kirker

I know we've seen better deals out of YYZ/YUL/YVR to Asia, but they've been fairly sparse lately. I should know: I paid $400 more for this exact routing only a few days ago! Thankfully AA waived its change fee and gave me a voucher for the full difference in fares. Sample itinerary:

https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...c=b;a=ONEWORLD

Curiously, this is the only city pairing with the reduced fare, even though AA usually chops prices in/out of both YUL and PVG whenever they have a Canadian fare sale into PEK. (Bizarrely, even the much-shorter flight from YVR still costs ~$400 more.) Also, note that this is explicitly not a holiday-period fare; it's available immediately with only a seven-day advance purchase, and appears to require as little as a four-day stay in China. Availability looks wide open through mid-December, at which point the fares drop even further to around $1,700 r/t (and AA's fares on other Canadian/Chinese routings drop then as well).

Finally, note that the entire journey takes place on AA metal (788s on the int'l legs), with a connection through ORD in both directions. (For some reason routings through DFW cost several hundred dollars more.) With the 2x multiplier, total EQMs are just over 26,000. And whaddaya know: that's almost exactly how many miles I need to reach EXP level for 2017.

kirker

Oh, and just to clarify: this is a "Business Flexible" fare and (almost) fully refundable, minus a $400 cancellation fee.

Taggart

DL is going for $2217 CAD $1661 USD from YYZ to PEK in Jan, Feb, Mar. Z class.

flybit

Star has not been matching these fares for ASiA..

Delta fare also works in June

izzik

This is an "I" fare.
This is NOT an AA "J" fare.

*Yes, I know that people say "J" fare when they mean business class, but it's obviously misleading when it's also an existing fare bucket for that airline!

Just say "biz" or something!

JJeffrey

PVG is available for ~$100 more and there are plenty of routings through DFW. This is a slightly more expensive version of this fare which has been running since August...

AA Biz: YYZ-PEK/PVG $1722...

kirker

Huh?? As noted both in that thread as well as my OP, YYZ-PVG fares are now $400 more than the YYZ-PEK ones, at least through mid-December.

kirker

Okay, I think this is a bit nitpicky. By definition (in the Premium Fare Deals forum) there will never be a "J" sale on AA because its J buckets are specific solely to full-fare, non-discounted tickets. I assume this is the case for most, if not all, other airlines as well.

Taggart

Also going for same fare on DL departing from either YUL or YOW.

stephem

This isnt accurate, there are some "legacy" fares discussed here that truly do book into the J bucket (or equivalent full fare bucket on other carriers). While not the norm, they are here and they are really "refundable" and changeable against no fee whatsoever. They also earn 3x EQMs. OPs title makes it sound like he/she is raising one of those, as opposed to a relatively run of the mill I class fare.

JJeffrey

There are scattered dates in Nov. & Dec. where YYZ-PVG is ~$2,000.

redadeco

Even better YOW-PEK (more EQMs since via PHL and ORD) for $1698 in December.

Flyerhandle

So, theoretically, would it be possible to nest one of the HKG-USA biz fare deals inside of this RT and get the extra biz class bonus points for both flights without raising any issues?