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#211
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Not sure whether this is the right thread to post this in, but I'm pricing out an itinerary in business class with a stopover YVR-IST-TLV-YVR. If I book online, I can book a multi-city itinerary, YVR-IST TLV-YVR for 149,500 pts and then a OW IST-TLV for 15,000 pts, for a total of 164,500 pts. I thought I'd save points by calling an agent and having this booked as a roundtrip with stopover in IST, but they are quoting 169,500. I thought that the first agent must be doing something wrong, so I called back and had another agent price it out. Same thing, and that was after him talking to a supervisor. Guess I'll book it as two separate itineraries.
#212
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I havent spent the time I guess to fully understand the new pricing, but I thought it would have been cheaper to book it on one ticket with the stopover would have been fewer points than booking it as two itineraries, especially with what I understood to be 5000 points only for a stopover. My thinking was that since I was essentially paying 15,000 points for a stopover, I would save 10,000 points by putting it all on the one itinerary. I clearly have more to do to understand how it works.
#213
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In general you're correct, but there may be instances where A-B + B-C is cheaper than A-B-C with (or even without) a stopover.
It would be pretty easy to run the math.
It would be pretty easy to run the math.
#214
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Noticed something similar the other day for a one way in Sept.
YVR/FRA/ATH - AC J, LH Y - 124.6k
YVR/FRA/ATH - AC Y, A3 J - 85k
YVR/FRA/SKG - AC J, LH Y - 126.3k
YVR/FRA/SKG - AC Y, A3 J - 70k
YVR/FRA/RHO - AC J, A3 Y - 122.7k
YVR/FRA/IST - AC leg Y, 2nd leg TK J - 85k
YVR/FRA/IST - AC leg J, 2nd leg LH Y - 94.3k (!)
YVR/FRA - in J - 156.4k
The whole thing is a mess. If the leg is available in J, why are certain carrier combos triggering it to move into Y. And that 2nd IST option
YVR/FRA/ATH - AC J, LH Y - 124.6k
YVR/FRA/ATH - AC Y, A3 J - 85k
YVR/FRA/SKG - AC J, LH Y - 126.3k
YVR/FRA/SKG - AC Y, A3 J - 70k
YVR/FRA/RHO - AC J, A3 Y - 122.7k
YVR/FRA/IST - AC leg Y, 2nd leg TK J - 85k
YVR/FRA/IST - AC leg J, 2nd leg LH Y - 94.3k (!)
YVR/FRA - in J - 156.4k
The whole thing is a mess. If the leg is available in J, why are certain carrier combos triggering it to move into Y. And that 2nd IST option
#215
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Dynamic pricing out in full force for the summer
Domestic flights are selling for $100-$115 all in (desperation/competition?). Some routes are as low as 3.5k points + tax. Dynamic valuation of 1.5-1.8cpm
Domestic flights are selling for $100-$115 all in (desperation/competition?). Some routes are as low as 3.5k points + tax. Dynamic valuation of 1.5-1.8cpm
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#217
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Maybe half a dozen routes are selling at that rate, for example I can get YOW-YVR for $125 one-way if I book three weeks out, but if I want to get on that very same flight, but tack a 12-minute hop to Nanaimo onto the end, that'll run me $567.
YYZ-YVR is dirt cheap all summer, which might be about competition, or it might be about the fact that a route that used to do thirteen directs a day is currently doing four, and they're trying to coax vaccinated travellers back onto airplanes. Then again, YYZ-YVR tomorrow will run you $870 one-way, when they know anyone buying a ticket probably *has* to travel.
Or maybe I'm wrong, and those $59 Flair fares are about to revolutionize the Canadian airline industry.