I booked an award flight to Santiago in J yesterday for 11 months out. I was watching flights leading up to yesterday and the options weren't ideal. Suddenly a one stop from CLE came up and it will work quite nicely. This on AA miles and on AA planes and there were TWO SAVER SEATS. W-w-w-wait. Maybe I was dreaming? Ok, ok, I'll wait for their SOP to change my flights to impossible connections ... but I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.
This is more of a creative thinking question applied to coming home than one about award booking help, but I do want to book an award flight for the long flight home!
Santiago isn't really the big destination here for me. We have a side trip planned that will take us 5+ hours west into the Pacific and access seems to start and end in SCL. That's not to say we won't see and enjoy Santiago, some. But I'd like to see Iguazu Falls, too. All I currently have booked is the flight to SCL ... return flights are not yet scheduled (we have 2 weeks or so).
So. Say my wife and I are staying near the falls. My intention is to see both sides. Can anyone suggest a creative way to get home? The flights that show on award searches tend to be many hours and like 3 stops. Which is OK, but I might as well try to design my own stops and split up the hours better. If it makes sense. Many route through POA (so far United searches have been most productive for me, AA not so much and I haven't tried anything else yet). Don't know anything about POA but will research.
We won't have too much time to add another large visit. Or maybe we will as again, the trip is outlined but only the starting point anchored. Who's got ideas?
We have an adequate stash of UR (well over 300k) and MR. 113k BA which may help move us around down south. Our original massive AA pool has been nicely drained and we're down to 190k + 90k once I cancel one of 2 flights home from HKG (I need to update an older thread!). And 230k + 200k Alaska.
Ideas? Thanks in advance.
This is more of a creative thinking question applied to coming home than one about award booking help, but I do want to book an award flight for the long flight home!
Santiago isn't really the big destination here for me. We have a side trip planned that will take us 5+ hours west into the Pacific and access seems to start and end in SCL. That's not to say we won't see and enjoy Santiago, some. But I'd like to see Iguazu Falls, too. All I currently have booked is the flight to SCL ... return flights are not yet scheduled (we have 2 weeks or so).
So. Say my wife and I are staying near the falls. My intention is to see both sides. Can anyone suggest a creative way to get home? The flights that show on award searches tend to be many hours and like 3 stops. Which is OK, but I might as well try to design my own stops and split up the hours better. If it makes sense. Many route through POA (so far United searches have been most productive for me, AA not so much and I haven't tried anything else yet). Don't know anything about POA but will research.
We won't have too much time to add another large visit. Or maybe we will as again, the trip is outlined but only the starting point anchored. Who's got ideas?
We have an adequate stash of UR (well over 300k) and MR. 113k BA which may help move us around down south. Our original massive AA pool has been nicely drained and we're down to 190k + 90k once I cancel one of 2 flights home from HKG (I need to update an older thread!). And 230k + 200k Alaska.
Ideas? Thanks in advance.