My GF's parents have offered us a timeshare week in PVR that they can't use. We were thinking about spending our next vacation opportunity in South America, using miles to go in F or J, but, it would be tough to say no to free lodging in PVR. Neither of us have ever been there.

Except... that flying to PVR from WAS is seriously expensive - $500 and up, way up. And using miles to PVR, even in Y, wouldn't be the best cents-per-mile use, and, would eliminate the possibility of that grand LIM/EZE (or perhaps SYD, or PEK, JNB, etc.) trip in F or J we were considering for the foreseeable future, since GF doesn't have the MP balance I have.

So, my question is... I've regularly seen fare sales and competitive fares to PVR and other Mexico destinations from SEA/SFO/LAX/etc., and, DCA-LAX also seems to be on sale pretty often. In the current "Only Here Fares" sale, DCA-LAX and LAX-PVR are each $95+ o/w (if you can find availability at that price).

Has the AS sales department ever considered putting the two together and publishing (or e-dealing) competitive fares DCA-LAX-PVR/SJD/etc.? Might they, for the summer slow season in Mexico? Currently, DCA-PVR on AS comes up at $778 on scattered midweek dates through May and June, but mostly closer to $1000.

Alternately, if I watched for an overlapping sale myself, would AS sell us a ticket with a end-on-end construction DCA-LAX, LAX-PVR? Those are usually legal, aren't they?

RASMguy? MissyDarlin?