moneypenny20

Even if you go to 10 decimal points?

bcworld

If you go that far you might just be able to sneak a 1 in there somewhere!

swmbo63

well have found availability so here we come thanks

KJCherokee

When we booked our flights to Europe a couple of months ago the KVS tool didn't find any available flights going into Rome, so we booked into Paris. Checked again last night and TG944 BKK-FCO came up with availability in all three classes, so I phoned up to change from BKK-CDG to BKK-FCO. The first girl who answered just said "Nothing available on that flight" and also insisted the flight was on the 6th not the 5th, so I rechecked with both KVS and the Thai website which both listed the flight at 00:20 on the 5th, with award availability.

Rang back (to a different girl, thank God) who at first couldn't find the flight listed anywhere, not even for sale let alone award. She disappeared for about 10 minutes, then came back and said she'd found it and sorted out the changes for me - very helpful and chatty and altogether a good experience.

Strangely she discovered that on the original booking we had been charged different taxes for the two tickets, so for the changed flights I had to pay an additional $6 whilst my wife got a $15 refund!

bcworld

The key is the flight time - there is a known issue of US for some reason not being able to see some flights departing soon after midnight in far flung locations. A good agent will know about this and will be able to manually request it & complete the booking.

So you've given up F on the A380 for whatever they send to Rome!? I hope all the 14F jobs are gone by then!

KJCherokee

One has to make sacrifices occasionally! We want to visit Rome (actually friends about an hour north) and Paris before going to the UK, so heading into Rome first, driving to Paris, then taking the train to London makes more sense (luggagewise) than going in the other direction and having to fly Rome-London without a Thai F luggage allowance.

Don't forget the poll I've put up - I'm interested in the results.

Tonyc88

US Airways seem to have an around the world ticket. I'm thinking of going traveling in Jan 2013. Any ideas if these miles can be used towards on of those tickets?

Thanks

bcworld

They can - but an RTW is 300k in J and 400k in F - it allows 5 stops.

Quite an expensive option - you'd be looking at over $6k worth of promo miles / taxes.

Tonyc88

True...but at the same time I think these tickets can be around £3k anyway!

I may just save my miles for those holidays rather than use it for this....

EdnaAverage

Bitten the bug yet again! Well we're off on another jaunt for little bro's wedding and after a recent scares over availability when looking for a friend, I've put a great itinerary on hold while I buy the points.

Last time I just bought them a couple of months before I used them so I can't remember how long they actually take to hit the account, any ideas what the current timing is?

Cheers,

Edna

Robcuk

Immediately isn't it?

bcworld

That's not quite as clear cut as it used to be...particularly for the targeted promos like now. For some it has taken 2-3 days, others still immediate.

EdnaAverage

I'm in the latter camp this time round as they're still not showing c.12hr later.

Regardless, hopefully worth the wait as the intinerary is a 6 segment Oz - Europe return for 90k points which has already been double checked and cleared by the rate desk.

I've bought 180k across 2 accounts so will have to stump up for the additional 50k at full price if they recalc to 120k each rather than 90k each on ticketing. However, I think it's a worthwhile gamble as we have no future trips planned after this one and didn't want a couple of k in points just sitting there. All I need is the points to turn up before midnight on 24th so I can lock it in, wish me luck!

Edna

Almo

I bought in the current promo and booked for someone else. The miles took somewhere around 24 hours I think.

EdnaAverage

Hmmm

Now getting seriously concerned as the miles still haven't turned up and it's about 60 hours since they were paid for. Credit card company have confirmed that the charge has been authorised but it hasn't been processed by points.com yet. I've emailed them twice and received one reply which was try us again if they're not there in 2-3 days. Now on hold trying to get onto their live chat and presumably in a queue full of other anguished customers. Anyone else manage to talk to them in the past?

Edna