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September 16, 2015 02:00AM
Looks like SQM has airline shops for a particular favorite airline here in the States....has anyone done one of these shops yet? Considering they would pay half the airfare, it might be worth checking out and if I can pair this up with some other shops in a different area of the country, that would be an interesting adventure.

Silver certified (since 2009) and willing to do shops all around the greater Chicago, NW Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin areas (including airports!.
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September 16, 2015 03:12AM
My understanding is they'll pay half the airfare if you book following directions. I checked a couple fares. I can get more than 50% off, using alternatives to using the airline's site. No incentive there for me. YMMV.
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November 02, 2015 11:10PM
What are some alternatives to SQM that offer greater than a 50% discount?

Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.
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November 03, 2015 01:17AM
We are shooting for a possible Companion Pass this upcoming year... I suppose we would not be able to use the Companion Pass with this program? Hm. I wonder.
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November 03, 2015 02:43AM
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2015 08:28PM by saacman5033.
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November 06, 2015 07:35PM
I also want to know where to get discount airfare like that! (not as a shop).
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November 07, 2015 01:32AM
@LindaM wrote:

We are shooting for a possible Companion Pass this upcoming year... I suppose we would not be able to use the Companion Pass with this program? Hm. I wonder.

You can't do the shop with companion pass, or earn any rewards. The tickets are purchased by SQM.
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November 10, 2015 07:28AM
I have not done one yet since I have the companion pass. It ends in December so may try for one of these shops in January. Problem for me is most flights involve change of plane which requires 2 reports. So may not be worth it.
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November 11, 2015 04:20AM
@carlsbadguy wrote:

I have not done one yet since I have the companion pass. It ends in December so may try for one of these shops in January. Problem for me is most flights involve change of plane which requires 2 reports. So may not be worth it.

I had four reports for roundtrip of 2400 miles, with a savings of about $250.
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November 12, 2015 08:00AM
For people that have done these how long does the report take.
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November 13, 2015 01:46AM
I just did my first one, so it took a bit longer, I think, but...maybe an hour? You can do a lot of the pre-work while you are flying. It was long, but no worse than some of the word-for-word restaurant shops I've done for $35. For my purposes, it's totally worth it to get the airfare discount.
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November 13, 2015 02:12AM
My first flight was four hours and I was able to start the report on my iPad, with some covering up. It is detailed and you have to pay attention to all the announcements pre-boarding and on flight. The report is similar to FD. I did my report in bits and pieces, so cannot give a time, but definitely over one hour. With connecting flights, I had four reports.

@LateRain. I'm curious, did you give you pre-screen status also?
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November 21, 2015 06:07AM
$300 r/t flight that connects. That's 4 reports for $150. Except.... I couldn't get the $300+$100 compensation they were offering for overbooking, I didn't get the flight credits, I didn't get the triple points (or even single ones) on my airline cc, and I didn't get the thousand miles. The rewards points are booked under the scheduler's name so you can't make any changes to the flight -- I'm assuming that's why we can't turn them in afterwards -- they've already been claimed. Since the points would have been half a one way ticket for the same flight, I basically got a quarter of a ticket for 4 reports and a lot of hassle. The scheduler probably made out pretty nicely, though. Not doing this again unless it's a non-stop and a lot more money saved.

Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/2015 06:11AM by PasswordNotFound.
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November 21, 2015 06:17AM
My flight was almost $500, so it was 4 reports for $250 for me. There are no reward points, but I'm not on that reward program. I would do it again, especially with non-connecting flights.
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November 22, 2015 03:12AM
Thanks for the heads up....I was thinking of trying this one out in a couple of months to see how it works out.

Silver certified (since 2009) and willing to do shops all around the greater Chicago, NW Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin areas (including airports!.
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November 22, 2015 05:09AM
I thought about doing one of these coming home from a cruise but realized I would be so tired there was no way I could concentrate enough to do it. Every flight was a two part so it would be two reports.
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