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I searched on March 2 for flights in November to AKL,SYD nothing for all of November out of YVR, LAX and SFO for the whole month.
… While I was seated in economy, Jessy flew in business class on the same flight …
For those new to points and miles ( or relationships ) this is what’s known as a high value redemption.
Plenty of flights from AKL to the USA at 40k points but no business on the fiji to usa.
leg. There is a little bit with p/e on qantas for the syd/usa leg for 55k.
Also was looking at tokyo to London. Finnair is showing at 60k in business in june 2022. Is that on special?. My recollection is that it was much higher than this?
Important caveat is that this sale only applies to the outbound leg from North America, not for the inbound leg back to North America. I would clarify that planning an Aeroplan flight back home is the wiser decision.
A cursory search over the valid date range shows 20k in economy and 40k in business from Oceania to continental US/Canada, so it seems like the return leg also gets the promotion!
Is there any way to easily (quickly) search for business class availability over a wide date range? Ie: any dates in June with business class rewards available?
Has there been a sale like this before? I’m planning a trip to Australia in late 2021, wondering what the chances are that it might show up again next year.
If the flights need to be booked by Feb 29, availability would be up to Jan 2021? I have some trips planned for 2020 already, so I could make a booking for 2021. But what is the change/cancellation policy for Alaska Air reward flights? Say if I were to book for Jan 2021 but need to move it to March?
I could be wrong but I don’t think you would be able to move it to March 2021. The ticket validity is likely one year, so if you booked Feb 29 2020 you would need to fly by Feb 28 2021 (possibly Mar 1 2021). It’s also possible they reprice the award ticket without the discount if you try to change it.
US$125 change/cancellation fee — applies to all changes/cancellation made more than 24 hours after booking. This fee is waived for Alaska MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k status holders.
If there is individual flight availability, would it be possible to stay a couple days in SNA if SNA is one of the airports in a route that is spit out? For example, YVR-NAN-AKL has a couple flight options that route through SNA before hitting LAX/SFO.
Based on a quick whirl on the search engine, it doesn’t seem possible to have a stopover somewhere in North America on a Fiji Airways itinerary.
wow impressive deal. just trying to figure it out for the family. Do you thinking it would be possible to use BA points some how ?
Not for the Alaska 50% deal. You could use BA to book Qantas flights to get between your endpoints in Australia or New Zealand, though.
Book by Feb 29, but travel by when? There’s nothing in the T&C
I would imagine until the end of schedule by the end of the Book By period – so around Jan-Feb 2021.
Thanks! Does business class availability change on Fiji or is it what-you-see-is-what-you-get? Does last minute availability increase like on BR or vary during the year like on TK?
"If you’ve been considering a trip to Australia or New Zealand sometime in 2019, and wouldn’t mind doing it in economy".
Ricky, we’re on 2020!
If only we could redeem miles for time travel. Thanks for catching this!