Most AQM for least $ in J
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On AC, in P class
did YVR-YYZ-DEL return for $CDN 4,200 late last year (28,000 miles)
and recently YYZ-YVR-TPE return for $CDN 3,600 (24,000 miles)
my clients pleased with these fares, that in USD is significantly lower than what they had in their budgets for these projects.
did YVR-YYZ-DEL return for $CDN 4,200 late last year (28,000 miles)
and recently YYZ-YVR-TPE return for $CDN 3,600 (24,000 miles)
my clients pleased with these fares, that in USD is significantly lower than what they had in their budgets for these projects.
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On AC, in P class
did YVR-YYZ-DEL return for $CDN 4,200 late last year (28,000 miles)
and recently YYZ-YVR-TPE return for $CDN 3,600 (24,000 miles)
my clients pleased with these fares, that in USD is significantly lower than what they had in their budgets for these projects.
did YVR-YYZ-DEL return for $CDN 4,200 late last year (28,000 miles)
and recently YYZ-YVR-TPE return for $CDN 3,600 (24,000 miles)
my clients pleased with these fares, that in USD is significantly lower than what they had in their budgets for these projects.
That's my past month of fun J fares on AC.
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lol did not know deals like that ever existed in AC.
Best I've ever done with AC is 8CPM years ago which I thought was amazing all things considering.
I've done tons of UA P fares under 5CPM EX-Canada. You could hit UA 1K for $4000 CDN back in the good days doing only P mileage runs lol.
Can't even buy a R/T transcon in J for $4k nowadays on AC
Best I've ever done with AC is 8CPM years ago which I thought was amazing all things considering.
I've done tons of UA P fares under 5CPM EX-Canada. You could hit UA 1K for $4000 CDN back in the good days doing only P mileage runs lol.
Can't even buy a R/T transcon in J for $4k nowadays on AC
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Finding a cheap P fare to Munich is great, but I struggle with the point if all I'm doing is turning around on the concourse and reboarding the same plane from whence I flew. Bavaria in the holiday season would seem to be a great place to explore for an extended weekend.
I suppose that's the aspect of avgeekery I can't comprehend; spending the time, money and effort to attain top-tier status, without the underlying need to fly at all, except for a few flights per year. If the flying was required for one's job, or with the goal of meaningfully exploring destinations, then it makes complete sense. Otherwise...I'm baffled. Why not simply buy cheap business fares when you need to travel - and automatically get all the perks that the SEs receive.
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The easy answer is that these folks want to feel important. No matter what they say, I believe it’s the reason. And of course they enjoy aeroplanes.
I used to feel that way.
Takes about 25 years of flying for that need to go away…
I used to feel that way.
Takes about 25 years of flying for that need to go away…
#22
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Value is in the eyes of the beholder, has nothing to do with feeling important or what not. Would you spend $10K a year to have a track membership to drive exotics? Some would find that an amazing value while others would laugh at it.
I don't know why people are so concerned about how people spend their money and how they value it. It's just something that should never be debated.
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Please note a few posts have been edited or deleted as they dealt with maters beyond the thread topic so let's please focus on this topic and leave other discussions for other threads.
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However, it's irrelevant.
What about people who are at 75k AQM and $50k AQD? Would this not be useful? Knowing Dorian, I suspect this is much more along the lines of his situation.
Or what about people at 100k AQM and 20k AQD? Why not find a cheap J fare somewhere since the additional AQD is no longer required, and maybe you're just looking for a cheap vacation?
$20k AQD and 100k AQM requirements do not mean every flight has to cost 20+cpm. It doesn't even mean the average has to be 20+cpm. It means you need $20k AQD. If you do that on 2cpm fares, you still get the status.
Finding a cheap P fare to Munich is great, but I struggle with the point if all I'm doing is turning around on the concourse and reboarding the same plane from whence I flew. Bavaria in the holiday season would seem to be a great place to explore for an extended weekend.
I suppose that's the aspect of avgeekery I can't comprehend; spending the time, money and effort to attain top-tier status, without the underlying need to fly at all, except for a few flights per year. If the flying was required for one's job, or with the goal of meaningfully exploring destinations, then it makes complete sense. Otherwise...I'm baffled. Why not simply buy cheap business fares when you need to travel - and automatically get all the perks that the SEs receive.
And I've explored (and will continue to explore) various destinations in 2017.
The RCHHMP are really out in this thread today. I post 5 segments I've flown in the past month, and you assume I don't "meaningfully exploring destinations" ? Even though one of those segments let me "explore" two different continents...
My regular travel is regular travel, and generally not worthy of even mentioning on FT. It's only these out-of-the-norm ones that get discussed. But then you assume that those are all I do. But you know what they say about those who assume...
No, as I mentioned, AQD does not play a part in this. I've also purchased fares like this on other alliances where I have no or negligible status.
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