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Old Nov 29, 2012, 9:29 am
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Originally Posted by learningtime
If you are paying nothing to fly JFK-DOH, then $400 is not expensive. If you are paying $600+ for JFK-DOH, the total fare for US-India goes above $1K which is good but barely a deal from NYC. Of course, since this is not the Trick-it thread and "perhaps" I don't get flamed for asking, how do you from JFK-DOH for nothing? A trick? If yes, I'll look into it.

If you are using miles for JFK-DOH, that's a whole different thing. That is not paying "nothing"
I had a $500,- VDB voucher, so I used it toward the trip. As long as all of the segments were on AA or AA codeshare, the voucher was fully usable. In addition, I am burning a couple of SWUs.
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