Did I phone and book a Fuel Dump Ticket?
Feb 3, 2012, 3:06 pm
#1
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Did I phone and book a Fuel Dump Ticket?
Seeing some good business class tickets from MXP-YVR/SEA in the $2500 range. Anyhow, I already have a ticket from SEA-YYJ so I wanted to book a coach ticket MXP-SEA return YVR-MXP in business. AA.com will not let you do this with multi-city option coach one way return the other.
Anyhow by my calculations the fare should be around $1700 (I looked at half the coach ticket MXP-SEA and half the business ticket YVR-MXP)
Had to phone. So I did.
Anyhow my reservation has been "On Request" for a couple of days. Do you think this was a fuel dump ticket. I am waitlisted for the coach ticket and want it to revert to a ticketed ASAP to increase my odds for an upgrade. What do you think?
Anyhow by my calculations the fare should be around $1700 (I looked at half the coach ticket MXP-SEA and half the business ticket YVR-MXP)
Had to phone. So I did.
Anyhow my reservation has been "On Request" for a couple of days. Do you think this was a fuel dump ticket. I am waitlisted for the coach ticket and want it to revert to a ticketed ASAP to increase my odds for an upgrade. What do you think?
Feb 3, 2012, 3:08 pm
#2
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I hope someone else knows what you're talking about....
Feb 3, 2012, 3:25 pm
#5
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The $1700 estimate is about right:
Fare 1: Carrier AA NLE2EU MIL to SEA (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code N
Covers MXP-JFK (Coach), JFK-SEA (Coach)
$295.28
Fare 2: Carrier BA IR5E6J YVR to MIL (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, J
Covers YVR-LHR (Business), LHR-MXP (Business)
$939.88
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) €1.90
AA YQ surcharge (YQ) €120.00
USDA APHIS Fee (XA) €3.80
US Immigration Fee (XY) €5.31
US Customs Fee (YC) €4.18
Italian Embarkation Tax (IT) €7.75
Italian Security Charge (VT) €1.81
Italian Security Bag Charge (EX) €2.07
Italian Council City Tax (HB) €4.50
Italian Passenger Service Charge (MJ) €0.58
US International Arrival Tax (US) €12.67
United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge (UB) €19.58
BA YQ surcharge (YQ) €150.00
Vancouver Airport Improvement Fee (SQ) €11.41
Canadian Harmonized Sales Tax (BC) (RC) €1.37
Canadian Air Travelers Security Charge (CA) €19.71
Subtotal per passenger $1,718.45
Fare 1: Carrier AA NLE2EU MIL to SEA (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code N
Covers MXP-JFK (Coach), JFK-SEA (Coach)
$295.28
Fare 2: Carrier BA IR5E6J YVR to MIL (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code I, J
Covers YVR-LHR (Business), LHR-MXP (Business)
$939.88
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) €1.90
AA YQ surcharge (YQ) €120.00
USDA APHIS Fee (XA) €3.80
US Immigration Fee (XY) €5.31
US Customs Fee (YC) €4.18
Italian Embarkation Tax (IT) €7.75
Italian Security Charge (VT) €1.81
Italian Security Bag Charge (EX) €2.07
Italian Council City Tax (HB) €4.50
Italian Passenger Service Charge (MJ) €0.58
US International Arrival Tax (US) €12.67
United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge (UB) €19.58
BA YQ surcharge (YQ) €150.00
Vancouver Airport Improvement Fee (SQ) €11.41
Canadian Harmonized Sales Tax (BC) (RC) €1.37
Canadian Air Travelers Security Charge (CA) €19.71
Subtotal per passenger $1,718.45
Last edited by janetdoe; Feb 3, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Feb 3, 2012, 4:34 pm
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Not me, but maybe - RIP Fuel Dump?
Feb 3, 2012, 5:03 pm
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I have had tickets on hold clear upgrades before purchase, so my guess is that time of the request matters more than the purchase date
Feb 3, 2012, 5:21 pm
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The reason I think they may be looking at the ticket is my reservation has been "On Request" for a couple of days.
I am hoping to use a SWU to upgrade the one direction. The return I am flying BA metal so no option on that way.
I posted here before I phone tonight just in case I did something wrong.
What happened is I booked a one-way award to Europe two years ago - and have been booking all my trips departing Europe since then..... I guess I should book an award back home so I can re-position myself from home.
I am hoping to use a SWU to upgrade the one direction. The return I am flying BA metal so no option on that way.
I posted here before I phone tonight just in case I did something wrong.
What happened is I booked a one-way award to Europe two years ago - and have been booking all my trips departing Europe since then..... I guess I should book an award back home so I can re-position myself from home.
Feb 3, 2012, 5:25 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
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The reason I think they may be looking at the ticket is my reservation has been "On Request" for a couple of days.
I am hoping to use a SWU to upgrade the one direction. The return I am flying BA metal so no option on that way.
I posted here before I phone tonight just in case I did something wrong.
What happened is I booked a one-way award to Europe two years ago - and have been booking all my trips departing Europe since then..... I guess I should book an award back home so I can re-position myself from home.
I am hoping to use a SWU to upgrade the one direction. The return I am flying BA metal so no option on that way.
I posted here before I phone tonight just in case I did something wrong.
What happened is I booked a one-way award to Europe two years ago - and have been booking all my trips departing Europe since then..... I guess I should book an award back home so I can re-position myself from home.
Feb 4, 2012, 8:44 am
#10
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: MIA, LAX
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Posts: 192
to my understanding, the "fuel dump" was discovered and eliminated.