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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #920 on: December 15, 2015, 01:05:10 PM »
Could someone please recommend the best way to use Avios to get from NYC to TLV?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #921 on: December 15, 2015, 01:05:53 PM »
Could someone please recommend the best way to use Avios to get from NYC to TLV?
Dan has a post on DDMS about it. I'll try and find it.
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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #922 on: December 15, 2015, 01:06:52 PM »
Dan has a post on DDMS about it. I'll try and find it.
Try this or this.
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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #923 on: December 15, 2015, 01:12:41 PM »
Could someone please recommend the best way to use Avios to get from NYC to TLV?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #924 on: December 15, 2015, 01:23:05 PM »
I thought the AB option was no longer available. I don't see it on the BA website any longer. Do I need to call AB?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #925 on: December 15, 2015, 04:53:03 PM »
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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #926 on: December 15, 2015, 05:09:04 PM »

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #927 on: December 16, 2015, 12:52:38 PM »
What is the minimum amount of time I need to transfer from LHR T5 to T4?

Found first class availability but selecting it would give me an hour to transfer.

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #928 on: December 16, 2015, 01:08:02 PM »
What is the minimum amount of time I need to transfer from LHR T5 to T4?

Found first class availability but selecting it would give me an hour to transfer.
Booking on one ticket or separate tickets?

What are the flight details? I can check for you.

Post here next time.

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #929 on: December 16, 2015, 01:27:28 PM »
Booking on one ticket or separate tickets?

What are the flight details? I can check for you.

Post here next time.

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #930 on: December 16, 2015, 03:03:56 PM »
Any ideas of getting from South Africa back to the US. First class is optimal, but Business will work as well. Three passengers.
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You ignored KLM, AF, VS, DL - purposefully?
Was mentioning mostly the better programs he would enjoy on a longhaul flight in J/F. My list is not exhaustive.

Getting back to this discussion if I may, any reviews here on DL, AF or VS J, and how they compare to the other J options mentioned?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #931 on: December 17, 2015, 01:59:50 AM »


I thought the AB option was no longer available.
Why do you say that?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #932 on: December 17, 2015, 05:53:20 AM »
Why do you say that?

Because the AB option doesn't show up on the BA website. Is there another way fly Air Berlin with Avios?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #933 on: December 17, 2015, 06:08:01 AM »
Because the AB option doesn't show up on the BA website. Is there another way fly Air Berlin with Avios?

That just means there's no availability. Did you try searching on AA.com?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #934 on: December 17, 2015, 10:56:54 AM »
That just means there's no availability. Did you try searching on AA.com?
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No AB availability showing on BA or AA recently. Seems like a glitch. One of the other sites also reported this recently, not sure if it was Gary or another one.
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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #935 on: December 17, 2015, 11:09:16 AM »
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No AB availability showing on BA or AA recently. Seems like a glitch. One of the other sites also reported this recently, not sure if it was Gary or another one.

Have you checked QF? Have you checked AB within Europe to see if they appear anywhere at all? Might be an issue on the AB end.

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #936 on: December 17, 2015, 12:03:59 PM »
Have you checked QF? Have you checked AB within Europe to see if they appear anywhere at all? Might be an issue on the AB end.

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Didnt check QF but AB site wouldnt let me log in to check. So yoir suspicions are probably well founded. Now how do we get that fixed? I've been searching for AB availability too without any luck.
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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #937 on: December 17, 2015, 12:34:30 PM »
Didnt check QF but AB site wouldnt let me log in to check. So yoir suspicions are probably well founded. Now how do we get that fixed? I've been searching for AB availability too without any luck.

Have your tried AA/BA over the phone?

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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #938 on: December 17, 2015, 01:11:11 PM »
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Re: What's the best way to book?
« Reply #939 on: December 17, 2015, 04:02:30 PM »
flying from Israel to New York, what the best routing if id like to make a stopover in Gibraltar

drive in from Spain?