AA ORD-PEK (Y outbound) C7, on 10/1/16 return on paid J for $1500
Sep 30, 2016, 10:23 pm
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AA ORD-PEK (Y outbound) C7, on 10/1/16 return on paid J for $1500
Tomorrow's (10/1) ORD-PEK has C=7, return on paid J for $1500 total!!! on Oct 5 or later. This should give you ~20k eqms, flying both ways in J. Not a bad deal, if you can make it. Available on aa.com. Don't forget your visa...
Oct 1, 2016, 7:07 am
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The way I read it, buy coach outbound (with SWU available to business) Oct1, and return on business after Oct 5 for ~$1500. Don't think he meant C fare all the way.
Oct 1, 2016, 7:45 am
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Correct. Still available. You buy coach on the outbound and upgrade with SWU or miles and cash. Seatmap shows 20 J seats available, wow. Return on paid J Oct 5 or later. Great deal if you already have a Chinese visa and the time to do it. Or you can book a separate nested return ticket to TYO, ICN, PUS, or HKG and do "transit without a visa".
Oct 1, 2016, 8:17 am
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Yes, MAJOR ALERT, follow the link below, it books you into I on the return for Monday with the direct flight, AMAZING, for $1540 total, put it on hold now! The return flight is morning, you can still make it to work!
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0&...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
Do not go through AA.com, it jacks up the prices, follow the google flights link!
I would have booked this myself but I am at 220k eqms already, not getting any more SWUs after 200k eqms...
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0&...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
Do not go through AA.com, it jacks up the prices, follow the google flights link!
I would have booked this myself but I am at 220k eqms already, not getting any more SWUs after 200k eqms...
Oct 1, 2016, 8:36 am
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Yes, MAJOR ALERT, follow the link below, it books you into I on the return for Monday with the direct flight, AMAZING, for $1540 total, put it on hold now! The return flight is morning, you can still make it to work!
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0&...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
Do not go through AA.com, it jacks up the prices, follow the google flights link!
I would have booked this myself but I am at 220k eqms already, not getting any more SWUs after 200k eqms...
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0&...=ONEWORLD;eo=e
Do not go through AA.com, it jacks up the prices, follow the google flights link!
I would have booked this myself but I am at 220k eqms already, not getting any more SWUs after 200k eqms...
Oct 1, 2016, 8:47 am
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There are a couple of options, either you pick a couple of months away when the seatmap looks empty and chance it (seatmaps can be misleading though or get filled up fast), or you get the visa now and wait for any close up bargains like this, which may or may not come up...One thing to know is that the 787 does not have economy comfort seats. It is either business or torture in economy, all or nothing situation.
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Oct 1, 2016, 9:20 am
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Correct. Still available. You buy coach on the outbound and upgrade with SWU or miles and cash. Seatmap shows 20 J seats available, wow. Return on paid J Oct 5 or later. Great deal if you already have a Chinese visa and the time to do it. Or you can book a separate nested return ticket to TYO, ICN, PUS, or HKG and do "transit without a visa".
I also appreciate that you made that clear in the heading. So maybe I am being too critical because I haven't had my morning coffee lol.
But perhaps you could title it ORD-PEK $2500 J or $1540 with "C" upgrade one way J return this weekend!
Oct 1, 2016, 10:43 am
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^Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation
Oct 1, 2016, 4:23 pm
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General question......Can someone tell me why they would be willing to squander SWUs on MRs? I thought the whole point of getting executive platinum status, aside from the other modest perks over plain plat, was to acccumulate systemwide upgrades for future PLEASURE travel? If they're just being used to gain status, what's the point of having EP anyway? Seems like an endless game of using SWUs to attain additional SWUs. What am I missing?
Oct 1, 2016, 8:28 pm
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General question......Can someone tell me why they would be willing to squander SWUs on MRs? I thought the whole point of getting executive platinum status, aside from the other modest perks over plain plat, was to acccumulate systemwide upgrades for future PLEASURE travel? If they're just being used to gain status, what's the point of having EP anyway? Seems like an endless game of using SWUs to attain additional SWUs. What am I missing?