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cantona7
post Mar 26 2017, 11:45 AM

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Hi there,

Need some opinions from expert here.
I am planning to use One World redemption.

1.) If I am planning to go to USA west coast, is it better to land at San Francisco or Los Angeles? I am planning to rent a car and go around few itinerary like Disneyland and Vegas.

2.) I am planning to redeem 3 economy ticket.
Which will be the better option for better flight experience and lower surcharge?
There are so many choices:
like Qatar, JAL, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, American Airlines, Emirates

Thanks in advance.
cantona7
post Mar 28 2017, 02:01 PM

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QUOTE(miuk @ Mar 28 2017, 06:53 AM)
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Thanks for the advice.
I have called the enrich hotline to check for the availability of JAL and AA, to my surprise both also no availability.
It sounds like they are rejecting OW redemption by simply saying no availability.

Anyone have experience redeeming OW from Enrich?
cantona7
post Mar 31 2017, 01:24 AM

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QUOTE(raist86 @ Mar 28 2017, 11:35 PM)
Have you checked JAL availability using their FF program Mileage Bank? If flight does not appear on their own FFP, then it's unlikely that you can get flight redemption on enrich. If it's available, you MAY be able to redeem the flight on enrich. Note down the flight date and flight number and give the enrich agent the specific details.

Same applies with AA. Alternatively, you can try using British Airways Avios system to check as they cover most OW FFPs.
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Thanks a million raist86.
I tried to check the availability using BA Avios system and it works like a charm.

QUOTE(msa9696 @ Mar 28 2017, 11:45 PM)
If you have time, I personally prefer to go to KL Sentral for more complicated One World redemption or when I have problems getting the tickets through call. Sometimes the contact centre really sucks, just like other airline such as SIA
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Noted. Will take note on this.
Thank you.


QUOTE(miuk @ Mar 29 2017, 02:05 AM)
Per @raist86, you need to search for availability using BA or JL or Qantas.

Redeeming award flights is not as easy like what they say in the marketing brochures.

Either you make your booking at 330 days in advance or 2 weeks before flying for best availability.

For eg. I just booked my CNY 2018 trip about 2 weeks ago for coming back to KUL and I'm now searching for my return flight back (looking at either CX, JL or BR).
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The flight availability is quite a lot actually.
NRT --> LAX
Economy: 48K miles
Premium Economy: 62K miles
Business Class: 72K miles

I think business class is the most worth it to claim.
As the normal price ticket cost RM30K.


This post has been edited by cantona7: Mar 31 2017, 01:32 AM
cantona7
post Mar 31 2017, 03:43 PM

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QUOTE(miuk @ Mar 31 2017, 11:21 AM)
I'm assuming that you're looking at JL...

The only downside to me the 10hr layover at NRT. I'm also looking at that particular KUL-NRT-LAX redemption. If i do take it, i'll probably head over to Tokyo for a quick makan and look see.
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Yes. JAL.
But I don't whether OW single carrier allows stopover or not.
JAL (KUL-NRT) stopover then (NRT-LAX).

If allow, then great!
Anyone has experience on this?
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