Pricing Error from Orlando?
Jun 13, 2018, 4:14 pm
#61
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Jun 13, 2018, 5:03 pm
#62
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: YYF/YLW
Programs: AA, DL, AS, VA, WS Silver
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And of course they have that debt because selling miles generates revenue (either from credit card companies or partner airlines when Mileage Plan members credit partner flights to AS).
Jun 13, 2018, 10:12 pm
#64
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I just did not want any misinformation out there. F class seats in the 48 contiguous domestically (or some short flights to Canada) are 25k miles each way for saver space.
Jun 13, 2018, 10:48 pm
#65
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
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It really depends on the market too. For me it is significantly cheaper to fly LAX-SEA-YLW than it is to fly SEA-YLW even thought you are on the same SEA-YLW flight so if I am returning from an international destination I prefer LAX/SFO to SEA. Cheaper to get home and more EQM. This is true also with awards as "married segments" where there is no saver space on a flight between two major points but there is if you add on a flight to a smaller outstation. I have seen this with QF too where there is F space LAX-SYD/MEL-HKG bookable with QF miles but no F space on the LAX-SYD/MEL segment if booking that segment alone which would otherwise be bookable with AS miles.
Just for curiosity, have you tried adding a smaller flight in conjunction with MCO such as MCO-SEA-BLI/GEG/YLW/YVR/YYJ?
James
Jun 13, 2018, 11:45 pm
#66
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Why should you be surprised? If only Full Y is available you would need to purchase a Full Y fare to use the GGU to upgrade to F. That would generate a lot more revenue than the value of the miles for a saver F award. Sometimes purchasing F outright is cheaper than purchasing an immediately upgradable fare for MVPG75K.