Originally Posted by UncleDude

I booked a flight with aa.com from UK via MIA to Bahamas..then realized that the International flights were in a class that was not upgradeable. So phoned AA and they advised me the lowest upgradeable fare including the UK Premium Cabin Tax would be:

EQUIV FARE-USD
1084.00 TAX 477.50 - 1561.50 TICKET TOTAL

So I went ahead and changed the Fare Bucket and asked for E-VIPs to be applied and itinerary ticketed.

I then played on aa.com pricing 2 seperate tickets..ie. UK to Miami and seperate ticket Miami to Bahamas. Again I had to phone AA for space in an upgradeable class on TATL...The Result.

Ticket 1: Your total fare (including tax & fee(s)) for 1 passenger(s) is $ 637.06 USD Plus $58 UK Premium Cabin Tax

Ticket 2: Your total fare (including tax & fee(s)) for 1 passenger(s) is $ 238.20 USD

Total $933.26

Hence an amazing saving of almost $630

Thankfully I managed to change everything, but American wanted to give me a voucher for the difference, which considering the circumstances was unacceptable to me. If I a mear mortal was able to deduce 2 seperate tickets were significantly cheaper, surely an Airline Fares expert should have considered this.