QF points to cancel each one and then rebooked it.

Did the availability open up for you after you booked the original flight?

Offline sammy n

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2013
  • Posts: 2815
  • Total likes: 21
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3824 on: July 03, 2018, 08:35:22 AM »
Did the availability open up for you after you booked the original flight?
Yup. But don't think that would be the case in most cenarios.

Offline zagguru

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: May 2014
  • Posts: 3112
  • Total likes: 171
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 70
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3825 on: July 03, 2018, 08:46:04 AM »
Yup. But don't think that would be the case in most cenarios.

why not?

Offline sammy n

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2013
  • Posts: 2815
  • Total likes: 21
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3826 on: July 03, 2018, 09:18:08 AM »
why not?
Bec it has to be available in X class which I don't see available too often.

Offline zagguru

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: May 2014
  • Posts: 3112
  • Total likes: 171
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 70
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3827 on: July 03, 2018, 09:19:13 AM »
Bec it has to be available in X class which I don't see available too often.

I booked economy 2 months ago and have been checking everyday for availability into business, still nothing :(

Offline Baglach

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Silver Elite
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2014
  • Posts: 501
  • Total likes: 72
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 19
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3828 on: July 03, 2018, 09:35:57 AM »
It wouldn't let me change on the Qantas site and called it in and they said ELAl doesn't let changes so had to cancel and rebook.

Yes I checked and it was the 747.
I just changed an Elal booking for tomorrow no problems

Offline US

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Aug 2017
  • Posts: 1094
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 3
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3829 on: July 03, 2018, 10:24:01 AM »
I just changed an Elal booking for tomorrow no problems
Originally Booked on Qantas?

Offline Baglach

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Silver Elite
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2014
  • Posts: 501
  • Total likes: 72
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 19
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3830 on: July 03, 2018, 11:13:11 AM »
Originally Booked on Qantas?
Yes

Offline mmgfarb

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *********
  • Join Date: Dec 2015
  • Posts: 8394
  • Total likes: 1110
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 4
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3831 on: July 03, 2018, 11:53:42 AM »
HNL-MAJ-KSA-PNI-TKK-GUM, saver Y
GUM-ROR, saver J
Total cost 47.5k UA+ $112 x2
"JS [is] a fetid cesspool of unvarnished linguistic manure, with lots of useless drivel and post-padding." -Moishebatchy

Offline Yehoshua

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 10K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Aug 2011
  • Posts: 10174
  • Total likes: 213
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 1
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3832 on: July 03, 2018, 12:17:48 PM »
HNL-MAJ-KSA-PNI-TKK-GUM, saver Y
GUM-ROR, saver J
Total cost 47.5k UA+ $112 x2
Nice! Why just J on the last leg? Seema like a pointless J.

Offline mmgfarb

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *********
  • Join Date: Dec 2015
  • Posts: 8394
  • Total likes: 1110
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 4
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3833 on: July 03, 2018, 12:18:29 PM »
Nice! Why just J on the last leg? Seema like a pointless J.
Because Y was only available at 30k and J was 20k.
"JS [is] a fetid cesspool of unvarnished linguistic manure, with lots of useless drivel and post-padding." -Moishebatchy

Offline sammy n

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2013
  • Posts: 2815
  • Total likes: 21
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3834 on: July 03, 2018, 12:35:46 PM »
I just changed an Elal booking for tomorrow no problems
So weird that by me it didn't work.

Offline shapsam

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Feb 2017
  • Posts: 3053
  • Total likes: 637
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 11
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3835 on: July 03, 2018, 01:06:41 PM »
So weird that by me it didn't work.
Its weird because one phone rep said you can't change it?

Offline sammy n

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2013
  • Posts: 2815
  • Total likes: 21
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3836 on: July 03, 2018, 01:09:39 PM »
Its weird because one phone rep said you can't change it?
No Bec he was able to do it online and I wasn't.

Offline shapsam

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Feb 2017
  • Posts: 3053
  • Total likes: 637
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 11
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3837 on: July 03, 2018, 01:21:34 PM »
No Bec he was able to do it online and I wasn't.
Ah. You sure he did it online?

Offline Wizmanison

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite
  • ****
  • Join Date: Dec 2016
  • Posts: 409
  • Total likes: 77
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 3
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: Los Angeles
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3838 on: July 03, 2018, 04:34:11 PM »
Held PPT-LAX in Y for 40k AA X2 on TN

Offline sammy n

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2013
  • Posts: 2815
  • Total likes: 21
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
Re: What Award Itinerary Did You Just Book/Hold?
« Reply #3839 on: July 03, 2018, 05:30:26 PM »
Ah. You sure he did it online?
Yes.