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Mar 31, 2005 | 8:39 am

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Originally Posted by DCA-SEA

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?

If both destinations are on sale at the same time, then the system should automatically give you the lowest price available, even if it means breaking up the fare points (subject to availability)

If you break up the fare points yourself by buying separate tickets, AS is not required to honor it as a through ticket, and you could wind up with baggage and or reprotection issues between the separated flights.

That being said, the DCA-LAX arrives 38 minutes before the LAX-PVR... not something I'd personally want to risk for an international connection, and the return requires an overnight anyway. So if you ARE going to book the tickets separately, I'd highly recommend giving yourself a day buffer on that OB portion.

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