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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #40 on: August 10, 2016, 02:38:03 PM »
I just booked for 2 OW for 5000. points + $55 including 1 bag. So yea I guess $20 for the bag and 17.50x 2=55. 

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #41 on: August 10, 2016, 03:56:08 PM »
My first ever was 12.5k UA nyc-las using miles that I actually flew! (From flying to Melbourne pre-ddf days)
The 160k UA I used were also earned only from flying.

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #42 on: August 10, 2016, 04:09:36 PM »
I would probably be dating myself, but IIRC first award booked was HNL-JFK-TLV-JFK-HNL on PanAm for 30,000 in Y.  Those 30,000 miles were earned with one RT JFK-HNL which earned 3x miles on a promotion.

IIRC in those days you even got a car voucher along with the redemption.
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #43 on: August 10, 2016, 04:09:40 PM »
1996 UA JFK LAX HKG (Kai Tak old airport viewing peoples living rooms on the HKG Approach)SIN train to KUL TG BKK UA BKK NRT JFK
All in coach forgot how many miles redeemed, was 2 or 3 days in each place.

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Till this day I'm the only one in my family to have ever crossed the pacific including Hawaii.

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #44 on: August 10, 2016, 04:13:36 PM »
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #45 on: August 10, 2016, 04:28:38 PM »
1996 UA JFK LAX HKG (Kai Tak old airport viewing peoples living rooms on the HKG Approach)SIN train to KUL TG BKK UA BKK NRT JFK
All in coach forgot how many miles redeemed, was 2 or 3 days in each place.

DC10 BKK NRT

Till this day I'm the only one in my family to have ever crossed the pacific including Hawaii.
Sounds like your family doesn't travel much.

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #46 on: August 10, 2016, 04:32:04 PM »
Sounds like your family doesn't travel much.
I know plenty of people who have never left North America.

ETA: After our trip next week, I think my daughter (who isn't even 1) will have been in more countries than my in-laws ;D.

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #47 on: August 10, 2016, 04:32:56 PM »
I know plenty of people who have never left North America.
Yeah half of Americans die within 5 miles of where they were born lol

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #48 on: August 10, 2016, 04:33:05 PM »
Sounds like your family doesn't travel much.
You can travel to plenty of classical destinations without crossing the Pacific.


Yeah half of Americans die within 5 miles of where they were born lol

Half of Sierra Leone residents probably do too. The childbirth and infant mortality rate is tragic.
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #49 on: August 10, 2016, 04:51:44 PM »
On Tuesday, June 6, 2010, I redeemed 8 AirTran credits for Flight 215 on June 8 from LGA to CAK (economy) to see my then-kallah one last time in Cleveland before our wedding. :)

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #50 on: August 10, 2016, 05:03:07 PM »
I cant recall exactly but it was probably 07-08 on an AA AAnytime award.

I used to have a Northwest Worldperks account but dont think I ever used it.

Also picked up some CO miles when they started their EWR-TLV route around 99 but dont think I ever used those either until I opened up a Chase CO card years later.
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #51 on: August 10, 2016, 05:04:44 PM »
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #52 on: August 10, 2016, 05:05:25 PM »
On Tuesday, June 6, 2010, I redeemed 8 AirTran credits for Flight 215 on June 8 from LGA to CAK (economy) to see my then-kallah one last time in Cleveland before our wedding. :)

Wow, AirTran seems to have had quite the "customers of size" policy if they made you buy 8 tickets. I would have charged you for 6, max.

ETA: Read it as 8 tickets, not credits. Oh well ;D.
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #53 on: August 10, 2016, 05:33:44 PM »
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #54 on: August 10, 2016, 05:38:25 PM »
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #55 on: August 10, 2016, 06:28:23 PM »
*Off the topic but I wonder howmany DDF'ers besides me and Dan got in after 911 fly to FL x2 and get a free flight to anywhere AA flies?!

I used that award for JFK GIG JFK

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #56 on: August 10, 2016, 09:09:47 PM »
Wow, AirTran seems to have had quite the "customers of size" policy if they made you buy 8 tickets. I would have charged you for 6, max.

ETA: Read it as 8 tickets, not credits. Oh well ;D.

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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #57 on: August 10, 2016, 11:52:26 PM »
*Off the topic but I wonder howmany DDF'ers besides me and Dan got in after 911 fly to FL x2 and get a free flight to anywhere AA flies?!

I used that award for JFK GIG JFK
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
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Re: What Was Your First Ever Award Booking?
« Reply #59 on: August 11, 2016, 09:38:59 AM »
My first booking ever:

50K One Way Business London AA - 777-300ER
10 hour layover connecting GATWICK
Economy from Gatwick to Maldives (25k BA Economy; yuck)
290,000 Hilton for 8 nights at Conrad Maldives (Did the Australia Gold trick for free breakfast)
60K United Back from MLE to JFK (MLE -> Singapore ECONOMY; Singapore -> Taipei SINGAPORE BUSINESS; Taipai -> JFK EVA BUSINESS)