I was hoping some of the more experienced can help me out. Next year in mid April I'm moving to North America with my wife and little one (who will be ~16 months old), and I've been looking at flights from Perth to either SFO (preferred) or LAX. My wife is keen on us breaking up the trip where possible since this will be the first long haul flights with the baby. Given that you don't get a stopover with a Saver award, we're looking at booking two separate awards to either SIN or HKG (preferred) (but will also look at NRT and ICN when my dates come up).
When looking for some dummy PER-HKG flights, the only options that show up at the 0110 departure. If I can see availability, is it possible to book other flights PER-SIN-HKG via phone, as long as the layover is less than 24 hours? If I do it this way, has anyone had any success with getting the agent to provide the 15% discount given the flights don't show up on the search engine?
Ideally I'd book the early afternoon departure (~1420) PER-SIN and then take the 1300 SIN-HKG the following day on the one award. The afternoon flights are also on the refitted 772 which appears to have better seats than the A333 (can anyone comment on these two hard products?)
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
When looking for some dummy PER-HKG flights, the only options that show up at the 0110 departure. If I can see availability, is it possible to book other flights PER-SIN-HKG via phone, as long as the layover is less than 24 hours? If I do it this way, has anyone had any success with getting the agent to provide the 15% discount given the flights don't show up on the search engine?
Ideally I'd book the early afternoon departure (~1420) PER-SIN and then take the 1300 SIN-HKG the following day on the one award. The afternoon flights are also on the refitted 772 which appears to have better seats than the A333 (can anyone comment on these two hard products?)
Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.