SUPERCAD

25% for me. :-(

keefymonster

50% for me.

jedly1

4 x 100% ...

and one at 25% ...but went out waited an hour went back in and it was 100% ?

spouse of scouse

I know this thread's about a particular FF program, but if anyone's interested I received an email from Best Flights for $3,600 Vietnam Airlines return business to Gatwick, including taxes. No idea what the airline's like but the price is good. Valid from Sydney or Melbourne only.

blue_hotel

sixteen calls being led by automated responses all over the place and this is seriously making me angry now. A useless website and impossible to speak to a person. WTF

Does anyone have a number to call that gets you through to a person and not a fu£king machine?

thanks!

commonwealth

has this been discussed?

http://www.britishairways.com/travel..._au?source=R02

British Airways and Cathay Pacific code share extended to Australia

AUSTRALIA, 26 February 2013 – oneworld partners British Airways and Cathay Pacific have agreed to enter into a code share agreement for flights to and from Australia starting from 31 March, 2013.

The arrangement, which is pending Australian regulatory approval, will mean British Airways customers travelling to and from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Cairns can fly on Cathay Pacific services to Hong Kong with a BA flight number when connecting onto one of British Airways 14 weekly services between Hong Kong and London.

The Cathay Pacific code share flights are an addition to British Airways’ daily direct flights from London Heathrow to Sydney via Singapore.

“Our new code share with Cathay Pacific will allow British Airways to serve all major Australian cities and provide customers with increased schedule options and flexibility,” said Nicole Backo, Regional Commercial Manager South West Pacific for British Airways. “In addition, customers travelling via Hong Kong will arrive at London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 and have access to British Airways’ extensive European network, whilst providing a single itinerary and through-checked bags.”

keefymonster

Will the new code share translate into better availability for award seats to Europe?

bcworld

Won't make any difference...don't think it's relevant for here.

KJCherokee

Use +1 480 693 6701 which is the direct line to reservations and gets you past all those annoying voice recognition computers on the 1 800 number.

Dorothy

I've just signed up for the US Air FF program. I'm looking to go to Europe in August/Sept, so will be buying miles whenever there's a promotion. I've never flown business before, so it's going to be a treat for me.

bcworld

Make sure you sign up for LifeMiles as well...keep all your options open.

freebo

Thanks for the info here, however to save me trawling all the way through the thread, can check the summary.

1) Sign up with USAir Dividend Miles
2) Buy Miles when they're on offer
3) Book J or F class by phone, using miles

Is that about it, any other vital info I've missed?

It sounds great, I usually fly Emirates and use points from my Citi Card to upgrade but it can be hit & miss so this would be invaluable in fact its so useful if summarised I'm sure it should be made a sticky post.

Cheers,

Dorothy

Ah, will do. Thanks.
I don't think you'll be able to fly Emirates with this thingy. It's only Star Alliance airlines that USAir is affilitated with. Emirates is OneWorld

coldbeer

Yes, understood, but I'm looking for an alterative.

bcworld

Emirates isn't in an alliance...although it does have its thingo going with Qantas now.

Bear in mind that USDM will most probably be OneWorld by the end of the year...LifeMiles will end up being the Star Alliance consolidator!