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No Change Fees for Condor Airlines Award Tickets Booked with Alaska Airlines Miles (My 2 Award Changes)

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Good afternoon everyone.  Last month, I wrote Reminder: Condor Airlines has Flights to/from Europe for 25K-45K (Economy) & 55K (Business) using Alaska Miles.  At the time I wrote that post, I had booked Condor Airlines business class from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vancouver, BC (YVR) for 55,000 Alaska Airlines miles per person.  I needed to get to Southern California for an event, so I booked a separate award ticket on Air Canada from Vancouver, BC (YVR) to Los Angeles (LAX).

When it comes to award tickets, the price is the price and the availability is the availability on the specific day that you look.  Award prices and availability are constantly changing, so keep checking to see if award tickets get cheaper or better award flights open up.  I originally booked this award ticket on June 4 and my flight was on July 16, so I kept checking every few days to see if I could find a better option to fly back to Southern California.

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4 Buy Miles / Points Promos Ending Soon: Air Canada (50%), United Airlines (50%), Choice Hotels (30%) & Southwest (40%)

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope your Father’s Day Weekend is going well.  I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 4 offers that end in the next week.  Always check the math to make sure that buying miles & points makes sense for you.  Do not buy miles & points speculatively unless you have a use in mind.  With that said, here are 4 offers that end soon.

Up first, Air Canada is offering up to a 50% discount, depending on the number of Air Canada Aeroplan Miles you purchase. This offer expires today – June 17.

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How to Book Virgin Atlantic Partner Awards for KLM Flights – Error Online? Call VA to Book

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Good afternoon everyone. 2 weeks ago, my wife and I decided to book a last minute trip to Europe this summer with stops in Prague (PRG), Copenhagen (CPH), and Amsterdam (AMS).  This morning, I wrote Some KLM Business Class Awards (Booked with Virgin Atlantic) are Cheaper than Economy Awards for Flights Within Europe. After you find the perfect KLM business class award that is bookable with Virgin Atlantic Miles, you might run into issues purchasing the award ticket online.  In this post, I will show you how to book the Virgin Atlantic award tickets over the phone and select your seats on the KLM website.

For our 11:30am KLM flight from Copenhagen to Amsterdam (CPH-AMS), Virgin Atlantic had a total cost of 18,000 Virgin Atlantic Miles + $47.80.  I signed into my Virgin Atlantic account, went through the booking process, entered my credit card info, pressed submit, and got this error message: “Sorry, things change so quickly around here and that fare isn’t available anymore.  Please search again to see what’s available. #100503.”  I tried a few different times from different browsers and on my phone, but always got the same error message.  I decided to call Virgin Atlantic for help.

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Some KLM Business Class Awards (Booked with Virgin Atlantic) are Cheaper than Economy Awards for Flights Within Europe

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Good afternoon everyone. 2 weeks ago, my wife and I decided to book a last minute trip to Europe this summer with stops in Prague (PRG), Copenhagen (CPH), and Amsterdam (AMS). When I searched for flights from Copenhagen to Amsterdam (CPH-AMS), I found 2 morning flights on KLM that would work perfectly for our schedule. Unfortunately, the prices ($243-$285) were a little higher than we wanted to pay for the 1.5 hour flight. I used Point.me to search for these flights to see if they were bookable with miles. Strangely, the award prices were lower in business class than in economy. Let me show you what I found and how I booked the award ticket.

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Reminder: Condor Airlines has Flights to/from Europe for 25K-45K (Economy) & 55K (Business) using Alaska Miles

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Good afternoon everyone.  2 weeks ago, my wife and I decided to book a last minute trip to Europe this summer with stops in Prague (PRG), Copenhagen (CPH), and Amsterdam (AMS).  Researching award flights can be a combination of excitement, frustration, and extreme outside the box thinking.  I love using Point.me to search for award space and was able to find Air France business class saver space for San Francisco to Paris to Prague (SFO-CDG-PRG) for 65,000 miles + $242 in taxes/fees per person.  Point.me pro tip: run multiple searches at the same time in different tabs to maximize your searching and minimize your time.

For our return trip, I had a much harder time finding saver award space back home.  Luckily, Point.me found Condor Airlines business class flights that were bookable with Alaska Airlines miles.  If you want to see what Condor Airlines business class looks like, check out this One Mile at a Time review.

In this post, I will show you the 15 routes that Condor Airlines flies from Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to the United States and Canada.  I will also sort them in a table based on arrival city (alphabetical) and duration (shortest to longest).  The dates shown in these images were the first available business class flights I found, but award space is constantly changing, so you may find more or less award space if you look today.  Economy prices range from 25K to 45K miles, depending on availability and the route; business class is fixed at 55K miles for all routes.

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