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Old Sep 7, 2015 | 4:06 pm
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My first relaxed attempt for a DONE6 not that good, $10k, 19 cpm and likely 13 cpp, lol. A few questions:

1. Does it matter what dates (close to booking vs. a few months later) or days (midweek vs. weekend) you choose for pricing? Is this based on actual dynamic pricing as it applies to regular flights? Also, I assume some near future flights may not have availability and therefore not showing at all?

2. Does it matter which carriers you choose for each segment, and if yes, do we have a rank ordered list of who is cheaper in general and has the lowest surcharges/fees? (at least a vague one? in general?)

3. Are there key airports to try to avoid for taxes/fees, perhaps LHR (although probably hard to avoid I assume, as a major OW hub.)? Others?

4. Do number of connections increase the price in general, reduce it, variable, or it doesn't matter? (I know they count as segments).

5. I assume number of continents affects the base price?

6. Do we have any MR maximized itinerary samples posted on this forum, ex-TYO, particularly?
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