I originally posted my booking problem in the in the top sticky thread. But am now moving to this thread as I have finally had success.
My 2016 holiday was to be South America and when I looked at AA, I'm not sure how I would do it through them but it would surely require heaps of miles. So South America is to be my final Div miles booking and judging by the call wait time at the moment many others are doing the same as me.
The booking I wanted was PER-DOH-GRU return. I was told on three occasions that this was an invalid routing, even though there are successful booking of this itinerary on this thread. A supervisor told me if I could find an itinerary that only connected through DOHA once then the booking probably would not be invalid, though he could not explain why going through DOHA twice made the route invalid.
So by going to Asia and Europe on the way to South America the problem was solved. So much for the most direct routing. The distance of 15,472 k must have really pushed the MPM.
The booking is in Nov, business class for two:
PER-HKG-ZRH-MAD//- GRUx -DOH-PER (CX-CX-IB-IB-QR-QR)
Cost 120,000 div miles +$350. Taxes a little high but that probably because of Iberia. Who could complain when the cost of a business class fare which includes a holiday in Spain and South America, plus nearly a full day in Hong Kong is just under A$3,000.
Which ever way I look at it this is a winner for me. For the miles cost of going to Europe I get South America free, or looking at it another way for the cost of going to South America I get a free miles holiday in Spain.
I know I've gone on a bit here, but after four long frustrating nights in a row, to finally succeed is a real buzz.
