Originally Posted by
tomwht
This may not be entirely new, but it surprised me that the fare to HEL in F was so much cheaper than to ARN. The F base fare ORD-HEL is $2992; the F base fare to ARN is $5367. Why the big difference? Fare is good to end of October. My route takes me through IAD where I will be on LH's 747-8. My return will be on the LH A388, FRA-IAH. I chose seat 1A on both flights.
The fare code is DRCUP86E. So, I guess it is a business class fare with an upgrade to First.
Nice find and great routing. Seems to be an ex-ORD only sale. Books into A (discounted First) but still earns 300% M&M status miles and RDMs. That fare or some reasonably close to it is also available ex-ORD to select other European cities including Paris for $4,394. I've started a new thread for the CDG fare.