Originally Posted by
dmason84
As this is intended to be our holiday, I think I'll be avoiding any pure TP runs! Just trying to make best use of my itinerary, without going out of the way. Although it is interesting to see all these various options ^
With regards to the stopover, does ITA Matrix let me check this (via some fancy search syntax), or would I need to try booking via the carrier's website? We were only planning to be on the east coast for around 6 days, so hopefully we'd be able to fit inside a stopover limit.
No need for fancy syntax, you actually just use multi-city, so search for e.g. xxx-JFK as flight 1, JFK-yyy as flight 2, then yyy-xxx as flight 3. You can of course put routing codes in for the individual flights if you want.
My search was for IST-JFK, JFK-SEA, SEA-IST:
Although the price is about right (I know there's a IST-SEA-IST fare that allows 1 free stopover), the description actually shows this as
Code:
Fare 1: Carrier BA INCEUR1 IST to NYC (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J, I
Covers IST-LHR (Business), LHR-JFK (Business)
£510.27
Fare 2: Carrier AA SA14ERP1 NYC to SEA (rules)
Passenger type ADT, one-way fare, booking code P
Covers JFK-SEA (First)
£272.60
Fare 3: Carrier BA INCEUR1 SEA to IST (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, J
Covers SEA-LHR (Business), LHR-IST (Business)
£575.74
I don't quite understand why it's giving us INCEUR1 plus the one-way SA14ERP1 rather than INE7F6R1 which from the fare rules ought to do the same job (?)
Looks like some expert help is called for. Where's
angatol when we need him?
EDIT: INE7F6R1 is an AA fare with no minimum stay requirement. INCEUR1 is a BA fare with a 3-day minimum stay between TATLs.