our_kid

RDU-CLT-JFK-BWI and permutations thereof is fairly wide open next year - a snip at £140 for 120TP if you’re over that way. And you get your pick from the AA on board snack basket.

Hoping to do a couple next April - all down to the elusive waiting game of whether BA will roll over my GGL…

As ever YMMV

Flyertalker001342

A fate worse than death. Their are worse things than losing status :-)

ISTFlyer

Starting/ending in DCA was always cheaper than ending in BWI, just to let you know.
When there is a sale starting/ending in EWR or LGA is even cheaper. ( eg routing RDU-CLT-ORD-EWR/LGA )

Foltan

Would someone mind confirming for me whether there's any issues with R-class internal J bookings on AA? (as part of a TP run from MAD to West Coast - the MIA-LAX leg)

I remember talk of R-Class in the past in relation to upgrade fares etc and I've forgotten if I should be worried about it.

ISTFlyer

R fare class is a revenue fare bucket, however, it's more expensive than I fare bucket.

You would get 40TP's for routes shorter than 2000 miles, 140TP's for routes between 2000-6000 miles and 160TP's for routes over 6000 miles when flying AA R.

Flying Yazata

Well, it's not like AY1674 is the only option, but I guess some want to be efficient in terms of time spent chasing TPs and do a TATL flight the next afternoon.

xenole

I've been playing around with Matrix and BA, and ITA Matrix tells me there's no flights any time I put HEL in.
BA was working but now has decided a 3h45 connection is >180 mins, but 4h5 is less than 180 minutes.

Confus

That was other airlines, wasn’t it? But not AJB fares or carriers.

Foltan

OK thank you, both, just wanted to check it didn't affect TP accrual or suchlike.

Ilovethebeachclub

Thanks for everyone's advice - I have now booked this for £1400 ish. Had to call BA and the agent was really helpful (but he did ask why I was doing this particular journey).
I'm super excited for a couple of hours in Las Vegas and a few days exploring Southern California.
I have calculated 680 points + positioning flights


Madrid (MAD) to London (LHR) — Thu, Jul 21 British Airways 457 Dep: 10:55 am Arr: 12:15 pm 2h 20m Airbus A320 Business (I)
Layover in LHR 3h 0m
London (LHR) to New York (JFK) — Thu, Jul 21 American 105 Dep: 3:15 pm Arr: 6:35 pm 8h 20m Boeing 777 Business (I)
Layover in JFK 2h 55m
New York (JFK) to Las Vegas (LAS) — Thu, Jul 21 American 2836 Dep: 9:30 pm Arr: 12:13 am 5h 43m Boeing 737 First (I)
Layover in LAS Fri, Jul 22 6h 8m
Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX) — Fri, Jul 22 American 2690 Dep: 6:21 am Arr: 7:30 am 1h 9m Airbus A321neo First (I)


Los Angeles (LAX) to Philadelphia (PHL) — Mon, Jul 25 American 497 Dep: 11:42 am Arr: 8:00 pm 5h 18m Airbus A321 First (R)
Layover in PHL 1h 30m
Philadelphia (PHL) to Lisbon (LIS) — Mon, Jul 25 American 258 Dep: 9:30 pm Arr: 9:30 am 7h 0m Boeing 787 Business (R)
Layover in LIS 3h 0m
Lisbon (LIS) to Madrid (MAD) — Tue, Jul 26 Iberia 3109 Dep: 12:30 pm Arr: 2:55 pm 1h 25m Airbus A320 Business (R)

webstereo

Similar dates to the above if anyone is interested...960 TP I think

DeathSlam

TP or Avios?

(I'll leave other to calculate the accurate value)

xenole

960TP

webstereo

Whoops - an extra digit made its way there

xenole

Nice run. Might see if it's possible to reduce the number of overnights.

Either it's me yet again, or ITA Matrix keeps changing flight orders when you change date.
i.e. SOF to HEL on the 4th July. I change 4th July to the 5th July, and that flight now becomes No2 with HEL-SFO as the 1st flight.