Mileage Run Deals - Co - Phx/sjo $215, Lax-sjo $215 (8680 Eqm)

There seems to be a bit of a fare wars going into Costa Rica these days. These are the lowest fares I've ever seen. (Taxes add about $60)

I fly from PHX-SJO a few times a year. When I want to add some mileage, I'll route through EWR for about 50% extra mileage. I'm not sure if you can route through EWR from LAX, as I haven't flown it.

Mileage=8680. Cost is about .032, without bonuses. Or about .014 with platinum bonuses. I have only been able to get these routes to price on Travelocity. Expedia shows slightly higher fares (10-15% more), and CO shows 30-40% more.

They have either a Mon-Thur departure/return, or a Fri-Sun. You can't seem to combine them, however. Here are the rules (from Phx).

Fare details for LW32SNN

NONREFUNDABLE INSTANT PURCH SPECIAL FARE FARE

BK CODE
L -

RES/TKTG

RES MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN 8 DAYS BEFORE DPTR OF FIRST SGMT. TKT MUST BE PURCHASED WITHIN 3 DAYS AFTER RES IS MADE. SGMTS USING THIS RULE MUST BE CONFIRMED. ------- RES MUST BE MADE NO EARLIER THAN 7 DAYS AND NO LATER THAN 3 DAYS BEFORE DPTR OF FIRST SGMT. TKT MUST BE PURCHASED NO LATER THAN 3 DAYS BEFORE DPTR FROM ORIGIN OR 1 DAY AFTER RES IS MADE, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SGMTS USING THIS RULE MUST BE CONFIRMED.



MIN STAY

3 DAYS OR THE 1ST SUN AFTER 12:01 A.M., WHICHEVER IS FIRST. MEASURED FROM DPTR FROM ORIGIN.



MAX STAY

RETURN TRVL MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 120 DAYS. MEASURED FROM DPTR FROM ORIGIN TO DPTR FROM LAST STOPOVER POINT.

DAY/TIME

APPLIES AT ANY TIME FRI-SUN ON INTL SECTOR. DAY/TIME IS BASED ON TRIP DATE OF INTL SECTOR.



SEASONS

NO SEASON RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

BLACKOUTS

FOR TRAVEL FROM PHX TO SJO TRAVEL IS NOT VALID 18-23DEC04 ON DEPARTURE FROM GATEWAY. OR FOR TRAVEL FROM SJO TO PHX TRAVEL IS NOT VALID 1-9JAN05 ON DEPARTURE FROM GATEWAY.



EFF/EXP

ALL TRAVEL AT THIS FARE MUST BE COMPLETED BY 16FEB05.


FLT APPL

NO FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS APPLY.


STOPOVERS

A FREE STOPOVER IS PERMITTED. A STOPOVER OCCURS WHEN THE PASSENGER DOES NOT DEPART AN INTERMEDIATE POINT WITHIN 24 HOURS.


TICKET RESTRICTIONS

TICKETS MAY BE ISSUED: BY PTA AND SATISFIES TICKETING REQUIREMENTS



DISCOUNTS

100 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR A CNN PSGR 2 THRU 11 YRS OF AGE. CNN PSGR MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SGMTS BY AN ADT PSGR TRAVELING IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT. - - - - 100 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR AN INS PSGR UNDER 2 YRS OF AGE. INS PSGR MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SGMTS BY AN ADT PSGR TRAVELING IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT. - - - - 100 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR A UNN PSGR 8 THRU 11 YRS OF AGE. PSGR MAY BE UNACCOMPANIED. - - - - 10 PCT OF THE ADT FARE IS CHARGED FOR AN INF PSGR UNDER 2 YRS OF AGE NOT OCCUPYING A SEAT. INF PSGR MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SGMTS BY AN ADT PSGR TRAVELING IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT. *** NO TOUR CONDUCTOR/SALES AGENT DISCOUNTS PERMITTED



REROUTE

SEE PENALTY.



TRANSFERS

UNLIMITED TRANSFERS AS PERMITTED ON THE ROUTING/MPM.



COMBINATIONS

CARRIER / RULE / FARE CIRCLE OPEN ROUND BASIS TRIP JAW TRIP SAME / SAME / SAME C C C SAME / SAME / DIFF C C C SAME / DIFF / SAME C C C SAME / DIFF / DIFF C C C DIFF / SAME / SAME C C C DIFF / SAME / DIFF C C C DIFF / DIFF / SAME C C C DIFF / DIFF / DIFF C C C Y / PERMITTED N / NOT PERMITTED - / DOES NOT APPLY C / SEE TEXT FOR CONDITIONS CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ROUND TRIP/CIRCLE TRIP/SINGLE OPEN JAW - -MAY BE COMBINED WITH ANY ROUND TRIP FARE GOVERNED BY ANY RULE IN ANY TARIFF VIA CO/CM. -WHEN TRAVEL IS ENTIRELY VIA CO, MAY BE COMBINED WITH ANY ONE WAY FARE GOVERNED BY ANY RULE IN ANY TARIFF. -MOST RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS APPLY. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS APPLY ROUND TRIP - -PERMITTED. CIRCLE TRIP - -PERMITTED. OPEN JAW - -SINGLE OPEN JAW PERMITTED AT EITHER ORIGIN OR DESTINATION. END-ON-END - -PERMITTED WITH ALL FARES. -CONDITIONS APPLY TO ALL FARE COMPONENTS OF THE JOURNEY. -TRAVEL MUST BE VIA THE FARE COMBINATION POINT.

CO-TERMINALS

NOT APPLICABLE.



INTL CONST

FARE WAS CONSTRUCTED BY COMBINING THE LAX-SJO LW32SNN FARE AND THE ****** ADD-ON TO LAX FROM PHX.



MISC

NOTE - FOR TRAVEL AGENCY BOOKINGS MADE IN MEXICO/THE CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA - CO WILL ASSESS A USD 25.00 FEE ON ANY UNTICKETED RESERVATION NOT CANCELED BEFORE DEPARTURE.

Well,

out of IAH Delta and US have a fare of about 200+ for just under $300 total. Not a great EQM deal, but a nice place to visit. You do collect extra miles since both carriers connect on the Eastern Seabord.

CO hasn't matched the way it matched MEX fare about a month ago, but we can always hope.

Edited to add that it seems there's a sale fare from at least a couple dozen cities to SJO. Haven't checked carriers, you'll have to do that yourself.

EmailKid

Not sure why, but it's gone down another $10. ($210). You can also schedule a free stopover too.

I just ticketed one of these trips over Turkey day, and could only find this pricing on Travelocity. Continental is double, and Expedia is 50% more, and Orbitiz is the double. Total price $270.

I was tempted to try this when Travelocity was showing half price of what CO.com had on IAH-LIM, but chickened out. The Travelocity fare was up for hours before being pulled.

Talked to CO on the phone, and they said they'd give me a voucher for the difference plus something else. But like I said, with that fare I was afraid that it would disappear just after I purched the higher fare on CO.com and be stuck with the price.

It seems that the IAH-SJO price on Delta is gone now, though it's still available on US.

EmailKid

The $205 has been pulled from the Phoenix market. UA still have a $231 fare, though. CO has a slightly different fare from LAX through mid December for $231 or so also.

DL has 234 USD fare from PHX (source: travelocity)
If only CO would match it... I would love to fly PHX-xIAH-SJO-EWR-LAX for the price I expected to pay for PHX-EWR-LAX

Ah, you missed out. You could have done the PHX-EWR-SJO and return last week. It was available for a couple of days. I'm not sure if you could originate Phoenix and terminate in LAX. I haven't tried that.

Delta is currently at $209 plus tax, not sure of routing and such, since I won't fly them since they fired Queen of Sky. (They weren't high on my list to begin with, though.)