Originally Posted by
channa
There's only a loose correlation between distance and fare. It's the city pairs and competition that really determine the fare.
I know that's the ACTUAL reason but still I can't wrap my head around it. I went to Rio in March. Wanted to book a W fare from NYC and use my GPUs. I also knew I would have to go to L.A. At some point coming up. The W fare LGA-IAD-GIG was $1900. I was ready to book it but just for the hell of it checked the W fare from LAX.....it was $1250 (LAX-IAD-GIG). The S fare at the time JFK-LAX on PS flights was $300. End result was I got to COMBINE L.A. And Rio trips, earn almost 10K extra PQMs
AND THE TOTAL FARE WAS $350 LESS THEN IF I HAD JUST FLOWN NYC-IAD-GIG .....and still got all 6 flights upgraded with the 2 GPUs and 2 extra RPUs for the PS flights. I would love to know what they smoke in Chicago before making up these fares!