Can't get 6-segment trip to price out on UA like on ITA
Still finding some good deals from the East Coast to PHX on UA. Using ITA I was able to price out three segments each way in the G fare bucket for $208 RT all in. But when I use united.com's multi-city feature to duplicate the itinerary, it books me into W and other high fare classes and the all-in price comes out much higher.
It's still a good deal on united.com $200.80 all in RT to Phoenix, but those extra segments never hurt.
EDIT: After messing around with the UA and CO sites I was able to get CO to give me three segments on the eastbound return, including a redeye SFO-ORD on a 767, which gives me good odds for an upgrade.
Total cost was $204.50, or 2.8 CPM. Not a bad deal at all. I've done segment runs (I've qualified as a 1P on segments the last two years) but this is my first mileage run.
Booked two OW tickets: UA on the outbound MCO-SFO-PHX and CO on the return PHX-SFO-ORD-MCO. All on UA metal. It's a Friday in August, so I've got plenty of time to tell my wife....
Last edited by flavorflav; Apr 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Reason: Adding trip details