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An idea for you to fly ELAL
Hey Ben
there is a way to plan for you to fly with ELAL in business class to Europe and from Europe continue on KLM 787 to China (i know you wanted to fly to the USA).
If i am correct, LY has upgrade options with CASH to First class (even with the purser). its similar to what you did with Xiamen Airlines. so if you take such a ticket with at least 1 segment with LY you could try to upgrade to first. if not so try business class which is basically the same.
i can see LY operating 747 during AUG. so give it a try
Option 1
TLV-AMS: LY 747
AMS-CTU CZ (OPERATED BY KL 787)
CTU-AMS CZ (OPERATED BY KL 787)
AMS-TLV LY 747
the above will cost you USD 3216
Option 2
TLV-AMS: KL
AMS-CTU CZ (OPERATED BY KL 787)
CTU-AMS CZ (OPERATED BY KL 787)
AMS-TLV LY 747
the above will cost you USD 2389
Option 3 (this option will mean you dont fly ELAL but fly alot of KL product and can get many miles)
TLV-AMS: KL
AMS-CTU CZ (OPERATED BY KL 787)
CTU-AMS CZ (OPERATED BY KL 787)
AMS-TLV KL
the above will cost you USD 1561
all these tickets are under China Southern ticket stock. so
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