calypso726
Escaping reality one Disney vacation at a time
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- Dec 11, 2006
So United sucks and you can't book a one way flight without the prices going up like crazy. The flight to Paris via Dulles was great but the flights back weren't going to work so I wanted to mix and match as I often do. When I searched it as a one way instead of round trip all of the cheap economy went away and the flights were over 2k. If I did it as round trip the flight was 805. So we're flying Iceland Air and meeting in Iceland instead. Not looking forward to the nonstop from Seattle to there but it was the cheapest option and the flight times worked. But I'll earn Alaska miles which are worth more to me than anything United would get me.
The awesome news is I was able to use my 2 free Hyatt nights at the Paris Vendome and then when I get my points from the CSR I'll book the 3rd night we need. And since I just put DLP and my flight on my card with some other shopping I'm only 1k away from meeting min spend, yay!
The other awesome thing was DLP had a special of 2 nights paid 2 nights free or 2 nights paid 1 night free, so for the same price we're staying there 4 nights. We also splurged for club level at the Sequoia Lodge to get free breakfast buffet, the drinks/snack and the daily hotel fast pass.
This is my first trip with a mix of paying and points/cc bonus stuff which was planned and I'm excited about. I'm hoping to pay less oop for trips going forward with all this but for now I'm excited and happy.
We're flying into De Gaulle but out of Orly, does anyone have any tips with either? Orly seemed closer to Paris and easier to get to/go through as far as coming home.
Awesome! Yeah, United does suck but I’ve been lucky a few times finding award flights at the saver level and booked one ways with UR points transferred to United. We flew out of CDG once and it was not at all pleasant. I imagine flying in wold be easier though. You’ll have to let us all know what they Hyatt in Paris is like please!
I love reading about your travel/rewards adventures.
I copied the part about Hilton and gold status because I also have gold status thanks to the AmEx Platinum and really have no idea how this whole upgrade thing works.
We are staying at the Hilton in Chicago that's next to the theater where Hamilton is playing in December. I have three rooms booked for our party of 6 - standard rooms, two queen beds. Do I ask whether there are any upgrades available when we check in? Would they be willing to upgrade some but not all 3 of the rooms, if 3 upgrades are not available?
Anything else I should know -- but obviously do not, because I really know nothing - except that I got $900 worth of room reservations for free, thanks to AmEx and Citi
The terms and conditions do state space available upgrades. I’d advise checking in and asking very nicely. The worst they could say is none are available. I’d ask and take what they have even if all of the rooms can’t be upgraded. Are you going to go see Hamilton while you are there? New York, Chicago, London and Puerto Rico Hamilton shows are on my list of Hamilton performances I want to see.