(FARE GONE) DL: BOS/MIA/TPA/JAX/MCO-AMS business class $1,360 All summer long
Mar 24, 2011, 7:24 pm
#31
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at $1300 these fares appear to be a better deal than the normal summer sell offs! But I am also waiting for UAL and other *A to match if they will, that is the question!
Mar 24, 2011, 7:24 pm
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Some other poster had said it was r/t.
Mar 24, 2011, 7:38 pm
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All airlines have business class sales to Europe during the northern hemisphere summer because those cabins go begging when business travel drops off from June through August. Those fares are generally in the $2K range and have been on sale for months now. These are definitely fare wars between airlines.
Mar 24, 2011, 8:05 pm
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Mar 24, 2011, 11:49 pm
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Why the quotes? That is a real word.
I believe this is how it went (I could be wrong, but it seems more logical than your explanation which you stated as if it were fact)
1. DL introduced low fares on its new routes BOS-CDG, BOS-LHR, MIA-LHR which are AA strongholds
2. AA felt threatened and decided to match those routes and attack AMS (DL hub) to send a signal to raise rates on BOS-CDG,BOS/MIA-LHR
3. DL had no choice but to match the AMS fare
These aren't normal low business fares for summer type rates IMHO. Those are usually higher (in the $2k range as Shareholder has stated). In this case, these fares are lower than economy fares in some cases. That's not typical at all.
I believe this is how it went (I could be wrong, but it seems more logical than your explanation which you stated as if it were fact)
1. DL introduced low fares on its new routes BOS-CDG, BOS-LHR, MIA-LHR which are AA strongholds
2. AA felt threatened and decided to match those routes and attack AMS (DL hub) to send a signal to raise rates on BOS-CDG,BOS/MIA-LHR
3. DL had no choice but to match the AMS fare
These aren't normal low business fares for summer type rates IMHO. Those are usually higher (in the $2k range as Shareholder has stated). In this case, these fares are lower than economy fares in some cases. That's not typical at all.
Mar 25, 2011, 6:31 am
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Mar 25, 2011, 6:40 am
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Meridiana flies AMS-FLR, http://www.meridiana.it/en/index.aspx
Also AZ of course.
Also AZ of course.
I had never heard of Meridana before.
It doesn't appear that they have schedules loaded for May yet, but I appreciate the tip.
Mar 25, 2011, 6:41 am
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Mar 25, 2011, 7:33 am
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AA jumps in price
Long time lurker here as I've been reading and trying to learn all the codes so I want to say thanks to everyone.
I am however interested in booking one of these AA biz/first fares BOS-AMS via LHR but when using the site the fare keeps jumping. I select my outgoing biz/first for about 533, then select my return biz/first for about 600 and then the first outgoing fare jumps to ~3200 leaving my total close to 4k instead of 1200.
I've tried different combinations but I am lost here. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me a tip?
Thanks!
I am however interested in booking one of these AA biz/first fares BOS-AMS via LHR but when using the site the fare keeps jumping. I select my outgoing biz/first for about 533, then select my return biz/first for about 600 and then the first outgoing fare jumps to ~3200 leaving my total close to 4k instead of 1200.
I've tried different combinations but I am lost here. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me a tip?
Thanks!
Mar 25, 2011, 8:56 am
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Long time lurker here as I've been reading and trying to learn all the codes so I want to say thanks to everyone.
I am however interested in booking one of these AA biz/first fares BOS-AMS via LHR but when using the site the fare keeps jumping. I select my outgoing biz/first for about 533, then select my return biz/first for about 600 and then the first outgoing fare jumps to ~3200 leaving my total close to 4k instead of 1200.
I've tried different combinations but I am lost here. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me a tip?
Thanks!
I am however interested in booking one of these AA biz/first fares BOS-AMS via LHR but when using the site the fare keeps jumping. I select my outgoing biz/first for about 533, then select my return biz/first for about 600 and then the first outgoing fare jumps to ~3200 leaving my total close to 4k instead of 1200.
I've tried different combinations but I am lost here. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me a tip?
Thanks!
Mar 25, 2011, 9:25 am
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Fare worked for me, last full week of August. JAX-ATL-AMS/AMS-DTW-JAX in F/J for $1378 a/i. Will buy positioning tix separately. A332 and B744 over the water.
Thanks to this thread, I got a fantastic deal on tickets to a conference I'm attending that week in Amsterdam.
Thanks to this thread, I got a fantastic deal on tickets to a conference I'm attending that week in Amsterdam.
