Update: Garuda has announced that the promotion has ended early. 90% off is no longer available as of 12/24/2016 at Midnight Indonesian time.
Garuda Indonesia is offering an amazing deal on award tickets.
The Offer
Best Deal of the Year! Get a 90% Discount when redeeming Garuda Miles.
Need to Know
Update: According to Point me to the Plane you may need to actually go to one of their offices to get the award fully ticketed.
- Book between December 22 – 31 for travel between February 1 and May 31, 2017.
- This offer has been confirmed by the airline.
- You can see the offer here, however you may need to translate it.
- Awards must be booked by calling their Indonesia Call Center at +62 21 2351 9999.
- Garuda Indonesia is a 1:1 transfer partner of Citi ThankYou. According to some reports transfers take 2 or more days.
- The airline will not hold awards if you don’t have the miles.
Sample Fares
- London to Jakarta – 9K each way in business or 19K in first class.
- Tokyo to Jakarta – 6,300 each way in business or 9K in first class.
- Amsterdam to Abu Dhabi – 6,300 each way in business or 9K in first class.
For more info about this deal and calling to book awards, see: this The Points Guy post.
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Good deal — but seems like a nightmare for anybody traveling over the holidays, which I’m guessing is the vast majority of people that read this. I guess it’s a small gamble given the absurdly low prices, but I’m going to abstain.