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Old May 15, 2010, 3:18 pm
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defiance96
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: MSY
Programs: Bonvoy (Titanium) . Delta (Platinum)
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Originally Posted by johnnierotten5
Hi All,

Tue 22MAR Delta 166 LV ATLANTA, GA (ATL) 12:30pm Coach
AR NEW YORK JOHN (JFK) 2:56pm

Tue 22MAR Delta 2997 LV NEW YORK JOHN (JFK) 7:00pm Coach
AR PORTLAND, OR (PDX) 10:41pm

Wed 23MAR Delta 91 LV PORTLAND, OR (PDX) 1:40pm Coach
AR TOKYO-NARITA, (NRT) 4:45pm

Fri 08APR Delta 620 LV TOKYO-NARITA, (NRT) 4:00pm Coach
AR MINNEAPOLIS/S (MSP) 1:00pm

Fri 08APR Delta 2774 LV MINNEAPOLIS/S (MSP) 1:15pm Coach
AR MEMPHIS, TN (MEM) 3:21pm

Fri 08APR Delta 668 LV MEMPHIS, TN (MEM) 5:10pm Coach
AR ATLANTA, GA (ATL) 7:35pm
Looks like you are making progress! However, um, that connection in MSP. Um, no way. There is a 3:30 flight that is looking like a low.

It probably is pricing at 90 because you picked some domestic legs that arent at 25K. If the NRT legs are low, you probably have to break down the domestic legs more.

It looks like your trip to PDX isn't pricing out as low. If you want to fly on the 22nd the 7:35am departure is pricing out as low (connecting in SLC). You could then fly on on the 22nd to NRT. Youd have about a 90 min connection.

Having said that, something about the leg from MSP is pushing this from 60 to 90K...and that is confusing and is why we hate the award booking tool which is broken.
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