Please report your successful redemptions using Diamond Club miles (2006/07)
Feb 27, 2006, 8:35 am
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Please report your successful redemptions using Diamond Club miles (2006/07)
Based on the useful suggestion in one of Man Pax post's in a recent thread, it seems quite relevant to start a thread listing routings that have been succesfully redeemed using DC miles. It might give an idea to see whether there are any hidden restrictions in routings/sectors available with DC.
Let me start off with my last 3 redemptions with DC miles:
Route:LHR-FRA/x-DEL // BLR-FRA/x-LHR
Class: F
Airline: LH
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 2 months before departure
Route: LHR-FRA/x-PEK // BKK-LHR
Class: F
Airline: LH & TG
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 4 months before departure
Route: LHR-BKK-SYD // MEL-SIN-FRA/x-LHR
Class: F
Airline: TG, SQ and LH
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 4 months before departure
Let me start off with my last 3 redemptions with DC miles:
Route:LHR-FRA/x-DEL // BLR-FRA/x-LHR
Class: F
Airline: LH
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 2 months before departure
Route: LHR-FRA/x-PEK // BKK-LHR
Class: F
Airline: LH & TG
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 4 months before departure
Route: LHR-BKK-SYD // MEL-SIN-FRA/x-LHR
Class: F
Airline: TG, SQ and LH
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 4 months before departure
Feb 27, 2006, 8:43 am
#2
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: LHR
Programs: BA OW Silver, Aegean *A Gold, Intercon Ambassador Gold, EY Gold
Posts: 249
LHR - MME // MME - LHR
Class: X
Type: Miles
Booking Time: 1 month before departure
Class: X
Type: Miles
Booking Time: 1 month before departure
Feb 27, 2006, 8:53 am
#3
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: UK
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Spire, Marriott Titanium, BA Silver, FB Explorer
Posts: 995
Route - one way Hong Kong - Singapore - Christchurch
Class - Can't remember but was Business
Airline - SQ
Type - Miles
Booking time - 7 months before departure
Have also redeemed BMi miles on VS, LH and TG but too long ago for me to remember the details I'm afraid (so probably not relevant now).
Class - Can't remember but was Business
Airline - SQ
Type - Miles
Booking time - 7 months before departure
Have also redeemed BMi miles on VS, LH and TG but too long ago for me to remember the details I'm afraid (so probably not relevant now).
Feb 27, 2006, 8:57 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LBA
Programs: BAEC Gold, PPL/IR
Posts: 438
MAN-MEX LH C, 2 months in advance (cash & miles)
LHR-LAX NZ C, 1 months in advance (cash & miles)
Absolutely no chance of getting the LAX seats again in June sadly (are they restricting redemptions because of the World Cup?), whatever the routing.
LHR-LAX NZ C, 1 months in advance (cash & miles)
Absolutely no chance of getting the LAX seats again in June sadly (are they restricting redemptions because of the World Cup?), whatever the routing.
Feb 27, 2006, 9:04 am
#5
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Location: ATL
Programs: DL Diamond, AA Plat Exec, Hilton Gold, IHG Spire Ambassador & Marriott Plat
Posts: 756
Just Booked for the family - Four of us to travel next Christmas and back in New Year:
MAN/FRA/JFK - Biz Class with LH
MIA/IAD - Econ with UA
IAD/LHR/MAN - Biz Class with UA
Booked 10 months in advance - Cash & Miles
Very Pleased to get all four of us in Biz for Transatlantic sectors
MAN/FRA/JFK - Biz Class with LH
MIA/IAD - Econ with UA
IAD/LHR/MAN - Biz Class with UA
Booked 10 months in advance - Cash & Miles
Very Pleased to get all four of us in Biz for Transatlantic sectors
Feb 27, 2006, 9:11 am
#6
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: UK
Programs: BA Blue
Posts: 274
2*LHR/ALC for April
No availabilty on line but called and had a rant about how bad BD were and couldn't they reconsider for a gold card holder. They called invetory management who kindly released two seats.
No availabilty on line but called and had a rant about how bad BD were and couldn't they reconsider for a gold card holder. They called invetory management who kindly released two seats.
Feb 27, 2006, 9:11 am
#7
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CPH-HK
PEK-LIN (all ex-Zone 2 LH F on 'cash and miles')
Booked in December for May. Got the exact days I wanted.
PEK-LIN (all ex-Zone 2 LH F on 'cash and miles')
Booked in December for May. Got the exact days I wanted.
Feb 27, 2006, 9:35 am
#8
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Route: IAD-LHR-IAD
Class: C
Airline: UA
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 10 months before departure in May 05
Trip report
Class: C
Airline: UA
Type: Cash&Miles
Booking Time: 10 months before departure in May 05
Trip report
Last edited by Fraser; Feb 27, 2006 at 12:14 pm Reason: as per request of MAN Pax
Feb 27, 2006, 9:40 am
#9
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: KEL (1 Km) or HAM (85 Km)
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 1,129
DUB-FRA-KLU // KLU-FRA-DUB
Class: X
Airline: LH/OS
Type: Miles
Booking Time: Jan 06 for Mar 06 departure
Two adults + infant
Tried for Saturday or Sunday departures, got Saturdays.
No problems - spoke to DC in the UK about it.
Aidan
PS Never any real trouble redeeming on DUB-FRA with LH, except that I have to call every time.
Class: X
Airline: LH/OS
Type: Miles
Booking Time: Jan 06 for Mar 06 departure
Two adults + infant
Tried for Saturday or Sunday departures, got Saturdays.
No problems - spoke to DC in the UK about it.
Aidan
PS Never any real trouble redeeming on DUB-FRA with LH, except that I have to call every time.
Feb 27, 2006, 9:49 am
#10
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Excellent thread...
It would be useful to know the time when the booking was made - all my previous encounters were fine - the problem seems to be bookings since the Modular Monster appeared.
Updates on the time bookings were made as well as the travel dates (to a month, for privacy) would be appreciated.
For the record, I've travelled in the Business to ORD then to LAX, also to LAX on NZ in F. Both booked a couple (and more) years ago.
Updates on the time bookings were made as well as the travel dates (to a month, for privacy) would be appreciated.
For the record, I've travelled in the Business to ORD then to LAX, also to LAX on NZ in F. Both booked a couple (and more) years ago.
Feb 27, 2006, 10:01 am
#11
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Location: Derby UK & Las Vegas US
Programs: BD*G + A3*G
Posts: 435
LHR-LAX Air New Zealand
LAX-LHR Air New Zealand
NZ1 Out (30th Jan 2006)
NZ2 In ( 6th Feb 2006)
Business Premiere,
Offered UA first, told them I preffered NZ, was given dates no problem with availability, Booked 2 weeks in advance of travel
LAX-LHR Air New Zealand
NZ1 Out (30th Jan 2006)
NZ2 In ( 6th Feb 2006)
Business Premiere,
Offered UA first, told them I preffered NZ, was given dates no problem with availability, Booked 2 weeks in advance of travel
Feb 27, 2006, 10:25 am
#12
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Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 2,290
Route:LHR-MAN/x-ORD/x-PDX
Class: J
Airline: BD/UA
Type: Cash & Miles
Booking Time: 7 months before departure
Class: J
Airline: BD/UA
Type: Cash & Miles
Booking Time: 7 months before departure
Feb 27, 2006, 11:40 am
#13
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Posts: 1,885
LHR-LAX
F on UA, Miles plus Cash
Booked 5 weeks out, Autumn 2005
Weekend in NY, would have preferred flying on the Thursday but not available.
Reasonably straightforward call; CSR seemed to know what's what.
F on UA, Miles plus Cash
Booked 5 weeks out, Autumn 2005
Weekend in NY, would have preferred flying on the Thursday but not available.
Reasonably straightforward call; CSR seemed to know what's what.
Last edited by knifeandfork; Feb 27, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Feb 27, 2006, 11:47 am
#14
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Location: London (UK), Wellington (NZ)
Programs: AirNZ AP *GE, Aegean *G, BMI Gold, BA Exec club Gold, UA MP, QFF
Posts: 303
LHR - AKL with stopover in LAX
Class: X
Airline: UA/AirNZ - couldn't get AirNZ the whole way, so got Economy+ on UA. Needed to call UA to get Economy+ reservation. Wasn't a problem (currently DC Silver)
Type: Cash & Miles
Booked: Sept,05, changed 2x until I could get the precise dates I needed. I was advised to keep ringing until seats came up - not guaranteed they would, but the situation was fluid
Travel: December 05
Class: X
Airline: UA/AirNZ - couldn't get AirNZ the whole way, so got Economy+ on UA. Needed to call UA to get Economy+ reservation. Wasn't a problem (currently DC Silver)
Type: Cash & Miles
Booked: Sept,05, changed 2x until I could get the precise dates I needed. I was advised to keep ringing until seats came up - not guaranteed they would, but the situation was fluid
Travel: December 05
Feb 27, 2006, 12:17 pm
#15
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Posts: 764
BKK - LHR on TG in C
Exact day/Flight I wanted
LHR - BHD - credit card deal when it was limited to a short haul flight not miles
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Exact day/Flight I wanted
LHR - BHD - credit card deal when it was limited to a short haul flight not miles
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