Posting Fare Info w/ MR Deals
#1
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Posting Fare Info w/ MR Deals
I'm trying to start an effort to inject a bit more detailed info on fare rules into the posts on the Mileage Run Deals forum. I'm hoping this will help everyone put together better and more interesting MR's. I'm also hoping that folks will help out by adding info to posts themselves
Perhaps it would help to explaing my motivation. It seems like a lot of posts on the MR Deals forum result from brute-force searching on ITA or some other tool, the result being that we get one or two sample dates and routings, but not a whole lot more. I'm certainly not complaining, since the folks doing that searching are the ones getting us these awesome deals. But, because I like to play as many games with fares as is humanly possible, I always end up looking up the fare info, and it occurred to me that I might as well post what I find out. I should mention that some folks - CokeandTaco comes to mind - already include fare info with their posts, which I very much appreciate.
I plan to start adding this info to United fares when I can, to start. I'll also be adding descriptions of the different fields to this OP, and will link to it each time I post fare info.
I've put some examples below. Let me know what you think!
Perhaps it would help to explaing my motivation. It seems like a lot of posts on the MR Deals forum result from brute-force searching on ITA or some other tool, the result being that we get one or two sample dates and routings, but not a whole lot more. I'm certainly not complaining, since the folks doing that searching are the ones getting us these awesome deals. But, because I like to play as many games with fares as is humanly possible, I always end up looking up the fare info, and it occurred to me that I might as well post what I find out. I should mention that some folks - CokeandTaco comes to mind - already include fare info with their posts, which I very much appreciate.
I plan to start adding this info to United fares when I can, to start. I'll also be adding descriptions of the different fields to this OP, and will link to it each time I post fare info.
I've put some examples below. Let me know what you think!
Fare Info (what is this?)
Basic Info: NYC-PIT UA LE143FS $179/RT
OW/RT: ROUND-TRIP
AP: 14
Effective: 4/16 - 6/13
Day/Time: ALL
Special (>2 X-Fers, Stopovers, Etc.): NONE
Min/Max Stay: V/30
Routings
NYC-EWR/WAS/PHL/CLE-PIT
Basic Info: NYC-PIT UA LE143FS $179/RT
OW/RT: ROUND-TRIP
AP: 14
Effective: 4/16 - 6/13
Day/Time: ALL
Special (>2 X-Fers, Stopovers, Etc.): NONE
Min/Max Stay: V/30
Routings
NYC-EWR/WAS/PHL/CLE-PIT
Fare Info (what is this?)
Basic Info: NYC-SEA UA LA14HN $194
OW/RT: ONE-WAY
AP: 14
Effective: NOW - EOS
Day/Time: ALL
Special (>2 X-Fers, Stopovers, Etc.): NONE
Min/Max Stay: N/A
Routings
NYC-CHI/CLE/DEN/EWR/HOU/LAX/SFO/WAS-SEA
Basic Info: NYC-SEA UA LA14HN $194
OW/RT: ONE-WAY
AP: 14
Effective: NOW - EOS
Day/Time: ALL
Special (>2 X-Fers, Stopovers, Etc.): NONE
Min/Max Stay: N/A
Routings
NYC-CHI/CLE/DEN/EWR/HOU/LAX/SFO/WAS-SEA
Fare Info (what is this?)
Basic Info: NYC-LAX UA GAU10KS $129
OW/RT: ONE-WAY
AP: 10
Effective: NOW - EOS
Day/Time: -AU- (TUE/WED)
Special (>2 X-Fers, Stopovers, Etc.): NONE
Min/Max Stay: N/A
Routings
TRAVEL MUST BE NONSTOP
Basic Info: NYC-LAX UA GAU10KS $129
OW/RT: ONE-WAY
AP: 10
Effective: NOW - EOS
Day/Time: -AU- (TUE/WED)
Special (>2 X-Fers, Stopovers, Etc.): NONE
Min/Max Stay: N/A
Routings
TRAVEL MUST BE NONSTOP
Last edited by mgcsinc; Apr 5, 2013 at 10:49 pm
#2
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FYI, I've now added info to a couple of MR Deals threads:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-per-mile.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...ted-dates.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-per-mile.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...ted-dates.html
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I just noticed this, but I love it...I hope there is more of this altogether throughout the MR forum!
I always look into the fare rules and try to see what else I can get away with on a given fare.
Since I don't have access to the routing rules, could you post some routing rules on interesting options for some of the MR deals? The WAS-ANC deal (and others) are pretty self-explanatory, but sometimes, there are obviously some nice routings available for those in the know!
Thanks again - When I post MR deals, I'll try to add Fare Rule details when appropriate!
-jeremy
I always look into the fare rules and try to see what else I can get away with on a given fare.
Since I don't have access to the routing rules, could you post some routing rules on interesting options for some of the MR deals? The WAS-ANC deal (and others) are pretty self-explanatory, but sometimes, there are obviously some nice routings available for those in the know!
Thanks again - When I post MR deals, I'll try to add Fare Rule details when appropriate!
-jeremy
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Since I don't have access to the routing rules, could you post some routing rules on interesting options for some of the MR deals? The WAS-ANC deal (and others) are pretty self-explanatory, but sometimes, there are obviously some nice routings available for those in the know!
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