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Old Jan 6, 2013, 5:41 am
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Lucrative runs that have been reported under £3/TP - current availability not guaranteed
Route | Booking class | Fare | Booking channel | TPs | £/TP | credit

American Airlines

SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN | A/A/I | £498 return | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.80/TP | chris1979
ORD-STL-DFW-SJU | A/A/I | £458 return | aa.com | 520 TPs | £0.88/TP | timezonehopper
SFO-LAX-MIA-CUN-MIA-LAX-LAS | A/A/I/I/A/A | £581 round trip | aa.com | 620 TPs | £0.94/TP | courtster
AMS-LHR-LAX-SFO-JFK-LHR-AMS | I/I/A/A/I/I | £1641 round trip | aa.com | 630 TPs | £2.60/TP | mccorry
IST-LHR/LCY-JFK-EZE-MIA-LHR-IST | I/I/I/I/I/I | £2106 round trip | aa.com | 790TPs | £2.61/TP | nth_utsera_sth_utsera
45 day advance purchase required, minimum stay 7 days.

British Airways
LGW-MLA | R | £248 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.55/TP | LDNConsultant
LGW-RAK | R | £280 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.75/TP | mfgr
Book by 31/12/13 for this price.
JER-LGW-AMS | J/R | £259 return | ba.com | 160 TPs | £1.62/TP | joejet
LGW-JER | R | £181 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.26/TP
LGW-AMS | R | £199 return | ba.com | 80 TPs | £2.49/TP
BRU-LHR//LCY-JFK-SEA (last bit on AA) and back | I/I/A | £1,529 return | probably have to phone up | 920 TPs | £1.66/TP | stifle
Outbound 12/4-27/4 or 25/6-24/8, min stay Sat night, ticket by 2/1/14

Royal Jordanian
BEY-AMM-AQJ | D | £255 return | rj.com | 160 TPs | £1.59/TP | DeanB

Malaysia Airlines
SIN-KUL-KCH | D | S$660 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 160 TPs | £2.12/TP |HPN-HRL
DEL-KUL-BKK | Z | INR41,666 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 360TPs| £1.15/TP| Seshy
DEL-KUL-NRT | Z | INR92,395 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.64/TP| Seshy
ICN-KUL-SYD/MEL | Z | KRW1,582,600 return |malaysiaairlines.com | 560TPs| £1.65/TP| armagebedar
SIN-KUL-DXB | Z | S$1084 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.50/TP | qasr (+long haul equipment on KUL-DXB)
SIN-KUL-TPE | Z | S$1078 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.49/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-DEL | Z | S$1018 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.41/TP | qasr
SIN-KUL-KTM | Z | S$1006 return | malaysiaairlines.com | 360 TPs | £1.39/TP | qasr

Qatar Airways
CAI-DOH-BKK | £759 return | D/D/D/A | 360 TPs | £2.10/TP ExpatSomchai
DME-DOH-SGN | I | £1255 return | qatarairways.com | 560 TPs | £2.25/TP |continentalclub
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Old Mar 29, 2013, 11:36 am
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If you book it on rj.com, there is I availability outbound on the 30th but not the 31st, but only D inbound on the 15th. That comes to about £990
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Old Mar 29, 2013, 11:37 am
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Originally Posted by angatol
ITA does check availability. It's just that in this case it seems to be broken and is reporting I9 when there is really I0. This is the first time I've seen that happen.
Thanks for everyone's help and yes I have the option "Only show flights and prices with available seats" checked.
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Old Mar 29, 2013, 12:10 pm
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You may want to check that you aren't violating a minimum advance purchase requirement.
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by stifle
You may want to check that you aren't violating a minimum advance purchase requirement.
I generally would not trust ITA with availability but fare rules should not be an issue. Especially something as simple as advance purchase should not be incorrect.
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 7:46 am
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If this is replicable, perhaps ITA Hacker or a colleague might be interested.
Last edited by typical; Mar 30, 2013 at 7:52 am Reason: Got the wrong organisation. D'oh.
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Old Mar 30, 2013, 7:20 pm
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RE: RJ Crown Class fares booked under 'I' - are these fares still eligible for BA Exec miles at 125%? I ask as I isn't explicitly listed under BA Exec Club miles accrual lists for RJ (only fare codes J, C, and D). Tempted to book a very discounted I class fare to Colombo.
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Old Mar 31, 2013, 5:01 am
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I ended up booking with BA in the end and the Mrs flew out this morning - all weren't that bad as she got bumped up to WT+ at the check-in at T5 this morning.
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Old Mar 31, 2013, 5:36 am
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Originally Posted by sst73
RE: RJ Crown Class fares booked under 'I' - are these fares still eligible for BA Exec miles at 125%? I ask as I isn't explicitly listed under BA Exec Club miles accrual lists for RJ (only fare codes J, C, and D). Tempted to book a very discounted I class fare to Colombo.
If it's not listed, you get nothing...
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Old Mar 31, 2013, 8:57 pm
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Thanks Haasha, that's good to know. Odd, as RJ 'I' class fares earn 125% with JAL and Qantas, I believe. Oh well, I guess I'll book with Etihad then.
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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:15 am
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I'm seeing LAS-LAX-MIA-SJU for £474 on AA later this year. All in A or I but I'll probably credit to AA so don't know what that means for BA tier points.

Any good?
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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:24 am
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I think it's good value, but then I'm probably biased (see post #699 - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20402416-post699.html) - I booked that same trip for just £7 more a few weeks ago - in fact it's probably the same cost in US$ and price is just fluctuating a bit due to exchange rate. At 0.78p/TP (or thereabouts) I still think that's pretty good vfm though.
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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:37 am
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Originally Posted by typical
I don't know why ITA thinks I class is available, but RJ doesn't agree.
Originally Posted by angatol
ITA does check availability. It's just that in this case it seems to be broken and is reporting I9 when there is really I0.
Sometimes there are point-of-sale issues as well. The airline may offer I9 to one market, but I0 to another. If ITA is looking at the former but you're booking in the latter, that could generate a discrepancy.

At the moment, I'm having this issue big time when pricing up an ex-EU that I'm interested in. It wastes so much time to have to consult the airline website to find the true availability.
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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by EDIflyer
I think it's good value, but then I'm probably biased (see post #699 - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20402416-post699.html) - I booked that same trip for just £7 more a few weeks ago - in fact it's probably the same cost in US$ and price is just fluctuating a bit due to exchange rate. At 0.78p/TP (or thereabouts) I still think that's pretty good vfm though.
Just read your earlier post. Wondering why your suggestion that it goes on the page top hasn't been taken up. Way better deal than the same itinerary in there starting in SFO.

Out of interest, have you found anywhere reasonable to stay in SJU?
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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by Blueboys999
Just read your earlier post. Wondering why your suggestion that it goes on the page top hasn't been taken up. Way better deal than the same itinerary in there starting in SFO.

Out of interest, have you found anywhere reasonable to stay in SJU?
I'm not sure, it's a busy thread so may have just been overlooked

I'm planning on the Caribe Hilton - seems to get good reviews and a friend that recently stayed at the Conrad San Juan (another one I was considering) wasn't particularly impressed by it. I had booked the Caribe before the HHonors devaluation but then ironically it actually dropped in price after 28th March so I rebooked it and saved a chunk of HHonors points! Works out at around 0.7c/pt value at current rates so quite happy with that.
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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:58 am
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Thanks - that's helpul.
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