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knnryerye Dec 23, 2016 3:29 pm

[FARE GONE]VX/AS PDX - SFO/LAX - IAD,BOS,JFK $128 RT 2cpm
 
Get the new year started off right with a quick run from PDX.

PDX-SFO-BOS-LAX-PDX quick turn for 128 RT
https://goo.gl/flights/BvNn

Or PDX-SFO-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX for 132 RT.
https://goo.gl/flights/yQmn

Also seen a few weekend routes available if you play with the dates.

These seem to booking at the one way price instead of RT price. You can book using priceline. I booked mine using Google Flights direct booking.

Credit to AS for about 6700 miles.

Oops its VX / AS not VA. My bad!!!!!

knnryerye Dec 23, 2016 4:16 pm

I have done some more digging and here is what i have found. This fare seems to actually be PDX-LAX connecting thru any airport which in this case is IAD,ORD,JFK,BOS.

Therefore for anyone willing to do back to back trans cons here is an even better deal.

PDX-SFO-JFK-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX which is 11,222 AS miles for only $142. Which is only 1.27cpm if all my calculations are correct.
https://goo.gl/flights/AP7N

keitherson Dec 23, 2016 4:38 pm

Great find

PV_Premier Dec 23, 2016 6:50 pm

Amazing. Pity that FLL doesn't work.

PDX2Anywhere Dec 23, 2016 7:18 pm

I'm attempting to recreate this on Priceline but it's now coming up in the $300 price range, am I missing something?

laptoptravel Dec 23, 2016 8:11 pm


Originally Posted by knnryerye (Post 27655812)
PDX-SFO-JFK-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX which is 11,222 AS miles for only $142. Which is only 1.27cpm if all my calculations are correct.
https://goo.gl/flights/AP7N

Deleted comment due to inaccuracy of conversions

Madone59 Dec 23, 2016 8:16 pm

Really great find ^ Thanks.

solewalker Dec 23, 2016 8:20 pm

Just booked one. Thanks, OP! This is a heck of an awesome MR - ~12000 RDM for $132 for AS MVP Golds!

solewalker Dec 23, 2016 8:27 pm


Originally Posted by John DELTA (Post 27656560)
Actually, if a person chooses to credit the miles to Virgin America's Elevate program, then they fly 11,222 miles, and earn 11,222 ELevate miles which can then be transferred into Alaska's Mileage Plan for 14,589 miles (ration of 1 Elevate to 1.3 Mileage Plan miles)!

A double treat!

I haven't had the chance to really read details of the merger, but would VX mileage still credit based on its own program? In which case, if you credit it to VX, you'd be getting 5x the price of the ticket, and not the mileage flown per AS?

Antipode Dec 23, 2016 9:02 pm


Originally Posted by solewalker (Post 27656592)
I haven't had the chance to really read details of the merger, but would VX mileage still credit based on its own program? In which case, if you credit it to VX, you'd be getting 5x the price of the ticket, and not the mileage flown per AS?

AFAIK Elevate hasn't changed, so you're correct, you will earn 5x the base fare if crediting to VX, which would not amount to a whole lot.

laptoptravel Dec 23, 2016 9:02 pm


Originally Posted by solewalker (Post 27656592)
would VX mileage still credit based on its own program? In which case, if you credit it to VX, you'd be getting 5x the price of the ticket, and not the mileage flown per AS?

Oops! You are right!

Was getting ahead of the merger details!

knnryerye Dec 23, 2016 9:29 pm


Originally Posted by PDX2Anywhere (Post 27656394)
I'm attempting to recreate this on Priceline but it's now coming up in the $300 price range, am I missing something?

I was able to get it to come up on priceline by building it on ITA then using bookwithmatrix.

PDXPremier Dec 23, 2016 11:46 pm


Originally Posted by knnryerye (Post 27656737)
I was able to get it to come up on priceline by building it on ITA then using bookwithmatrix.

That worked for me...I booked PDX-SFO-BOS-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX over a weekend....hopefully my body will survive this, but this deal was too amazing to pass up.

Kuchingite Dec 24, 2016 3:45 am


Originally Posted by PDXPremier (Post 27657006)
That worked for me...I booked PDX-SFO-BOS-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX over a weekend....hopefully my body will survive this, but this deal was too amazing to pass up.

Booked the same, but didn't see a sub-240 for a weekend.. care to share your dates?

Also, you only need 20k on AS and/or VX for MVP status-- this'll knock off half of that.

CDKing Dec 24, 2016 5:33 am

everything seems to be midweek :( Plus i need to position to PDX.

I'm already booked to MVP by 1/21 would be nice to knock out more


Oh what the heck. I grabbed this one, still 24 hour cancel right? Is the wifi OK on VX?. PS> thak you very much knnryerye


Originally Posted by knnryerye (Post 27655812)
PDX-SFO-JFK-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX which is 11,222 AS miles for only $142. Which is only 1.27cpm if all my calculations are correct.
https://goo.gl/flights/AP7N



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