British Expats - Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700

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Budawang

Jun 15th 2012 1:14 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by k974 (Post 10121606)

hi do you think its worth using the KVS website?

Thanks

Is it really better than the free Air Canada Aeroplan website? I find that quite good.

bcworld

Jun 15th 2012 1:26 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

KVS is a tool you install, not a website.

It is much better than Aeroplan although effectively all it does is offer the good functionality of the ANA website without its clunkiness. It can also scrape data from Aeroplan if you prefer.

This might be a better option for many:

http://beta.awardtravelr.com/

I'm sure it must be effectively scraping the same data and using the same methods as KVS. It also allows those annoying mixed class options to be filtered out of the results. Once again SEARCHING SEGMENT BY SEGMENT IS BEST.

Budawang

Jun 15th 2012 1:29 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Has anyone had success getting flights to North America? We're due to visit the in-laws in Montreal next year and it seems to be difficult getting decent flights.

bcworld

Jun 15th 2012 1:37 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Budawang (Post 10121778)

Has anyone had success getting flights to North America? We're due to visit the in-laws in Montreal next year and it seems to be difficult getting decent flights.

Well recently UA opened up availability hugely between SYD and LAX...there was literally multiple seats available almost every day. Don't know if it's still the case but it was certainly there a few weeks ago.

Air NZ is a problem as I think they recently implemented an upgrade system for Airpoints members and so I reckon a lot of their inventory gets held back for last minute upgrades. Transpac from AKL has always been tricky anyway.

It's generally quite easy to get availability to NA the long way via Asia AFAIK.

bcworld

Jun 15th 2012 1:45 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 10121791)

Example of decent availability:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.2/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance-7D]

Code:

SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]

LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]

MON  22 Apr 2013 (22 Apr 2013 - 28 Apr 2013) | 2 Seats

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------

UA         840     SYD   13:50     LAX   10:15     744  0   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         840     SYD   13:50 +1  LAX   10:15 +1  ***  *   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         840     SYD   13:50 +2  LAX   10:15 +2  ***  *   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         840     SYD   13:50 +3  LAX   10:15 +3  ***  *   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         840     SYD   13:50 +4  LAX   10:15 +4  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

UA         840     SYD   13:50 +5  LAX   10:15 +5  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

UA         840     SYD   13:50 +6  LAX   10:15 +6  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

Code:

SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]

SFO  San Francisco Intl CA US [KSFO]

MON  22 Apr 2013 (22 Apr 2013 - 28 Apr 2013) | 2 Seats

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------

UA         870     SYD   14:45     SFO   11:05     744  0   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         870     SYD   14:45 +1  SFO   11:05 +1  ***  *   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         870     SYD   14:45 +2  SFO   11:05 +2  ***  *   FS-  CS+  YS+

UA         870     SYD   14:45 +3  SFO   11:05 +3  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

UA         870     SYD   14:45 +4  SFO   11:05 +4  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

UA         870     SYD   14:45 +5  SFO   11:05 +5  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

UA         870     SYD   14:45 +6  SFO   11:05 +6  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS+

jamesflorraine

Jun 15th 2012 2:22 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Hi i use the KVS tool paid for top subscription, very good and easy to use

Almo	Jun 15th 2012 2:55 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

We booked a ticket MEL-AKL-SFO-ORD and return for one person on Air NZ and US (I think, can't be sure of the domestic carrier any more since I didn't get to go!) travelling May 2011 with ease. I think we booked only a couple of months in advance. Air NZ was apparently fantastic.

Whenever I've looked since, for friends, I found availability hard to find but not impossible. Wasn't always straightforward though.

bcworld

Jun 15th 2012 3:04 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

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Originally Posted by Almo (Post 10121890)

NZ is (or at least used to be) easier to book 2-3 months in advance than it is 10-12 months in advance. I guess if loads are looking light they release some inventory.

KJCherokee

Jun 15th 2012 5:21 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by k974 (Post 10121606)

hi do you think its worth using the KVS website?

Thanks

I resubscribed to KVS because that was what I used last time and found easy to use - there may be equivalent free sites out there but I went with what I know.

oddsinoz

Jun 15th 2012 6:46 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Can anyone confirm, that on the Star Alliance member travel chart, Australia/NZ comes under 'South Pacific'?

oddsinoz

Jun 15th 2012 6:52 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Sorry, also forgot to ask if there is any way of knowing what 'area' certain destinations would come under; I was reading that someone had booked a flight to the Cook Islands, and although I can look it up on a map, Star Alliance may class it under another not so obvious area... hope I make sense?!

bcworld

Jun 15th 2012 6:59 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by oddsinoz (Post 10122098)

Can anyone confirm, that on the Star Alliance member travel chart, Australia/NZ comes under 'South Pacific'?

Yes. And so is Cook Islands.

Bermudashorts

Jun 15th 2012 7:06 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 10121772)

Good site. I just topped up my miles so I have enough for first class to Europe for next year. :thumbup:

Budawang

Jun 16th 2012 5:08 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 10122106)

Yes. And so is Cook Islands.

Went to the Cooks with my points in business class for 30,000 last year. Lovely place for a winter break and a great deal. :thumbup:

anawanahuanana

Jun 16th 2012 5:10 pm

Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Budawang (Post 10123424)

Went to the Cooks with my points in business class for 30,000 last year. Lovely place for a winter break and a great deal. :thumbup:

Hi Budawang.
So it can be done! I was thinking about just getting some points to do a trip to the Cook Islands but after searching for a while I was unable to come up with any Business flights between AUK and RAR. Did you find it difficult to get the flights?

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