FlyerTalk Forums - The Penalty Box

I have been guilty of this in past lives as the system was incredibly biased against time efficiency. Let's face it, while the travel portals are indeed a great concept to prevent a'holes from blindly blowing company $$$ on ridiculous fares, they are create nightmares for employees while the travel manager enjoys his kickbacks. I eventually won over my manager who agreed that is was silly to connect 3 times or have a 5 hour layover on my way to the west coast. Or that the portals mysteriously did not have the cheapest flights since they were not preferred carriers....

I'm willing to make/accept a cogent argument for a reasonable routing over a minor cost difference. It is when people purposefully delay purchasing a ticket by a few weeks to pay more on the exact same flights simply to ensure 100% EQMs or increase upgrade chances when the company policy is coach travel that irks me. Those people actually promoting such actions in public is even worse, IMO, and they pop up on here all the time.

Hartmann

Mar 11, 2009 11:21 am

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Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 11397436)

How accurate are the AA fare buckets on seatcounter.com? My fiancee is flying in on Saturday and since I have to be at the airport to pick her up anyway I might as well try to squeeze some $ out of AA.

ETA: to be specific I was looking at LGA-DFW fares on 3/14

I am not sure seatcounter.com is accurate for AA due to my experience coming back from AMA.

I was watching SeatCounter to see if AA had any seats so I could take a bump and it showed the flights zeroed out but the agent had multiple seats available.

Could be a one-off though.

Hartmann

Mar 11, 2009 11:25 am

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Originally Posted by MBM3 (Post 11397522)

I never gamed fare buckets but I refused to go on trips where they were insisting I take flights that required 2+ connections and a day to make (domestic flights). All in the name of saving money. :rolleyes:

Making a connection or two to get to a foreign destination is no big deal, but making more than one connection on a domestic flight is just retarded.

If it was a Y/H fare direct vs. a el-cheapo US fare connecting through PHX, CLT, LGA, and PHL, I went with the Y/H.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter

Mar 11, 2009 11:34 am

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Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11397740)

Making a connection or two to get to a foreign destination is no big deal, but making more than one connection on a domestic flight is just retarded.

Making three or more connections on a domestic flight is part of a balanced mileage diet. :D

Hartmann

Mar 11, 2009 11:35 am

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11397793)

Making three or more connections on a domestic flight is part of a balanced mileage diet. :D

Not when they're on US or WN, that's called assisted suicide.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter

Mar 11, 2009 11:37 am

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Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11397805)

Not when they're on US or WN, that's called assisted suicide.

I'll soon find out. I've got an 8-segment Q-UP where 5 of the segments are US.

AMF in NJ

Mar 11, 2009 11:38 am

I have never connected domestically and I'm OK with that.

For my trip to STL last year the TA software wanted to put me on a US flight to CLT with a 2 hour layover to save $5. :rolleyes: I picked CO-Ex instead. I didn't hear about it from management, but the software made me type in a reason for selecting a more expensive flight over a cheaper one. :rolleyes:

Anglo Large Clawed Otter

Mar 11, 2009 11:42 am

OMG. CO.com offering $800a/i flights IAH-LHR/CDG-DXB. :eek:

ConciergeMike

Mar 11, 2009 11:46 am

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Point taken on the ballcap...but I still think I'm right about the golf bag.

Olton Hall

Mar 11, 2009 11:47 am

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 11397819)

I knew what my billable rate was and it was much more than that $5 of savings. :rolleyes:

AMF in NJ

Mar 11, 2009 11:51 am

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11397842)

OMG. CO.com offering $800a/i flights IAH-LHR/CDG-DXB. :eek:

An A380 from LHR (for the date that I picked)! :cool:

colpuck

Mar 11, 2009 11:54 am

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Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 11397740)

Making a connection or two to get to a foreign destination is no big deal, but making more than one connection on a domestic flight is just retarded.

Making three or more connections on a domestic flight is part of a balanced mileage diet. :D

And on ua you're obligated to make as many as possible.

AMF in NJ

Mar 11, 2009 11:55 am

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 11397902)

An A380 from LHR (for the date that I picked)! :cool:

Oh, doesn't look like it earns miles. Hrm.:o

windwalker

Mar 11, 2009 11:56 am

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OMG. CO.com offering $800a/i flights IAH-LHR/CDG-DXB. :eek:

Hope it's still there when I get off CO1850 at 5p-ish.

colpuck

Mar 11, 2009 11:56 am

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 11397902)

An A380 from LHR (for the date that I picked)! :cool:

Oh, doesn't look like it earns miles. Hrm.:o

Em only earns USA-lhr and return.

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