Lennys26v2

Hi All.

First time poster - learning and reading for a while.

I am trying to book flights from AMS to SCL for Nov and trying to avoid the economy AA 757 narrow body (connection in PHL/MIA). I came across what appears to be a good deal for and I&F class booking and great for my AA Chalenge, however cant get it to price. Can someone give me a pointer? (or a better routing?).

My goal is to get from AMS to SCL and back, however found this which leaves me in MAD on the return, which is easy enough to connect. I found the below on ITA.

AMS - LHR - JFK - MIA - SCL — Fri, Nov 6
SCL - MIA — Sat, Nov 14
MIA - MAD — Sun, Nov 15

Fare 1: Carrier AA INE9A6R5 AMS to SCL (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, P
Covers AMS-LHR (Business), LHR-JFK (Business), JFK-MIA (First), MIA-SCL (Business)

Fare 2: Carrier AA INN8S2E3 SCL to MAD (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I
Covers SCL-MIA (Business), MIA-MAD (Business)

Fare Construction
AMS AA X/LON AA X/T/NYC AA X/T/MIA AA SCL M 642.69INE9A6R5 AA X/T/MIA AA MAD M 504.89INN8S2E3 NUC 1147.58 END ROE 0.896229 XT 12.17CJ 14.38RN 0.50VV 42.95UB 9.86YC 12.54XY 8.96XA 31.70US 10.04AY 26.87ZQ 280.00YR 4.03XF MIA4.50

Swibbz

http://goo.gl/flights/tvV4

Prices up at EUR 1,451 for me. Go to the bottom and click book with American and you're set.

Edit: Google will show JFK-MIA as being in business but when you click through to aa.com it shows up as first.

Also welcome to flyertalk

Lennys26v2

Swibbz - thanks.

Indeed you are right... and the obvious first search site. I have followed through to the booking, and AA payment page said that the flight departure was too soon (??) to pay online. Now 20mins on the phone being transferred between reservations and web-services who cant figure out how to charge me. Claiming that I purchased from another travel agency. Grrr.

bobblevins

Followed your link and I see EUR 3,554.

Gone already?

BumpMe!

"flight departure was too soon"

...for November 7?

jose2000

No, once you re-select the options it works fine. Says GBP 1,072

scibuff

Nice find ... still works just need to move the dates further out (of Nov 7)

jose2000

Flight 1: Amsterdam – New York
Fri, 6 Nov

07:30 – 07:55
Amsterdam (AMS) – London (LHR)
British Airways 423 · Business Class · Airbus A319
1h 25m
No Wi-Fi
No in-seat power
Layover in London LHR2h 20m

10:15 – 13:30
London (LHR) – New York (JFK)
American 101 · Business Class · Boeing 777
Lie flat seat
8h 15m
Wi-Fi
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video
Flight 2: New York – Santiago
Fri, 6 Nov

16:00 – 19:19
New York (JFK) – Miami (MIA)
American 65 · First Class · Boeing 767
Lie flat seat
Often delayed by 30+ min
3h 19m
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi
Layover in Miami MIA3h 01m

22:20 – 08:37+1
Miami (MIA) – Santiago (SCL)
American 957 · Business Class · Boeing 777
Angled flat seat
Overnight flight
Often delayed by 30+ min
8h 17m
In-seat power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi
Flight 3: Santiago – Miami
Sat, 14 Nov

21:40 – 04:15+1
Santiago (SCL) – Miami (MIA)
American 912 · Business Class · Boeing 777
Angled flat seat
Overnight flight
8h 35m
In-seat power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi
Flight 4: Miami – Madrid
Sun, 15 Nov

12:40 – 15:32
Miami (MIA) – New York (JFK)
American 64 · First Class · Boeing 767
Lie flat seat
Often delayed by 30+ min
2h 52m
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi
Layover in New York JFK3h 23m

18:55 – 08:15+1
New York (JFK) – Madrid (MAD)
American 94 · Business Class · Boeing 757
Angled flat seat
Overnight flight
Often delayed by 30+ min
7h 20m
In-seat power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi
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Total incl. taxes & fees for 1 adult · Additional bag fees may apply.
£1,072€1,452
Book with American
Marketed as AA 6434, AA 101, AA 65, AA 957, AA 912, AA 64, AA 94

FFlyerCDG

Thanks to OP and to all of you ^
Worked very well and just had to play a bit with dates in order to find flights with SWU available

TPJ

I think there may be too many taxes for the e-ticket template and agent manual calculation (to 'squeeze' the calculation) might be required - I had a similar problem with my previous AA itinerary to SXM - my Travel Agent had to get a permission from AA to 'squeeze' the calculation, price manually and only then issue e-ticket.

Server

Placed one on hold, hopefully I can figure the positioning flights out. A LOT of EQP that could push me over to Plat status

nldogbert

How did you place thi on-hold? I am not able to do this on the AA site [not able to price this on the AA.com site - seems to be only showing if you use the AA Europe site]

Cheers!

ARH2

First of all, great find! How did you even "stumble upon" this fare??

I just put my ticket on hold through the AA.com site. I booked multi city for Nov. 20 - Nov. 28 for USD 1,603.
AMS-JFK
JFK-SCL
SCL-MIA
MIA-MAD (through JFK)

My only question is if I will be able to skip the first and last legs as I would be originating in the USA. Much easier for me to get an round trip award ticket to JFK as I am based out of the midwest. Does anyone know if this will be an issue?

Thanks in advance and again... great find!

supermintyfresh

You won't be able the skip the first leg without your ticket being cancelled AFAIK. However, nothing's stopping you from not showing up to your last leg. Don't do this too much however.

ARH2

Ahhhhh, thats too bad; I should have known better than to get my hopes up. Oh well. Thank you for the clarification!