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Originally Posted by 355F1
(Post 30404588)
An example for all wanting to know:
This is the most lucrative and comfy MR, as it is in J. This is available all the way through June 15 and good from PHX. Done through AARP to BA.com. Upgrading a leg to F costs 22.5-25k Avios per leg. ;) https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...39f0678be9.png Cost $2,761 +$103 for Indian VISA EQMs: 39,768 EQDs: $4,972 RDMs: 48,720 as an EXP Paying $.59/EQD & $.07/EQM. |
Originally Posted by 355F1
(Post 30404588)
An example for all wanting to know:
This is the most lucrative and comfy MR, as it is in J. This is available all the way through June 15 and good from PHX. Done through AARP to BA.com. Upgrading a leg to F costs 22.5-25k Avios per leg. ;) https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...39f0678be9.png Cost $2,761 +$103 for Indian VISA EQMs: 39,768 EQDs: $4,972 RDMs: 48,720 as an EXP Paying $.59/EQD & $.07/EQM. |
Originally Posted by billgrates3
(Post 30413571)
and hopefully you used the Chase BA Visa card to save another 10% ?
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Originally Posted by 355F1
(Post 30413901)
That is the price after the 10% off. ;) |
Originally Posted by SpammersAreScum
(Post 30415778)
Well, crap. a few weeks ago I booked TPA-MIA-LHR-BOM RT thru AARP in Biz for $3420 on on my Chase BA card. You're telling me I missed chance to save 10%, or is that automatic?
It isnt automatically applied. |
Originally Posted by SpammersAreScum
(Post 30415778)
Well, crap. a few weeks ago I booked TPA-MIA-LHR-BOM RT thru AARP in Biz for $3420 on on my Chase BA card. You're telling me I missed chance to save 10%, or is that automatic?
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Originally Posted by zabes64
(Post 30417453)
You didn't miss anything because you have an AA operated flight from TPA-MIA so the 10% off wouldn't have worked anyway. That should make you feel better.
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Originally Posted by SpammersAreScum
(Post 30415778)
Well, crap. a few weeks ago I booked TPA-MIA-LHR-BOM RT thru AARP in Biz for $3420 on on my Chase BA card. You're telling me I missed chance to save 10%, or is that automatic?
Originally Posted by zabes64
(Post 30417453)
You didn't miss anything because you have an AA operated flight from TPA-MIA so the 10% off wouldn't have worked anyway. That should make you feel better.
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Sucks! I have a trip planned in Jan which was putting in EXP!! :-(
Wonder if I should ask for the EXP challenge and try to achieve it before Dec! :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by SpammersAreScum
(Post 30419853)
But if I'd known, I could have booked TPA-MIA-TPA separately. That probably wouldn't have raised the total cost by $340. Oh, well.
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Originally Posted by beachfan
(Post 30421645)
yes but you lose your ability to check bags through and MIA baggage is slow. But I suspected -- and have now confirmed -- the code is only good flights in 2018 and mine's in Feb. So it's all moot after all that. |
Uhh, what's going on with you guys? What's wrong with FF program? I don't like change FF program. How embarrassed I am.
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Originally Posted by blitzkriegs
(Post 30397352)
Free agent and loyalty rants are the best. Group 8 here we come!
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Originally Posted by ryan182
(Post 30398021)
And yet for the past couple years they have followed their competitors (primarily DL) religiously. Yes I'm sure they have a cost/benefit internally but that was my point, competitive pressures will outweigh those internal costs but when they get the opportunity (aka DL/UA does it first) AA will happily follow suit. To be clear, this isn't necessarily a complaint; minimizing costs in response to changes in the competitive landscape is a logical thing to do. I'm just not naive enough to think that this, or any other change, is going to be to my benefit. When the next economic downturn occurs and the airlines are hurting we will be courted again, until then they will give as little as possible.
The bottom line is that none of them want to take the risk of upsetting shareholders who are counting beans and only care about this quarter's profits vs a longer view. Standing out and being different isn't viewed as a plus but a cost, and that's a big problem IMO. |
Thought I had it all planned out after my return back to SYD... my last work flight for the year.
~100,200 EQM on 10 segments ... YES! Amazing. EQD @ $12,150 ... oh wait. It's now $15k. ugh. |
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