Originally Posted by
channa
Check the fare rules on the $700 ticket -- discount tickets often have a 30-day max stay (sometimes 60 or 90).
Checking some dates 9/2 - 1/something, there is a $720 all in fare on UA out, Swiss back, with a number of carriers offering < $800 fares (LH, BA, AC, US). Even AA nonstop to/from JFK.
Do you have to fly CO for this one?
Here's the caveat. I want to fly this with my girlfriend.
For me, it's gonna be the trip back from reward travel with CO (I only have miles with CO - leaving 8/17). For my girlfriend, it's the 1st leg of the trip I described, she doesn't know when she's flying back.
So I have to fly CO, or a partner where reward travel is available with my miles (not AA, BA, etc).