US Dividend Miles - Post Your SUCCESSFUL oneworld bookings here

[The Rok]

Nice one... How far out are the flights?

Dec 08th till Jan 06th..

 

[jgm]

You've actually gotten off lightly...I reckon they have forgotten to add BA's YQ surcharge which would probably have added 100s! Remember - they should pass on YQ for BA/IB.

It seems (from the postings on FT) that they are not charging YQ for BA redemptions. Let's hope that US-DM can stay part from AA for a LONG time!

 

[anat0l]

She could not give me a breakdown, said it just showed a total amount. It included the $25 booking fee. I questioned it, it seemed very high. I asked if the $508 was maybe for both of us, and she said no, its each. They have only deducted 60,000 miles from each account so I'm tempted to stay quite!

Probably should have mentioned that agents have no way of telling you the breakdown. Even if they go to the rate desk, the response they get back is usually just a single figure with no justification.

I have only questioned an agent once because I worked out a booking was erroneously being charged the UK APD twice (rather than just once). This took a bit of agent bingo because you need someone switched on to be able to suspect something was up (viz. agree with you) then go to the rates desk.

Most of the time you can check the taxes by replicating the booking on ITA, getting the full breakdown, then manually omitting YQ and (sometimes) YR lines. This should be close to what you paid, sans the booking fee (and expedited ticketing fee if necessary).

Of course, again, in this case, I won't bother to check

It seems (from the postings on FT) that they are not charging YQ for BA redemptions. Let's hope that US-DM can stay part from AA for a LONG time!

Let's not get too excited. They might get wise to this, especially if some FT forums start bleating that fact. Just take the small wins where you can.

 

[bcworld]

It seems (from the postings on FT) that they are not charging YQ for BA redemptions. Let's hope that US-DM can stay part from AA for a LONG time!

Them not charging is not by design though. The OW award chart specifically states they SHOULD be passing on BA/IB surcharges.

Notes
1) British Airways and Iberia charge additional carrier-imposed fees starting from $53USD per person, one-way

The BA YQ for SIN-LHR in F is actually S$344!

 

[mos]

Just ticketed for 2 passengers in September/October:

PER-HKG-ORD, CX J
ORD-HKG (2 night stopover)-PER, CX J

110k miles each plus $173 ($123 taxes + $50 USDM processing fee).

Very happy so far with US Airways move to oneworld

Cheers,
Mike

 

[bcworld]

Just ticketed for 2 passengers in September/October:

PER-HKG-ORD, CX J
ORD-HKG (2 night stopover)-PER, CX J

110k miles each plus $173 ($123 taxes + $50 USDM processing fee).

Very happy so far with US Airways move to oneworld

Cheers,
Mike

I'm loving all this CX redemption...flying long haul on CX is one of my most favouritest things!

 

[mos]

I'm loving all this CX redemption...flying long haul on CX is one of my most favouritest things!

Even better when you use QFF website to find availability and see the points/taxes they would charge for the same flights!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm loving all this CX redemption...flying long haul on CX is one of my most favouritest things!

there is also some reasonable availability for CX F to places such as LAX, ORD and JFK

wonder how long they give that away until they do an LH?

 

[boomy]

Just ticketed for 2 passengers in September/October:

PER-HKG-ORD, CX J
ORD-HKG (2 night stopover)-PER, CX J

110k miles each plus $173 ($123 taxes + $50 USDM processing fee).

Very happy so far with US Airways move to oneworld

Cheers,
Mike

Very nice!
Now I'm waiting for another 100% bonus promo

 

[Alanslegal]

how are people searching for cx flights?

 

[The Rok]

Very nice!
Now I'm waiting for another 100% bonus promo

I just rang USDM with some rough dates and let them search'

 

[QF029]

there is also some reasonable availability for CX F to places such as LAX, ORD and JFK

wonder how long they give that away until they do an LH?

Are there any MPM issues going AUS-HKG-USA?

 

[bcworld]

Are there any MPM issues going AUS-HKG-USA?

No. HKG is the perfect transit point.

 

[anat0l]

Are there any MPM issues going AUS-HKG-USA?

I would be tempted to act like previously, and say to hell with the MPM for Australia - Asia - North America, as long as the route is reasonably non-backtrack and you aren't being too silly.

But if HKG fits, that's great; certainly a good way to get around the almost barren availability over the Pacific direct.

Anyone know CX's award seat release habits? Are they like TG where they just keep releasing a few seats at a time, or do they have a hard limit (but quite a generous one)?

How about MH? My gut tells me that in Asia, in terms of the most to the least generous, CX > MH > JL.

 

[kezzakawasaki]

Pretty chuffed!! First business class QF booking made for the two of us this morning to travel Sydney to Perth return in October for the Labour Day long weekend
30K Dividend Miles return in business, plus a total of USD$148.56 in taxes - $50 processing fee plus $24.28 tax per passenger. Used AA.com to check availability so I had the flight numbers handy when I rang.
Tried the automated voice recognition but it had no clue about Perth, even with my best US accent. Friendly agent also hadn't heard of Perth, so I gave him a crash course in Australian geography
All up about 30 minutes on the line (including 15 minutes wait time) fingers crossed the new A330-200 business class seats will make it onto one or both of our flights, but I suspect we may be a tad early for that.

 

[bcworld]

I would be tempted to act like previously, and say to hell with the MPM for Australia - Asia - North America, as long as the route is reasonably non-backtrack and you aren't being too silly.

But if HKG fits, that's great; certainly a good way to get around the almost barren availability over the Pacific direct.

Anyone know CX's award seat release habits? Are they like TG where they just keep releasing a few seats at a time, or do they have a hard limit (but quite a generous one)?

How about MH? My gut tells me that in Asia, in terms of the most to the least generous, CX > MH > JL.

CX are very generous within a few weeks of departure. Otherwise I see pretty slim pickings on MEL<>HKG for forward bookings. BNE<>HKG seems better and ADL<>HKG pretty good. Not paid too much attention to SYD but I reckon one of the daily flights seems quite open.

They seem to have good availability between HKG and the US, particularly NYC.

 

[anat0l]

CX are very generous within a few weeks of departure. Otherwise I see pretty slim pickings on MEL<>HKG for forward bookings. BNE<>HKG seems better and ADL<>HKG pretty good. Not paid too much attention to SYD but I reckon one of the daily flights seems quite open.

They seem to have good availability between HKG and the US, particularly NYC.

I know that CX for HKG/NYC or HKG/ORD are particularly good; even in F, seats can be found on a fairly decent basis (at least when we are talking about F seats; not as generous as TG F, but TG is more an outlier than in the main pack). This is searching with the QF engine and months before this "phantom availability" issue came to light; not sure how it is now.

I guess one consequence unlike *A is that if you cannot get immediate availability out of the port you are originating from, you can use QF to reposition to one that you can (at the cost of possibly a better lounge and time).

Availability a few weeks before departure is good if you're a last minute flyer, but it does mean you run the risk of having to stump up the expedited ticketing fee.

 

[The Rok]

Interestingly, when I input my booking reference number into the QR manage my booking section I get the full itinery, and the breakdown of charges is as follows:

Receipt Contact Details
Ticket Fare AUD 0.00
Date 04-Apr-14
Equivalent Ticket Fare USD 0.00
Taxes and Carrierimposed
Fees 50.96 AU, USD 5.72 WG, USD 29.71 WY, USD 323.28 GB, USD 72.90 UB
Office
HKGCX0ERS
CATHAY PACIFIC
+974 4449 6666
Total USD 482.57
Payment CREDIT CARD

 

[tm.smile]

100% promo for Buy, Gift and Share begins on the 7th US time. Not yet live, but promo is all over the Get Miles page - staggered at 50/75/100% will go for a week till the 13th.
US Airways | Buy, share or gift miles

Will be stocking up and replenishing. Anyone got any ideas about how far in advance you can book CX/QF/MH tickets with USDM? I can't seem to find the answer. Is it 330 days just like AA?

 

[The Rok]

With the AUD being pretty strong in taking this one!