Sorry, a little bit long....
Originally posted by Shareholder:
And you have just 1.5 hours between arriving and departing.
But this is at the height of the Christmas season -- from another post you made -- with DTW's notorious snow potential, not to mention the UK's general airlane congestion. All I can say is, may the Gods be with you! And if you miss your connection, that AA will be able to resked you at this heavily booked time of year. (And not penalize you for using back-to-back tickets.)
Thanks all yours great reply first, just to make things clear so you folks can help me:
Ticket price DTW-LAX (AA): $360 (inc tax)
LGW-LAX (AA): $400 (inc tax)
Mileage run is one consideration I fly this strange way but:
1. I have a trip w/ freind in Europe 20-27Dec
2. I need to be at LA for academic conference during 29Dec-2 Jan.
I built circle trip cost more than $1200 and 3 options I can think of after that:
1. DTW-LHR-DTW (20-28Dec), then DTW-LAX-DTW (28-3Jan)
2. DTW-LHR-DTW (BUT "jump off" at ORD connection when return), get a ORD-LAX-ORD ticket for $100 less than above, but when I return I need to buy one-way ORD-DTW which is $70!!
3. The "strange" way, 2 trans-alt. trip.
I selected option 3 b'cos it is technically only $50 more than other trips and in this way I can earn much more Q-miles and EUROO miles. Also it helps to "support" me to change 500x4upgrade to 1000miles since I fly internationally.
So my full itn as below:
20Dec Dtw-...-Lgw (TKT 1 Depart)
28Dec Lgw-...-Lax (TKT 2 Depart)
3Jan Lax-...-Lgw (TKT 2 Return)
4Jan Lgw-...-Dtw (TKT 1 Return)
1. Will this considered "Back to Back"? I think it is not since I am not returning to my original. This situation just like I make a trip in a trip. (e.g. DTW-LAX LAX-SFO-LAX LAX-DTW). The "grey" point is I am returning to the origin COUNTRY, not AIRPORT.
** 1 more rlated question, will my situation different if I return DTW(TKT1-Return) one day after TKT2-Return?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!
Great help!!!!