Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
Jan 29th 2013, 9:57 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
This all seems to have got much more difficult to do ...
I can't seem to get the ANA site to work - it refuses to let me put SYD in as the departure airport...
The United site is rubbish, the Aeroplan site no longer works and the wife is giving me hell because my daughter will have given birth before I manage to book the flights :-)
Help....please.
I can't seem to get the ANA site to work - it refuses to let me put SYD in as the departure airport...
The United site is rubbish, the Aeroplan site no longer works and the wife is giving me hell because my daughter will have given birth before I manage to book the flights :-)
Help....please.
Jan 30th 2013, 3:24 pm
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
I thought I'd found a ripper business deal for Perth - Manchester - Perth, $3,999. But then I realised that the flights were with China Airlines and their reputation (from the little info I've been able to find) isn't the best. BYO parachutes R not us.
Jan 30th 2013, 9:21 pm
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
Jan 30th 2013, 9:48 pm
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If it's for a Xmas return US is not going to give you anything more than 330 days in the future. So it would be 10 days or so before you could conceivably book a very early Jan return.
Feb 1st 2013, 12:01 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
OK, so I've just got the new special offer from US Airways emailed to me telling me I can get 50% more miles than I pay for which looks good, not worked out the price yet but hopefully OK. As I'm booking for the end of March to fly from Sydney to London (or Edinburgh) I thought I should check availability but can't seem to get there. I tried with the US Airways website but even though I managed to get Sydney in as a departure airport it told me that they don't offer award travel from that point. I then went to the AwardTravelr site, the first attempt just sat there stuck on the searching site and any following searches have just returned immediately without showing anything no matter what date I put in. Am I doing something really stupid here or am I just unluckily hitting dates with nothing available?
Thanks :-)
Thanks :-)
Feb 1st 2013, 12:07 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
OK, so I've just got the new special offer from US Airways emailed to me telling me I can get 50% more miles than I pay for which looks good, not worked out the price yet but hopefully OK. As I'm booking for the end of March to fly from Sydney to London (or Edinburgh) I thought I should check availability but can't seem to get there. I tried with the US Airways website but even though I managed to get Sydney in as a departure airport it told me that they don't offer award travel from that point. I then went to the AwardTravelr site, the first attempt just sat there stuck on the searching site and any following searches have just returned immediately without showing anything no matter what date I put in. Am I doing something really stupid here or am I just unluckily hitting dates with nothing available?
Thanks :-)
Thanks :-)
The end of March is Easter of course...a busy travel season. How flexible are your dates?
+50% isn't a great offer. I would imagine you will be able to buy 50+25k with the promo then you will need a further 45k at full price. The miles cost alone will be about USD3600...total will be over USD4000 (business class). Edit: see below
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Feb 1st 2013, 1:00 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
OK...so I see the new offer allows you to buy upto 100+50.
So you would be looking at 80k full price miles = USD3000 + approx USD500 for taxes & fees.
So you would be looking at 80k full price miles = USD3000 + approx USD500 for taxes & fees.
Feb 1st 2013, 1:14 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
I completely forgot about Easter!! OK, I will call them up before I buy them, I am flexible with dates but I have to be in Scotland for the 30th March and the 9th of April, around those two dates I have pretty good flexibility. Are they OK about you phoning up prior to having the miles?
I didn't think the deal was that bad, I've been looking at premium economy as a backup if I couldn't get this deal and the best I can do is British Airways at approx $2800 but after reading a few reviews about their premium economy cabin I've been put off a little :-/
I didn't think the deal was that bad, I've been looking at premium economy as a backup if I couldn't get this deal and the best I can do is British Airways at approx $2800 but after reading a few reviews about their premium economy cabin I've been put off a little :-/
Feb 1st 2013, 1:23 am
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I completely forgot about Easter!! OK, I will call them up before I buy them, I am flexible with dates but I have to be in Scotland for the 30th March and the 9th of April, around those two dates I have pretty good flexibility. Are they OK about you phoning up prior to having the miles?
I didn't think the deal was that bad, I've been looking at premium economy as a backup if I couldn't get this deal and the best I can do is British Airways at approx $2800 but after reading a few reviews about their premium economy cabin I've been put off a little :-/
I didn't think the deal was that bad, I've been looking at premium economy as a backup if I couldn't get this deal and the best I can do is British Airways at approx $2800 but after reading a few reviews about their premium economy cabin I've been put off a little :-/
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SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY] BKK Bangkok Metro / Suvarnabhumi Intl TH = BKK DMK [VTBS] MON 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013 - 31 Mar 2013) | 1 Seat Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------- TG 476 SYD 10:00 BKK 15:25 744 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 476 SYD 10:00 +1 BKK 15:25 +1 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 476 SYD 10:00 +2 BKK 15:25 +2 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 476 SYD 10:00 +3 BKK 15:25 +3 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 476 SYD 10:00 +4 BKK 15:25 +4 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 476 SYD 10:00 +5 BKK 15:25 +5 *** 0 FS+ CS- YS+ TG 476 SYD 10:00 +6 BKK 15:25 +6 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 472 SYD 17:05 BKK 22:35 744 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 472 SYD 17:05 +1 BKK 22:35 +1 *** 0 TG 472 SYD 17:05 +2 BKK 22:35 +2 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 472 SYD 17:05 +3 BKK 22:35 +3 *** 0 TG 472 SYD 17:05 +4 BKK 22:35 +4 *** 0 FS+ CS- YS+ TG 472 SYD 17:05 +5 BKK 22:35 +5 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+ TG 472 SYD 17:05 +6 BKK 22:35 +6 *** 0 FS+ CS+ YS+
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BKK Bangkok Metro / Suvarnabhumi Intl TH = BKK DMK [VTBS] LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] MON 25 Mar 2013 (25 Mar 2013 - 31 Mar 2013) | 1 Seat Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------- TG 910 BKK 00:15 LHR 06:20 346 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 910 BKK 00:15 +1 LHR 06:20 +1 *** 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 910 BKK 00:15 +2 LHR 06:20 +2 *** 0 FS- CS- YS+ TG 910 BKK 00:15 +3 LHR 06:20 +3 *** 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 910 BKK 00:15 +4 LHR 06:20 +4 *** 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 910 BKK 00:15 +5 LHR 06:20 +5 *** 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 910 BKK 00:15 +6 LHR 06:20 +6 *** 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 916 BKK 13:30 LHR 19:35 346 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 916 BKK 13:30 +1 LHR 19:35 +1 *** 0 FS- CS+ YS+ TG 916 BKK 13:30 +2 LHR 19:35 +2 *** 0 FS+ CS- YS+ TG 916 BKK 13:30 +3 LHR 19:35 +3 *** 0 FS- CS- YS+ TG 916 BKK 13:30 +4 LHR 19:35 +4 *** 0 FS+ CS- YS- TG 916 BKK 13:30 +5 LHR 19:35 +5 *** 0 FS- CS- YS- TG 916 BKK 13:30 +6 LHR 19:35 +6 *** 0 FS+ CS- YS-
Feb 1st 2013, 2:58 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
Yeah, just one seat. The 25th is fine, I think I will just move dates around as I need them. I was also considering whether I go all out and get a first class ticket as it is available.
Sorry for my ignorance but how can you tell what seats are available and when they are available from the two reports?
Sorry for my ignorance but how can you tell what seats are available and when they are available from the two reports?
Feb 1st 2013, 3:02 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
Yeah, just one seat. The 25th is fine, I think I will just move dates around as I need them. I was also considering whether I go all out and get a first class ticket as it is available.
Sorry for my ignorance but how can you tell what seats are available and when they are available from the two reports?
Sorry for my ignorance but how can you tell what seats are available and when they are available from the two reports?
CS = business class
YS = economy class
+ = available e.g. FS+
- = not available e.g CS-
For each flight the report runs in order 25 Mar - 31 Mar.
Feb 1st 2013, 4:17 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
Yeah, just one seat. The 25th is fine, I think I will just move dates around as I need them. I was also considering whether I go all out and get a first class ticket as it is available.
Sorry for my ignorance but how can you tell what seats are available and when they are available from the two reports?
Sorry for my ignorance but how can you tell what seats are available and when they are available from the two reports?
Feb 1st 2013, 4:31 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
So can I just call the line without having the miles or will I need the miles first? I don't want to buy them and then find out I have missed the last seat and am stuffed. Also, do we know what airline I would be flying with or is that just pot luck?
Thanks again for all the advice :-)
Thanks again for all the advice :-)
Feb 1st 2013, 4:36 am
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
So can I just call the line without having the miles or will I need the miles first? I don't want to buy them and then find out I have missed the last seat and am stuffed. Also, do we know what airline I would be flying with or is that just pot luck?
Thanks again for all the advice :-)
Thanks again for all the advice :-)
They are generally OK with putting seats on hold (for about 3 days) with zero miles balance. But beware that miles purchase is not always instant now so there is some risk that the hold could expire prior to miles posting.
Feb 4th 2013, 2:21 pm
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Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!
Hi, I've been reading all of this with interest. I have a couple of questions:
1. Can you only have one person gift you airmiles or can you get several friends to sign up and gift them to you?
2. It looks to me that to buy 50K miles costs USD1750 but to have the same amount gifted costs USD500. Have I got that right?
Thank you very much in advance for your answers!
1. Can you only have one person gift you airmiles or can you get several friends to sign up and gift them to you?
2. It looks to me that to buy 50K miles costs USD1750 but to have the same amount gifted costs USD500. Have I got that right?
Thank you very much in advance for your answers!