Originally Posted by
nexusCFX
Managed to book HKG-LAX-CLT-MEX for Jan 1. Had to go through the HK site and fight with the multi city tool. Came out to 8218 HKD, so about 1050 USD. Great deal for me. Couldn't use my $500 of AA gift cards though since I had to use the HK site. Some other time I guess.
This is one of those fares where POS really matters for the I bucket availability. I have messed around with it a bit and found that there is very little US POS availability and that even with POS set to HKG, RF doesnt appear to be reflecting what AA will sell you from a HKG or China point of sale. ITA seems to slightly over display on I bucket availability when default is left to departure city and wildly over display if you set POS to US. AA CN site seems to show less than getting HKG POS via an OTA like Expedia. Expedia works well in that it also displays mixed cabin options, so if you only are doing a one way and plan to drop US-MEX segments you dont care about those being in Y.
What is the AA HKG site? I only get options from the drop down for AA China, not HKG...