Finding desired routing?
Nov 27, 2015, 1:13 pm
#1
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Finding desired routing?
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Hoping someone can help me here. I am looking to go to Bangkok next summer (LAX based). I plan to use a SWU to upgrade on the Trans Pacific leg so obviously want to stay on AA metal. Dates are flexible. I would like to do DFW-HKG on the long leg however when searching online it only occasionally shows up then disappears again. The system is trying to push LAX-NRT/HND which I would rather not be on - less miles on an inferior J product. Is there somewhere online I could look for availability with LAX-DFW-HKG-BKK aside from calling Reservations?
Appreciate any help here.
Hoping someone can help me here. I am looking to go to Bangkok next summer (LAX based). I plan to use a SWU to upgrade on the Trans Pacific leg so obviously want to stay on AA metal. Dates are flexible. I would like to do DFW-HKG on the long leg however when searching online it only occasionally shows up then disappears again. The system is trying to push LAX-NRT/HND which I would rather not be on - less miles on an inferior J product. Is there somewhere online I could look for availability with LAX-DFW-HKG-BKK aside from calling Reservations?
Appreciate any help here.
Nov 27, 2015, 6:34 pm
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Nov 27, 2015, 6:43 pm
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I’ve had similar issues when trying to book to FRA before our friends from US and their routes came aboard. AA dropped 3x daily runs to FRA (1xORD; 2xDFW) a few years ago. 1x from DFW now, and an old 763 at that. I didn't want to go thru LHR to BA which is how the normal "find flights” deferred to. That would mean an SWU ended in LHR. No - but thanks!
So I have had to fool around with multi-city DCA->DFW->FRA a few times each trip. It took 3 or more tries before I could get a fare that stuck. Normal with the AA system. You just have to be patient and keep trying.
So I have had to fool around with multi-city DCA->DFW->FRA a few times each trip. It took 3 or more tries before I could get a fare that stuck. Normal with the AA system. You just have to be patient and keep trying.
Nov 27, 2015, 8:01 pm
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https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
I would also consider LAX-HND. The 787 J is not as good as the 77W, but it might be a slightly easier upgrade.
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
Nov 27, 2015, 8:33 pm
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Agreed. Google Flights is your friend.
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
I would also consider LAX-HND. The 787 J is not as good as the 77W, but it might be a slightly easier upgrade.
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
I would also consider LAX-HND. The 787 J is not as good as the 77W, but it might be a slightly easier upgrade.
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
Nov 27, 2015, 10:43 pm
#7
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Really appreciate this - thanks. One more Q - as I cannot get this itinerary to appear on aa.com through manual search is it because one of the flights is not a codeshare? I went through the booking process with your link above and one of the CX flights is not a codeshare - it just shows the oneworld logo. Is that why - the ITA software can force that through?
Nov 27, 2015, 11:09 pm
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Also, just another thought. YYZ-BKK is $2537 in business on AY. You could probably position to YYZ for ~$500. This looks like it could be comparable to an economy ticket going through DFW, and this way, you don't have to play upgrade roulette and will earn more EQMs. Also, the A350 should be on HEL-BKK by next summer, and so J (at least on that segment) will be reverse herringbone similar to the 77W.
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...=ONEWORLD;eo=e