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Dec 30, 2010 | 2:37 pm

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ckpeter

Join Date: Sep 2005

Posts: 2,738

Quote:

Originally Posted by perkunas

Thanks for the software!

I've been doing a lot of searches on AXN, and I noticed something I don't understand:

BCN-ROC
8/31/11 ±2 days
QF and BA
results in "0 Ways"

When I do a simple search on AA.com, it shows me that Economy MileSAAver fares are available on both 8/30 and 8/31 for 30k?

Just thought I'd throw it out there. Thanks again.

That's not unexpected. The routing offered by AA.com is quite imaginative, requiring an airport change and a next-day connection (BCN-JFK/EWR-ORD-ROC). BA and QF both do not return that routing, most likely because their internal parameter is not wild enough to account for this routing.

This is part of the reason why if you want availability, you must do the search segment-by-segment. Noticed how a simple BCN-ROC on QF does not return any result, but searches on individual segments do:

Code:

  [QF] BCN-ROC 1 x Y seat 08-30 + 0 day
  ================================
  No flights found

  [QF] BCN-JFK 1 x Y seat 08-30 + 0 day
  ================================
  TU-08-30: AA67, AA151

  [QF] EWR-ORD 1 x Y seat 08-31 + 0 day
  ================================
  WE-08-31: AA301, AA303, AA305, AA309,
            AA313, AA319, AA327, AA329,
            AA331, AA333, AA335, AA341,
            AA345, AA3854, AA4672-AA4344

  [QF] ORD-ROC 1 x Y seat 08-31 + 0 day
  ================================
  WE-08-31: AA4018

Route Explorer can be very useful in figuring out all possible ways to connect between two airports.

Quote:

Originally Posted by perkunas

Also, is it possible to book an award that combines both QF and BA Economy Awards?

For example, something looking like:

ROC-LHR (QF Econ Award)
LHR-BCN (QF Econ Award)
BCN-ROC (BA Econ Award)

ANX returns availability, which you can generally combine into an award reservation. However, each mileage program has its own rules and some may prohibit stopover, while others may not allow out-of-way routings.

In your example, it seems like you are trying to book three one-ways. If your mileage program allows for stopover, you can book it as a ROC-BCN roundtrip, with stopover in LHR on the outbound. You can consult the terms and rules for your program to figure out if one-way or stopover are allowed.

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