Originally Posted by
canadiancow
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philelite is going to post a couple examples, but YVR-PVR round-trip in J was something like:
SE: 47.1k
P25K+CC: 46.6k
SE+CC: 46.1k
I think both CCs were the mid-tiers.
So in this one example, the credit card wasn't significant, but there was definitely a discount.
Based on mine and some other folks exploration before AP went live - Summary is as follows. I posted some in that reddit thread with screenshots.
- significant difference between No Status and P25K - 10-30%
- P25 Vs E35, E50, SE100 - around 5-10% at max
- VI (Core) provides another 1-2 % gains around 200-250 miles on some samples
- VIP (Premium) gives another small gain
- E35 with VIP Card was Exactly same as E50 + VI card (no change in say 5 scenarios) - Also very similar to SE100 with a VI Card
Again, our exploration was limited wrt E75 & SE100 as we don't have a lot of super elites.
For travel hackers aka AP collectors, 100K AP (without AQS, AQM, AQD) will continue to give P25K status as a continued benefit. So pretty good deal for locking discounted award pricing
Originally Posted by
rankourabu
One way with stopover is not working for the promised 5000 miles - its simply adding the two legs searched.
Asia is looking dire. Anything involving AC TPAC is >200k in J
Mixed cabin itineraries popping up where 4% is in business (something like EWR-YYZ on a ticket from India), with no ability to filter out
Yup, its very glitchy also PY pricing is ridiculous - wonder if its a glitch or a flawed pricing algorithm
Edit: OMAAT Reports
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2021 Aeroplan is promising an industry-leading award search tool offering the following:
- The ability to book stopovers online
- The ability to book complex routings online
- A robust award calendar
- The ability to rebook your reservation online
Also, SkipLagging is going to be Key going forward. You could see significant arbitrage gains. Not going further as its a kinda controversial topic :P