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help with nyc to tlv award in May
« on: January 30, 2011, 04:57:36 PM »
i would like to fly with my wife from nyc to tlv and back in May.  we are quite flexible with our dates.  we prefer to travel business.  i did try to search on continental, delta and us air (we don't mind driving to phl) but could not find any availability for low mileage.  If anyone has any tips for me i would really appreciate it.  (i have both spg and amex rewards points)
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2011, 05:30:18 PM »
did you try Elal they have points for 700 matmid points starting may 9
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2011, 07:45:52 PM »
Tons of availability in LH J from EWR or JFK to TLV via FRA or MUC or LO J from EWR or JFK via WAW.
Gotta wait till later for the nonstops.
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 08:03:27 PM »
Im looking to fly to tlv from either newark, bwi, or philedelphi on feb. 9 to the 16th. I have american express gold miles. I saw on continental site there are miles for 37,500 each way. Can i do better than this? How do I use my miles then? I have to transfer to continental, how long does this take?
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 08:08:52 PM »
i don't mind waiting for the non-stops if there is probability that they will open up.  since we are flexible on the dates would you say there is a good chance it will open up for us?
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 08:10:07 PM »
also, Dan, how would you rate LH J?
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2011, 08:11:21 PM »
Quote from: aarony on January 30, 2011, 08:08:52 PM
i don't mind waiting for the non-stops if there is probability that they will open up.  since we are flexible on the dates would you say there is a good chance it will open up for us?
Free changes on CO, so take the stops and change to nonstops when they open.

Quote from: aarony on January 30, 2011, 08:10:07 PM
also, Dan, how would you rate LH J?
Never flew them in J.  Their F class is subpar though compared to other non-US carriers.
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2011, 08:13:12 PM »
bussiness class on lh is not that great. I just flew with them and the seats are quite smaller (width) then on el al , continental, delta, air canada. The length wasnt to bad but the width really was bad. the food also was not to good
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2011, 08:19:24 PM »
so i can book jfk-tlv via fra and then switch it to a non-stop even though it is on different metal - correct?  is there a diff in mileage cost between stop and non-stop?  i assume this precludes me from transferring to ANA to get the cheapest mileage tix...
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2011, 08:21:09 PM »
Quote from: aarony on January 30, 2011, 08:19:24 PM
so i can book jfk-tlv via fra and then switch it to a non-stop even though it is on different metal - correct?  is there a diff in mileage cost between stop and non-stop?  i assume this precludes me from transferring to ANA to get the cheapest mileage tix...
Has anyone had experience changing from JFK to EWR with CO? 
Book EWR-FRA-TLV to be safe. 
Same 115K CO either way.
ANA is only good for booking nonstop.
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2011, 08:29:22 PM »
Quote from: rm on January 30, 2011, 08:03:27 PM
Im looking to fly to tlv from either newark, bwi, or philedelphi on feb. 9 to the 16th. I have american express gold miles. I saw on continental site there are miles for 37,500 each way. Can i do better than this? How do I use my miles then? I have to transfer to continental, how long does this take?
Put the itinerary on hold on your Continental account which can be done online by doing the booking without the points.
Then you can transfer from amex almost instantly by either going to the Amex site or on Co.com there is also a page to initiate a transfer or call amex.

The short answer is that this is probably the best you can do. Unless its direct flights and you want to transfer to ANA and risk losing the availability during the 2 days the transfer takes to go through...
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Re: help with nyc to tlv award in May
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2011, 01:34:42 AM »
just did this 2 weeks ago! my original reservations was TLV-FRA-JFK, i wait-listed the direct TLV-EWR flight and got confirmed around 24hrs. before flying. on the return i wasn't so lucky as every flight was booked solid(business class) so i ended up flying from JFK-MUN-TLV,the stopover was only a little over an hour,not bad at all. the flight experience was ok,other than the kosher meals which were pretty subpar. it was 115,000 co miles roundtrip
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