100% Share Promo back on Monday 2nd December?

[bcworld]

Worst case, I am forced to fly Etihad (AA partner) first class to Europe instead of Thai, again...

Remembering of course that that will have to be ticketed as 2 awards as I think via AUH to Europe would not be permitted under current rules.

 

[Gold Member]

Remembering of course that that will have to be ticketed as 2 awards as I think via AUH to Europe would not be permitted under current rules.

Nope, EY publishes a fare from Australia to Europe (with AA points) so it's the standard South Pac to Europe AA partner award.

 

[bcworld]

Nope, EY publishes a fare from Australia to Europe (with AA points) so it's the standard South Pac to Europe AA partner award.

Is a standard South Pacific to Europe award permitted via the middle east zone...I thought not?

 

[anat0l]

Nope, EY publishes a fare from Australia to Europe (with AA points) so it's the standard South Pac to Europe AA partner award.

Is a standard South Pacific to Europe award permitted via the middle east zone...I thought not?

I'd be interested to hear Gold Member's AA experience on this. I know QF is possible (e.g. QF1 or QF9) if you can obtain availability on the entire flight marketed as SYD or MEL to LHR (rather than two flights connecting in DXB).

I'd like to think the rules should change or be modified so as to accommodate QR's recent entry into the alliance.

 

[bcworld]

I'd be interested to hear Gold Member's AA experience on this. I know QF is possible (e.g. QF1 or QF9) if you can obtain availability on the entire flight marketed as SYD or MEL to LHR (rather than two flights connecting in DXB).

I'd like to think the rules should change or be modified so as to accommodate QR's recent entry into the alliance.

The fact that QF is only available on a single flight number suggests that other middle east transits will not be valid.

My understanding is Aus - Europe MUST be via Asia and also via specific cities...which hopefully have been updated to include KUL. I agree DOH should be valid too, and AUH but I can't find any evidence that the exceptions to the no third region rule have been changed.

 

[burmans]

Undoubtedly this is another great points buying opportunity. But surely US (or via AA merger) will be 'enhancing' their partner award redemptions in quick time. Propping up your balance sheet via a cheap points sales is an easy and quick way to realise immediate financial reporting benefit, and given that we haven't seen a devaluation on either airlines for some time I fear the timing it is very likely.

If the devaluation is anything like the recent United devaluation, things are looking bleak. That said, until we know (if at all) to what extent the points are devalued, this offer is most welcomed and I will be partaking to the fullest extent in both of my US Air accounts. Worst case, I am forced to fly Etihad (AA partner) first class to Europe instead of Thai, again...

Devaluations can happen with any program but my view is that even with 20-30% devaluation this is a good deal so there is a decent buffer here before it becomes a dud deal. Bear in mind plenty were buying with the 100% buy promo! this is way better than that!

 

[NM]

Nope, EY publishes a fare from Australia to Europe (with AA points) so it's the standard South Pac to Europe AA partner award.

Note that the AA web site states:

Service within the Middle East and between the Middle East and North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

for Etihad award flights. Now this may just be a poorly written statement and may in fact include SWP or Australia, but its not included in the statement quoted. However, there is no further reference to any limitation or exclusion of SWP/Australia elsewhere on the AA site that I can find.

And of course using a QF or BA "positioning" flight at one end or the other would allow the use of a OneWorld Explorer award, overcoming any limitations that may otherwise exist for connections through Asia or Middle East.

 

[bcworld]

Note that the AA web site states:

for Etihad award flights. Now this may just be a poorly written statement and may in fact include SWP or Australia, but its not included in the statement quoted. However, there is no further reference to any limitation or exclusion of SWP/Australia elsewhere on the AA site that I can find.

And of course using a QF or BA "positioning" flight at one end or the other would allow the use of a OneWorld Explorer award, overcoming any limitations that may otherwise exist for connections through Asia or Middle East.

A oneworld Explorer would require many more miles of course...and couldn't include EY.

 

[bigsleep55]

Guys, I think this thread has gone off topic...

Back to this share promo:

My points posted this morning (roughly 12 hours after sharing). Going to put through the 'C-A' & 'C-B' transactions tonight. Just amazed that for $1702.50 you can get 5 x return J in the South Pacific (obviously FX + taxes on top) -$340.50 per return J!

 

[anat0l]

Guys, I think this thread has gone off topic...

Back to this share promo:

My points posted this morning (roughly 12 hours after sharing). Going to put through the 'C-A' & 'C-B' transactions tonight. Just amazed that for $1702.50 you can get 5 x return J in the South Pacific (obviously FX + taxes on top) -$340.50 per return J!

Aaah... we will surely miss days like these when US DM disappears.

It's amazing how US sustained itself with these promotions (not so much the airline itself), and the host carrier is merging with what is admittedly a very decent (but more restrictive) FFP of another carrier which is admittedly bankrupt (well, the airline is, the FFP is certainly not)!

I think some of the *A partners might breathe some relief after the main consolidator of the alliance is gone (too little, too late for the Lufthansa Group, though...)

 

[NM]

A oneworld Explorer would require many more miles of course...and couldn't include EY.

Indeed true.

 

[Solid]

Took the opportunity to participate, bonus appeared immediately.

 

[auriga]

Aaah... we will surely miss days like these when US DM disappears.

It's amazing how US sustained itself with these promotions (not so much the airline itself), and the host carrier is merging with what is admittedly a very decent (but more restrictive) FFP of another carrier which is admittedly bankrupt (well, the airline is, the FFP is certainly not)!

I think some of the *A partners might breathe some relief after the main consolidator of the alliance is gone (too little, too late for the Lufthansa Group, though...)

I really loved BMI's Diamond Club program. Those were the days indeed!
US Dividend Miles was a reasonable replacement, but sadly the days are numbered.
So now, only left with the rather inflexible Lifemiles.

 

[bcworld]

I really loved BMI's Diamond Club program. Those were the days indeed!
US Dividend Miles was a reasonable replacement, but sadly the days are numbered.
So now, only left with the rather inflexible Lifemiles.

Diamond Club was the program thing ever!

One way awards with stopovers and surface segments...no problem! Part cash part miles. 1000 miles a night at Hilton. They even had miraculous SQ access like LM.

Greatly missed!

 

[hossein_au]

Took the opportunity to participate, bonus appeared immediately.

Just took the plunge as well. Had 40k in my son's account. Divided it into 4x10k into his brother's and sister's as well as my parents' (I have 3 kids; all accounts are legitimate family accounts). NONE have appeared so far, and the originating account still shows the original 40k balance :-( This was about 1 hour ago.

 

[hossein_au]

Diamond Club was the program thing ever!

One way awards with stopovers and surface segments...no problem! Part cash part miles. 1000 miles a night at Hilton. They even had miraculous SQ access like LM.

Greatly missed!

No wonder they went belly up!!! Sorry I missed the whole thing :-(

 

[markis10]

Just took the plunge as well. Had 40k in my son's account. Divided it into 4x10k into his brother's and sister's as well as my parents' (I have 3 kids; all accounts are legitimate family accounts). NONE have appeared so far, and the originating account still shows the original 40k balance :-( This was about 1 hour ago.

Huh, why would you divide in 10K and only get the smaller bonus when 30K and over gets 100%, not to mention the USD 30 x 4?

 

[hossein_au]

Huh, why would you divide in 10K and only get the smaller bonus when 30K and over gets 100%, not to mention the USD 30 x 4?

This is the start of a few forthcoming transfers ;-)

 

[markis10]

This is the start of a few forthcoming transfers ;-)

But now you have to climb the 50% and 75% barriers when one 30k transfer would have you rolling along at 100%????

 

[hossein_au]

This is the start of a few forthcoming transfers ;-)

Speaking of which, has anyone looks at this as a variation to the traditional "knapsack" problem?

1) six sacks
2) all empty, except one having 40 "chips"
3) transfer of chips from one sack to another may earn bonus chips (based on a set table)
4) transfer of chips incurs a cost of, say, 1cent per chip per transfer
5) each sack may earn maximum of 50 bonus chips, after which transfers are allowed but don't earn any bonus
6) we want to, say, end up with around 150 chips in 2 of the sack and with zero or minimal left over in the other sacks

Based on the above conditions and constraints:
7) minimise the total amount of cost calculated in item 4 above.

I have looked at this from a math/operational research point of view and have developed the optimisation formula, but have not had time to actually implement it in software to calculate the optimum answer... Where are those people in high school that keep telling you math is useless in real life??!! ;-)