[PREM FARE GONE] Ba/aa cai-lhr-lax-hnl (840 tp)= us$1556
#361
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....so CAI-LHR-DUB//[DUB-LHR-DUB]//DUB-JFK-LAX-HNL (with the segments inside parantheses on a separate ticket) is a perfectly valid routing (I know as I recently flew it) and you are not 'discarding' 40 TPS,
#362
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Just to clarify - the word 'Nested' (at least in my mind) implies two separate tickets.
....so CAI-LHR-DUB//[DUB-LHR-DUB]//DUB-JFK-LAX-HNL (with the segments inside parantheses on a separate ticket) is a perfectly valid routing (I know as I recently flew it) and you are not 'discarding' 40 TPS,
....so CAI-LHR-DUB//[DUB-LHR-DUB]//DUB-JFK-LAX-HNL (with the segments inside parantheses on a separate ticket) is a perfectly valid routing (I know as I recently flew it) and you are not 'discarding' 40 TPS,
to
cai lhr, dub lhr jfk lax hnl which is allowed by the routing rule.
and
the positioning involved only one-way instead of a round trip.
#363
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hadn't thought of doing it that way (same number of segments on the base fare though unless I'm losing it!) - but this is a better solution alright if it avoids APD also?
#364
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in fact, one can do
cai lhr, dme lhr jfk lax hnl.
but according to my test, surface sector lhr dme DO count for the mileage and one has to pay for excess mpm.
#366
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Oh well. That's what explicit discussions in a public forum accomplish. It is one thing to point out the existence of an attractive premium fare (the intent of this forum); quite another to openly start discussing special tricks. For some reason our community never learns.
#367
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Seconded. Have one booked for April 2018 and was able to force genuine First with AA on the JFK-LAX transcons. Looked high and low for another doing the same and couldn't see anything either
#368
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Correct, embedded (covered by a fare) surface sectors do count towards mileage used.
#369
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I checked the RBD 1 rule, no more 'A permitted'... The intern slowly gets experienced
#370
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Oh well. That's what explicit discussions in a public forum accomplish. It is one thing to point out the existence of an attractive premium fare (the intent of this forum); quite another to openly start discussing special tricks. For some reason our community never learns.
#372
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Oh well. That's what explicit discussions in a public forum accomplish. It is one thing to point out the existence of an attractive premium fare (the intent of this forum); quite another to openly start discussing special tricks. For some reason our community never learns.
I'm waiting for my invite to the private Illuminati forum where all the really good deals are listed
#373
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However, tricks to optimize even further should be left to PMs. Or Illuminati clubs---if you have not been invited to one, start one yourself.
An "exception" keeps going only as long as it is a rarely-used exception. Once it is on a major public forum and every Tom Dick & Harry is engineering / forcing it, of course that will draw attention and not the right kind.
Last edited by aktchi; Sep 20, 2017 at 2:56 am
#374
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#375
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Oh well. That's what explicit discussions in a public forum accomplish. It is one thing to point out the existence of an attractive premium fare (the intent of this forum); quite another to openly start discussing special tricks. For some reason our community never learns.