US Dividend Miles - Post Your SUCCESSFUL oneworld bookings here

[chrisbris]

Copy that

Back to drawing board to reduce the BA sectors - just was looking at the BA as a better J class the MA.

 

[anat0l]

Copy that

Back to drawing board to reduce the BA sectors - just was looking at the BA as a better J class the MA.

Well British Airways (BA) would do better than Malev (MA), given the latter one has stopped flying altogether.

Alright just ribbing you there, but if I recall correctly, if you can fly on Malaysian Airlines (MH) on their A380 services between KUL and LHR, they have fully flat seats in Business, laid out in a fairly conventional 2-2-2 pattern. A bit more elbow room compared to the BA Club World "dorm" (as it is 'affectionately' labelled by many people).

 

[chrisbris]

hehehe thanks for the ribbing

on the phone to us airways now - found Malaysia Flights for KUL-LHR and LHR-KUL

going to see what that does to the taxes...

 

[anat0l]

hehehe thanks for the ribbing

on the phone to us airways now - found Malaysia Flights for KUL-LHR and LHR-KUL

going to see what that does to the taxes...

You should see a drop indeed, though keep in mind that with your BA flights across the Atlantic you can still expect to pay a chunk for the fuel surcharges on those sectors.

 

[chrisbris]

All ticketed - $437.34 + $50 Processing Fee and 110,000 points

There and back the long way around - could fine nothing via asia direct to the usa with JL/CX....

 

[whole-lotta-moxie]

All ticketed - $437.34 + $50 Processing Fee and 110,000 points

There and back the long way around - could fine nothing via asia direct to the usa with JL/CX....

Hi chrisbris what were all the successful flights and routes that you were able to book successfully?

 

[Swan]

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.

 

[burmans]

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.

Nice and great value!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

swan... you want to keep a good eye on the IB flights. they were (still are?) prone to auto-cancel... with no apparent reason, and at random times. the issue might have recently been fixed, but could crop up again.

 

[Swan]

swan... you want to keep a good eye on the IB flights. they were (still are?) prone to auto-cancel... with no apparent reason, and at random times. the issue might have recently been fixed, but could crop up again.

I appreciate your warning. I was aware of the problem but its a risk that I will have to manage. I could not get any other routing approved.

You may have seen my post today on unauthorized changes, I now don't trust any airline as I have had other instances of this problem.

My biggest concern is that going forward with Div Miles no longer existing is how are problems that arise in the future going to be resolved.

One comfort is availability on IB is good with quite a lot of flexibility. As Mad is a stopover with the destination immediately following, there is no potential problem with connections.

I will monitor all reservations closely whether IB is in them or not.


It is not ideal but if it works, I doubt I will ever get another award booking anything close to this.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Evening All

Looking for some advice - the agent advised taxes of $993.34 - sounds like a lot on this itinerary but the agent insists they are correct, what do you think?
SYD-MEL-KUL-LHR-JFK (QF SYD-MEL | MA MEL-KUL | BA KUL-LHR-JFK)
ORD-LHR-KUL-SYD (BA ORD-LHR-KUL | MA KUL-SYD)

Any advice appreciated! Maybe im just over thinking it

I had a Bne-Syd-sin-lhr-ams booked on ba and it hit me with $450 in fees so yours may not be an error. A simple way to check is look at the breakdown of tax. If the bulk is under YQ then it's all fuel fines

 

[robcuk]

Have put on hold the following for a friend for flights over xmas.

LHR - FRA - NRT/HND - SYD

Return:

SYD - BNE - HKG - LHR

A mixture of JL, QF & BA

All flights in J.

Great agent- found flights straight away. Phone call lasted 45 mins of which 20 were on hold to the rate desk. £500 taxes and fees though! Quite envious of him.

 

[anat0l]

Have put on hold the following for a friend for flights over xmas.

LHR - FRA - NRT/HND - SYD

Return:

SYD - BNE - HKG - LHR

A mixture of JL, QF & BA

All flights in J.

Great agent- found flights straight away. Phone call lasted 45 mins of which 20 were on hold to the rate desk. £500 taxes and fees though! Quite envious of him.

It ain't "successful" until it is booked - on hold is never a proxy for inevitable success!

 

[chrisbris]

Hi chrisbris what were all the successful flights and routes that you were able to book successfully?

Hi whole-lotta-moxie
Sorry for delay in replying

Final route was
SYD-MEL QF
MEL-KUL MH
KUL-LHR MH
LHR-JFK BA
and return
ORD-LHR AA
LHR - KUL MH
KUL - SYS MH

 

[Foreigner]

Got one done today:

SYD-NRT JL
NRT-DOH QR
DOH-MUC QR
MUC-DUS AB destination
DUS-MUC AB
MUC-DOH QR overnight
DOH-KUL QR stop
KUL-HKG CX
HKG-SYD CX

 

[ecst]

I managed to get 3 x U awards ticketed earlier this year, didn't post then as I was tied up planning up the rest of the trip.

PER-HKG-CDG (CX J) 3 weeks stopover
CDG-LHR-JFK (BA J) destination
JFK-xHKG-MEL-PER (CX J, QF J)

Got hammered ~USD 300 x 3 for the BA surcharges but was OK with it as the alternatives were not good (IB/AB/AA connections not ideal, still wanted NYC) and didn't mind a quick jaunt into London as never been there before. Total was 330K points and ~$1650 for taxes etc. MPM per destination passed and fortunately so were the continuous segments.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I managed to get 3 x U awards ticketed earlier this year, didn't post then as I was tied up planning up the rest of the trip.

PER-HKG-CDG (CX J) 3 weeks stopover
CDG-LHR-JFK (BA J) destination
JFK-xHKG-MEL-PER (CX J, QF J)

Got hammered ~USD 300 x 3 for the BA surcharges but was OK with it as the alternatives were not good (IB/AB/AA connections not ideal, still wanted NYC) and didn't mind a quick jaunt into London as never been there before. Total was 330K points and ~$1650 for taxes etc. MPM per destination passed and fortunately so were the continuous segments.

You might have got hammered on the fuel surcharges, but you got lucky with the trip pricing. For stopovers in a higher zone, USDM usually charged the higher fare... so it would have been 120K per passenger with a Europe stop. So you 'saved' 30K points... which is not much, but helps off-set the fuel fines a little

Pretty good routing and redemption!

 

[legroom]

Got one done today:

SYD-NRT JL
NRT-DOH QR
DOH-MUC QR
MUC-DUS AB destination
DUS-MUC AB
MUC-DOH QR overnight
DOH-KUL QR stop
KUL-HKG CX
HKG-SYD CX

Points and $$ ?

Forced stop in HKG ?

Thanks

 

[Foreigner]

Points and $$ ?

Forced stop in HKG ?

Thanks

120k plus $379.98 in taxes and charges.

There are 3 pax so I worked itinerary around availability.

HKG was selected to avoid MH. Availability KUL-HKG was wide open. I may still change penultimate segment to stay overnight in HKG...will have sibling there at that time.

 

[legroom]

120k plus $379.98 in taxes and charges.

There are 3 pax so I worked itinerary around availability.

HKG was selected to avoid MH. Availability KUL-HKG was wide open. I may still change penultimate segment to stay overnight in HKG...will have sibling there at that time.

Very well done !!!