indyhorizons
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Good Morning,
I have a pending exchange request for MKO, MAW & MM1 for this summer. The request has been in since August 08. I am trading a Horizons Orlando 2 BR Plat wk which I know isn't the strongest of trades for Hawaii. I have resigned myself to Flexchange transaction.
My dilemma is this: My flights will be using freq flyer miles on NW. As a result of the NW/Delta merger, one of the changes is a move to DL's 3 tiered reward structure. While I have a healthy number of miles in my acct, I also need to use miles for a family of 5. The new structure is almost destined to make this impossible.
As a result, I am seriously considering booking award travel on NW now (prior to Jan 15 change) to secure the perksaver awards to HNL that I currently see. I realize that if I am able to secure another island location, that I can rather inexpensively fly to the new island (or I have misc ff miles on USair that I can use to fly between islands if need be).
Question, do you think I should book the airfare now, thus limiting my search to a one week window of time vs. 2 mos current? In other words, during flexchange is it likely that I will get something close to or around my travel dates? My DH & I went to MKO in March of 08 on an AC and during flexchange (I think it was 3 wks before), we secured our exact travel dates. What do you suppose the chances of doing so again during the summer months?
Thanks all!!!
I have a pending exchange request for MKO, MAW & MM1 for this summer. The request has been in since August 08. I am trading a Horizons Orlando 2 BR Plat wk which I know isn't the strongest of trades for Hawaii. I have resigned myself to Flexchange transaction.
My dilemma is this: My flights will be using freq flyer miles on NW. As a result of the NW/Delta merger, one of the changes is a move to DL's 3 tiered reward structure. While I have a healthy number of miles in my acct, I also need to use miles for a family of 5. The new structure is almost destined to make this impossible.
As a result, I am seriously considering booking award travel on NW now (prior to Jan 15 change) to secure the perksaver awards to HNL that I currently see. I realize that if I am able to secure another island location, that I can rather inexpensively fly to the new island (or I have misc ff miles on USair that I can use to fly between islands if need be).
Question, do you think I should book the airfare now, thus limiting my search to a one week window of time vs. 2 mos current? In other words, during flexchange is it likely that I will get something close to or around my travel dates? My DH & I went to MKO in March of 08 on an AC and during flexchange (I think it was 3 wks before), we secured our exact travel dates. What do you suppose the chances of doing so again during the summer months?
Thanks all!!!