Originally Posted by
beyounged
- The problem with the sales city baffles me to no end. I tried LON as a sales city on ITA and it works, but the TA based in LON could not see availability on a few flights. He is also checking flights precisely one by one, so married segments should be no issue, unless he is trying to do it segment by segment (then he must not be really competent) since I told him LA has the "good" habit of marrying segments.
PM me your flights and I'll take a look.
Originally Posted by
beyounged
- I am pretty sure this is an EF, just not an explosive one that all the blogs jumped on.
I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I have seen a lot of fares, and the price and the rules seem reasonable enough to me. Not every good deal is a mistake.
Originally Posted by
beyounged
The 345USD additional fees stated in the fare rules are omitted when you depart from SEL
Miscalculation of the YR/YQ doesn't make it an error fare. (I suppose you could argue that the whole ticket is mispriced, although we have no idea how YQ/YR logic works since it is proprietary---but either way, that doesn't make the fare itself a mistake.)
Originally Posted by
beyounged
, and also this fare seems to have ridiculous MPM (18k miles each way approximately)
SEL-SCL great circle is 11,403 miles. There's no direct LA flight from South America to Asia; you're flying via Australia or North America. So I think this is not unreasonable.
Originally Posted by
beyounged
and no HIP check, so that is why I can go crazy on the routing.
A lot of carriers stopped doing HIP checks. You're right, it is not mentioned in the rules I can see. But unusual for ITA to make such a fundamental mistake.
Originally Posted by
beyounged
The only thing limiting you is your imagination ;P . Not many people have realized that and it has been going for months. I do not think offering up a 2.1cpm itinerary with 20+ segments to an LA agent will end up very well...
LA is limited to sixteen segments. This is in common with most other carriers. More segments will require paper coupons, and those are not generally accepted any more. You are also limited to three stopovers (if we are looking at the same fare) which for many travellers is a show-stopper.
I would imagine LA has little experience with mileage runners and gamification of their products is probably low on their list of concerns.
Originally Posted by
beyounged
- I was in contact with the propeller travel person, and he is very insistent that I have to finish all segments, part of this deal is that you can route through SEL on the way back and go back to back with it, throwing away the SEL-TYO. TYO-SEL can get very expensive, so I will only book with them when I have exhausted all my options, and eat up the cost on TYO-SEL segments. I do not have AMEX, since my savings are all blown for MR's and never got to get a card with them.
Propeller lost their BA ticketing authority for a while over a number of people dropping segments, that is why they are nervous. Are you sure you can't book SEL-SCL-SEL for a similar price?
If we are talking about the same fare, it doesn't appear to be stock-restricted. One of the other carriers on your journey may be willing to issue the ticket.
Originally Posted by
beyounged
4. Availability is wide open on ITA and GF for months to no end, maybe it is just that the fare was never wiped from the system when it expired?
If we're talking about LA SELSCL IEXEV00Q, it is not scheduled to expire.
Code:
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 IEXEV00Q I R 3367.00 ---- -/‡ -/12M AT01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-SEL TO-SCL CXR-LA TVL-04FEB18 RULE-JEVQ IPRSAA3/29
FARE BASIS-IEXEV00Q NORMAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BR RT-BUSINESS CLASS RESTRICTED
KRW 3603677 MPM E30DEC17 D-INFINITY FC-IEXEV00Q FN-
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 29DEC17/1018 EXPIRES INFINITY