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Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
Posted:
22 Oct 2012, 16:35by Vegascrazy
Does anyone know if you can pay extra for a CDC (booked with 17.5k miles) to take you further than 75 miles? Just looking at options for getting from LAX to Palm Springs when we arrive on the 7 next year.
Cheers
James
Re: Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
Posted:
22 Oct 2012, 16:45by slinky09
Yes you can, just did this (sitting pool side at the Desert Eclipse right now). I was quoted $190 when I made the booking, the driver then asked for $125 which he happily received plus a tip. I find the company that VS currently uses (Avalon I think) to be very efficient, the cars and drivers good - have done this a few times.
Normal rates between LAX and Palm Springs are in the range of $450-550 so I think this is a relatively good use of miles. And after the long flight we much prefer to do this and pick up a hire car in Palm Springs than driver down from LA in the traffic!
Re: Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
Posted:
22 Oct 2012, 17:00by Vegascrazy
That's incredibly useful info Slinky - thanks so much. Also going to look at Desert Eclipse...we usually stay at the small (yet extremely fabulous!) Desert Riviera on E Palm Canyon but perhaps fancy a change next year!
Re: Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
Posted:
22 Oct 2012, 17:19by preiffer
I've done it before by offering VS to charge more miles also. They did at the time - so I dare say they can do it again...
Re: Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
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13 Jan 2013, 10:32by Vegascrazy
Just an update on this, spoke to VS yesterday and they said I could pay cash to cover the mileage over & above the 75 included miles for 17.5k miles. Adding miles wasn't an option unfortunately. Was quoted $162 which feel is good value (there are two of us) so booked there & then
No cash outlay now, just pay driver.
Re: Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
Posted:
13 Jan 2013, 11:08by slinky09
Vegascrazy wrote:Just an update on this, spoke to VS yesterday and they said I could pay cash to cover the mileage over & above the 75 included miles for 17.5k miles. Adding miles wasn't an option unfortunately. Was quoted $162 which feel is good value (there are two of us) so booked there & then No cash outlay now, just pay driver.
That's great y) . We're back in April so will be doing the same
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Re: Booking a VS CDC for collection from LAX
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13 Jan 2013, 11:57by buns
Vegascrazy wrote:Just an update on this, spoke to VS yesterday and they said I could pay cash to cover the mileage over & above the 75 included miles for 17.5k miles. Adding miles wasn't an option unfortunately. Was quoted $162 which feel is good value (there are two of us) so booked there & then No cash outlay now, just pay driver.
V.useful to know y) y) We are seriously considering a W.Coast jaunt that will encompass Palm Springs (and that would include the Hotel in Palm Springs you have used in the past) in early summer
Much to decide next month
buns