US Dividend Miles - Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

[bcworld]

excellent thanks. i'm looking in european summer and so guessing people booked ages ago. i may be way off the mark but TG472 is showing as a night flight later in the year (i understand you can still book any dates, until 31st march when they stop taking awards bookings?) so might have to play with united.com and awardtravelr a bit more to try and find flights that link up.

Yes, as I indicated TG has changed the schedule of 472 for the summer table table, late Mar - late Oct. It now has a horrible 3AM arrival time into BKK where it connects to nothing to Europe and when most of the lounges are in the middle of their night closure. Currently the winter schedule shows it returning to 5PM departure but watch this space!

 

[appaz]

SYD flights are operated by 747 with refurbed cabins which still feature angled flat J seats and F mini suites - the J seats are quite unpopular for sleeping but both of these are CURRENTLY daytime flights - although with TG's horrible new summer schedule for 472 that one is probably best avoided.

FRA on A380 (920/1) would be first preference, then MUC on 747, then FRA (922/3) or ZRH on A346. Some might put the MUC 747 ahead of the A380 due to it being a bit more suite like...others want the cachet of the A380.

Surprised you can't find CDG...it's generally quite easy to get.

Is the MUC flight is the new 9 seat suites? this would be my first choice

check the seat map

 

[bcworld]

Is the MUC flight is the new 9 seat suites?

Yes it is 9F...with occasional sub to 10F.

 

[smit0847]

Yes, as I indicated TG has changed the schedule of 472 for the summer table table, late Mar - late Oct. It now has a horrible 3AM arrival time into BKK where it connects to nothing to Europe and when most of the lounges are in the middle of their night closure. Currently the winter schedule shows it returning to 5PM departure but watch this space!

You're like the oracle of all things TG, bcworld!

 

[alieninperth]

I'm not sure if you have all seen this, or even if its the right spot for it, but here is the US redemption table for AA. It looks exactly the same as the normal table but with a few notes. AA and US or a combination only. no other providers. http://shopping.usairways.com/pv_ob...A5E6E8C07846E20000/filename/AAawardtravel.pdf

 

[appaz]

Yes it is 9F...with occasional sub to 10F.

def go that over the 346 for sure... i'd probably pick this over the A380 and just hope it doesn't get sub'd to the older 10F

 

[bcworld]

def go that over the 346 for sure... i'd probably pick this over the A380 and just hope it doesn't get sub'd to the older 10F

Over the last month:

TG924 / THA924 Live flight info - Flightradar24

...I count 2 10F flights...TGX and TGR.

Although they also seem to have all 6 of A,B,F,G,Y and Z (the old 'All Series' - now 9F) there and I thought one of them was still in 14F config! Eeek! Perhaps that's old news though.

Edit...just checked, they're all 9F now - the 6 rego's above.

 

[diningdecadence]

I'm not sure if you have all seen this, or even if its the right spot for it, but here is the US redemption table for AA. It looks exactly the same as the normal table but with a few notes. AA and US or a combination only. no other providers. http://shopping.usairways.com/pv_ob...A5E6E8C07846E20000/filename/AAawardtravel.pdf

does there have to be MileSAAver availability for these? or can it also be AAnytime?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

1. All SYD-BKK J is angled lie-flat. Obviously get F if you can but J is perfectly fine for a day flight.

unless you want to sleep on the day flight!!! (doesn't anyone else party all night and then want to sleep on the plane???)

angled business class is NEVER a good option people

 

[anat0l]

angled business class is NEVER a good option people

Oh well... Economy it is for you, then!

 

[alieninperth]

does there have to be MileSAAver availability for these? or can it also be AAnytime?

From what I have seen it has to be MileSAAver but the US website sometimes throws up availability when it is not showing on the AA website (for AA coded and operated flights). As always YMMV

 

[Marsonline]

If you pre-order your meal online (TG F), do you need to contact them before your flight to confirm?

As for the food on various menus, any recommendation from AFF (cities inc. HKG, BKK, LHR and CDG)?

Thanks.

 

[bcworld]

If you pre-order your meal online (TG F), do you need to contact them before your flight to confirm?

As for the food on various menus, any recommendation from AFF (cities inc. HKG, BKK, LHR and CDG)?

Thanks.

No need to confirm. However check occasionally to check to see all looks OK. I did a J class pre-order for an upcoming flight - all of a sudden it changed itself to Vegetarian Hindu...I have no idea why!

Generally there is no consensus about what is a good pre-order option. Many automatically choose lobster...and many complain about it.

 

[legroom]

SYD flights are operated by 747 with refurbed cabins which still feature angled flat J seats and F mini suites - the J seats are quite unpopular for sleeping but both of these are CURRENTLY daytime flights - although with TG's horrible new summer schedule for 472 that one is probably best avoided..

Thanks

How about the return night flights (BKK SYD) ?

Angled J seats like its daytime brothers ?

 

[Alanslegal]

For those connecting in BKK to Europe, I really dislike connecting to any of those midnight timed flights as I don't like eating my dinner at approximately 5am SYD time and by the time I finish my meal the sun would have already risen back home I do like to take a long transit, overnight in BKK and connect to a midday or so flight departing +1, that way I have slept properly in nice hotel bed, I get to get an early morning Royal massage before my flight and I get to experience the whole F service in the day time.

 

[bcworld]

Thanks

How about the return night flights (BKK SYD) ?

Angled J seats like its daytime brothers ?

All SYD flights have the same product.

 

[bcworld]

For those connecting in BKK to Europe, I really dislike connecting to any of those midnight timed flights as I don't like eating my dinner at approximately 5am SYD time and by the time I finish my meal the sun would have already risen back home I do like to take a long transit, overnight in BKK and connect to a midday or so flight departing +1, that way I have slept properly in nice hotel bed, I get to get an early morning Royal massage before my flight and I get to experience the whole F service in the day time.

Yup that's definitely the best way to do it...clearly an option with USDM, unfortunately not with LM!

 

[Marsonline]

I understand there's no consensus. It's just I don't want to have lobster, lobster, lobster...hence my question

No need to confirm. However check occasionally to check to see all looks OK. I did a J class pre-order for an upcoming flight - all of a sudden it changed itself to Vegetarian Hindu...I have no idea why!

Generally there is no consensus about what is a good pre-order option. Many automatically choose lobster...and many complain about it.

 

[bcworld]

I understand there's no consensus. It's just I don't want to have lobster, lobster, lobster...hence my question

Well I had fish chuchee once and it was bland as.

i generally always have the Thai curries on TG even though the same thing is basically served regardless of class!

 

[anat0l]

No need to confirm. However check occasionally to check to see all looks OK. I did a J class pre-order for an upcoming flight - all of a sudden it changed itself to Vegetarian Hindu...I have no idea why!

Generally there is no consensus about what is a good pre-order option. Many automatically choose lobster...and many complain about it.

My dad saw lobster being served on his LHR/BKK TG F flight and thought the FAs were keeping something from him. I later explained him the pre-order system... but maybe it was a good idea I didn't tell him about the lobster anyway!

What did you order for your J meal that morphed into Veg-Hindu? (Would a vegetarian Hindu eat it? )

I understand there's no consensus. It's just I don't want to have lobster, lobster, lobster...hence my question

My main 'tiff with "meal pre-order" services is that when I look at the menu (even F level ones on both TG and SQ, notable for this service), the only thing that seems like it's worth ordering because it is something hard to get would be lobster. So, I usually order the lobster.

I see things like sushi available for preorder on SQ book-the-cook. Unless that sushi has fugu sashimi on it, you've got to be kidding me (on the other hand, fugu sashimi... *shudder*)

Some of the other notable dishes I have seen on pre-orders (SQ or TG, can't remember) are Indian lamb shank and classic Western style fillet steak (of course!).

However, if you are a fussy eater, you may want to avail yourself of the service.

As I generally see it, TG F will have a choice of 4 dishes available - one seafood, one beef, one chicken and one Thai. One of the non-Thai dishes will be Chinese style; the other remaining two are Western style. 2/2 TG F times I've selected the Thai choice of curry; if I had to choose another dish both times, it would've been either the Mulloway fish with squid ink linguini, or the chilli prawn with lemon and linguini.