so. I learned something useful today. Originally I had a trip plan of 5 nights Maui, 2 nights LA on our way home bc that's all I could see booking Avios awards. (Maui) I did some checking around,and was given some advice online that I should call and switch to 7 nights on Maui,and just head home,don't stop in LA. I figured It couldn't hurt to try it. SO I checked BA site, no awards available for the new date home. Then I checked the AA site, and found an Alaska Air flight on my new date that seemed great...... So I then opened a new window and found the award flight on the AK air site....then I called BA to inquire about changing the flights,and figured the charges would be worth the itinerary tweaks. On the call I got a great agent who talked me thru the best way to do this- she instructed me to CANCEL the flights,and rebook using the points for the flight I could see on AK Air. (I was anxious bc my last experience doing this was not good and took a long while to get my points back) She told me she'd do it ALL on the phone,right then if I canceled now. (wow) so I did it. It took about 10 minutes on the phone,and she rebooked us on our new date,so we now have a full 7 nights in Maui! By canceling,then having her rebook right then on the phone, I only had to 'pay' the 5.60 taxes on the original ticket,no cost to change it!
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This is especially awesome bc I had the Marriott nights and flights certificate already attached to my 5 night res. and I just added the extra 2 days!!! So for the same amount of points I got Maui for the full week plus the SWA points for use now. SO EXCITED
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And the flight home from LAx coincides nicely with our new date too! I'm wondering now..... If our OGG-LAX flight lands at 12:30 am,and our LAX-BOS flight leaves at 6:30 am..... should I look into possibly hanging out in a lounge at LAX for those few hours to wait? I have PP,plus some extra lounge thingys from the Hilton Amex Biz I could use.....