Originally Posted by
AA Flyer
In searching for a R/T: Mia / Fll - LAS (Mar 5 and Mar 10)... i get different first fares depending on the "search criteria" for the outbound city.
For instance:
3/5/19 - MIA/FLL - LAS: Flight AA 1368...... prices at: $1,446.00
BUT..... if I change the "search criteria" for the outbound city to ONLY Mia (.....to LAS)... that same flight prices out at: $1,534.00
Any thought son why this is????
AND..... in the search .....R/T: Mia / Fll - LAS (Mar 5 and Mar 10).... it does not pull up all the possible connecting flights.
For instance:
3/5/19 - MIA - LAS: It DOES show: MIA - ORD AA 335 and ORD - LAS AA 168
BUT..... if I change the "search criteria" for the outbound city to MIA / FLL (.....to LAS)... that flight option is not shown.
Another deficiency in the AA site.... and another reason that I am constantly forced to use 3rd party sites (ITA) to find and book flights.
The price will be the same if you fully click through. It appears cheaper on the calendar view when searching MIA/FLL-LAS because there is probably a cheaper return segment to FLL that causes the overall price to be cheaper. When you search only from MIA, that option disappears.
So, the cheaper $1446 option would be MIA-LAS-FLL, the $1534 would be MIA-LAS-MIA.
As to the search results, aa.com will typically show you around 40 results or so, so when searching just MIA-LAS you will get 40 results for MIA-LAS. Searching MIA/FLL-LAS, you will get 20 results for MIA-LAS and 20 results for FLL-LAS (very generally speaking, you get the idea). So it's only common sense that some potential MIA-LAS search results will be left off when searching both MIA/FLL.