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Happy 2016!

Please use this thread to post or to follow Economy Fares which are 'Good Deals' but where the cost per mile is more than 3-4 cents per mile, which is the usual upper limit for what is considered a true 'MR Deal'.

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Previous 'Good Deals' in Economy threads:

"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2015
"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2014
"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2013
"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2012
"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2011
"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2010

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May 19, 2016, 8:38 am

#436

TeamCarryOn

Join Date: Aug 2014

Programs: AA; GOL Smiles; COPA ConnectMiles; Marriot Bonvoy Titanium; Amtrak Guest Rewards Elite

Posts: 229

AA: DCA-MIA-BOG-CTG; ai $293
http://goo.gl/flights/3m3w

Somewhere around 6 cpm with decent layovers going and coming.

May 20, 2016, 1:12 am

#437

shuom

Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: MSP

Posts: 398

AA/UA - MSP-LIS for $750. Not a mileage run far, but definitely better priced than the usual $1200 range. November 2015.

Actually, lots of Europe fares for $700 or so. Not bad for MSP.

Last edited by shuom; May 20, 2016 at 1:46 am

May 20, 2016, 4:34 am

#438

sirrebral

Join Date: May 2014

Location: SMF

Posts: 37

MU: SFO-SHA/TYO rt $379 ai

I managed to create a decent itinerary out of the $379 SFO-SEL/TYO fare offered by China Eastern.

The search results are limited when using a simple query on GF. However, using the multi-city search, there are many itineraries that provide multi-day stays in Seoul (or presumably Tokyo) with long layovers in Shanghai.

Unfortunately, the price spikes when trying to take advantage of Shanghai's 144-hour TWOV policy, but as long as you can live with a near 24-hour layover to see the sights, this is an awesome deal.

My getaway looks like this:

SFO-PVG
22.5 hr layover in Shanghai
SHA-GMP
3 days, 4 nights in Seoul
ICN-PVG-SFO

Here's a sample itinerary on GF for a longer 6-day, 7 night stay:
http://goo.gl/flights/wHjv

Anyone have advice on what to do with MU miles? The transpacific flights are Q and appear to be worthless, but the SHA-GMP hop is class B.

Last edited by sirrebral; May 20, 2016 at 4:39 am Reason: typo

May 20, 2016, 6:37 am

#439

TeamCarryOn

Join Date: Aug 2014

Programs: AA; GOL Smiles; COPA ConnectMiles; Marriot Bonvoy Titanium; Amtrak Guest Rewards Elite

Posts: 229

AT: MAD-GRU-ORY; ai $379
http://goo.gl/flights/H34o

Overnight layover in CMN on the outbound.

May 22, 2016, 9:37 pm

#440

Dalat767

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: Denver, CO

Posts: 791

MU: LAX-SIN $474.31 r/t

MU: LAX-SIN $474.31 r/t

Sample: 9/1/16 - 9/7/16 $474.31 on Big O.

Last edited by Pat89339; May 22, 2016 at 11:43 pm Reason: MODERATOR NOTE: Always include routing in the text of the post. It won't be seen by those receiving updates.

May 23, 2016, 9:46 pm

#441

MasterGeek

Suspended

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: Kan@da

Programs: Anything with sweet spots

Posts: 1,790

Can someone advise me where best to book this YUL-HND flight ? Expedia and Orbiz fail during the last stages when I try to book it.

https://www.google.ca/flights/#searc...6-YVRYUL0AC112

Thanks

May 23, 2016, 10:59 pm

#442

starwarsgeek8

Join Date: Jun 2015

Programs: Delta SkyMiles

Posts: 102

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterGeek

Can someone advise me where best to book this YUL-HND flight ? Expedia and Orbiz fail during the last stages when I try to book it.

https://www.google.ca/flights/#searc...6-YVRYUL0AC112

Thanks

Try momondo.ca:

http://www.momondo.ca/flightsearch/?...false&NA=false

May 25, 2016, 2:19 pm

#443

solewalker

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: SIN

Posts: 1,098

Quote:

Originally Posted by PV_Premier

scattered dates in fall @ $342 for LAX-LIR on AS, not a bad price for the nonstop...R fare so comp upgrades only (no GGUs)

AS PDX-SJO for the same price per flight deal. ~4.7cpm. Sep - mid-Nov availability

May 26, 2016, 10:51 pm

#444

Kuchingite

Join Date: Sep 2015

Location: SEA, and KCH, BKK, TYO

Programs: Starbucks and MVP Gold

Posts: 60

PHL-LAS $89, o/w, AA
Most of early June available.

May 28, 2016, 1:15 am

#445

starwarsgeek8

Join Date: Jun 2015

Programs: Delta SkyMiles

Posts: 102

CVG-ORD-ZRH-JNB UA/LX $852 scattered dates from November to March, including Thanksgiving. Routing through EWR with shorter layovers and more dates for $869. Unfortunately, K class earns only 50% on MileagePlus, but only if purchased not through united.com and not on United ticket stock of course (0-25% on other programs). For CVG, this is a good price to Europe, let alone Africa. Other destinations at relatively low prices from CVG are NBO ($836+) and, weridly, CTU (Chengdu) from $763 all on UA metal with long outbound layovers in ORD and SFO.