A new World Record even for DL SM. THIS is "best in class" alright!
May 12, 2010, 4:05 pm
#16
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I see 200K up to 485K for business for 7/7 to 7/16.
May 12, 2010, 4:11 pm
#17
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http://picasaweb.google.com/114376302664714484116
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If not, then you're having browser issues.
May 12, 2010, 4:15 pm
#18
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You don't see this at the top of the post:
http://picasaweb.google.com/114376302664714484116
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If not, then you're having browser issues.
http://picasaweb.google.com/114376302664714484116
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If not, then you're having browser issues.
I see the link you posted and can see the screen shot from your link......
Strange.
Stranger still is the routing he or the system picked when every one else if finding lower awards.
Last edited by longing4piedmont; May 12, 2010 at 4:23 pm
May 12, 2010, 4:17 pm
#19
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What screenshot? Don't see in Firefox or IE.
We're the majority.
You don't see this at the top of the post:
http://picasaweb.google.com/114376302664714484116
??
If not, then you're having browser issues.
http://picasaweb.google.com/114376302664714484116
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If not, then you're having browser issues.
May 12, 2010, 4:18 pm
#20
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Logging in with a family members FO account, I found 13 B/E choices, ranging from 200k to 485k. Coach ranged from 107k to 152k. I even tried routing through NRT and CDG and could only get 360k in B/E.
Considering the OP's track record of posts, I would have to suspect he either spent a long time trying to build an elaborate itin to create this or just made it up.
There is no screenshot link in the OP. Perhaps there was one once, but if so the OP removed it.
Considering the OP's track record of posts, I would have to suspect he either spent a long time trying to build an elaborate itin to create this or just made it up.
There is no screenshot link in the OP. Perhaps there was one once, but if so the OP removed it.
May 12, 2010, 4:29 pm
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May 12, 2010, 4:47 pm
#23
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I matched the OP's exact itin for 320k. Certainly way too high a price, but still it's half of what he got, and this was while I logged in with a lowly FO account:
PHP Code:
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) to Rome, Italy (FCO) on 06 Jul 2010
10:20am
PHL 7:05am
FCO
Arrives 07 Jul
1-stop
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
(2 hr 38 min layover)
14 hr 45 min
Delta 2561
MD-88
In-Flight Services
First
View Seats
Delta 240
Airbus A330-300
In-Flight Services
Business
View Seats
Rome, Italy (FCO) to Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) on 16 Jul 2010
7:20am
FCO 9:30am
CDG
Nonstop
2 hr 10 min
Air France 2305
Airbus A321
In-Flight Services
Business
Paris-De Gaulle, France (CDG) to Philadelphia, PA (PHL) on 16 Jul 2010
1:25pm
CDG 3:55pm
PHL
Nonstop
8 hr 30 min
Delta 197
Boeing 757
In-Flight Services
Type
Base Fare
320,000 Miles required
Taxes/Fees
+ $ 82.00 Taxes/Fees
Redemption Fee
Price per passenger
= $ 82.00 *
May 12, 2010, 4:47 pm
#24
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The screenshot is there for me...
I've seen this kind of outrageous number of miles required for a BE seat, but when you select one of the itineraries, it is repriced to a lower (200K or so) value on the next screen.
I've seen this kind of outrageous number of miles required for a BE seat, but when you select one of the itineraries, it is repriced to a lower (200K or so) value on the next screen.
May 12, 2010, 5:04 pm
#25
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I think folks are missing the point. Who cares what you can find, it is what the OP found and the impression that it leaves. Most on FT know to do some searching and will find better fares. We are in the minority. The very small minority. The rest of the world does not know all the tricks. And even those that do it is a PITA.
So sure at first glance 635K is ridiculous, so is 200k for some coach seats. The point is that the award search is bad and the 635k award shows just how bad.
So sure at first glance 635K is ridiculous, so is 200k for some coach seats. The point is that the award search is bad and the 635k award shows just how bad.
May 12, 2010, 5:22 pm
#26
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Were the OP not hunting for these sort of "impressions", I might agree with you. The reality is that RTS spends an inordinate amount of time working himself up over these "issues". Don't think that the average person invests as much time in being upset about this as RTS does. The average person has a life to get back to.
May 12, 2010, 5:28 pm
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May 12, 2010, 5:41 pm
#28
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I think folks are missing the point. Who cares what you can find, it is what the OP found and the impression that it leaves. Most on FT know to do some searching and will find better fares. We are in the minority. The very small minority. The rest of the world does not know all the tricks. And even those that do it is a PITA.
So sure at first glance 635K is ridiculous, so is 200k for some coach seats. The point is that the award search is bad and the 635k award shows just how bad.
So sure at first glance 635K is ridiculous, so is 200k for some coach seats. The point is that the award search is bad and the 635k award shows just how bad.
May 12, 2010, 5:47 pm
#29
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I found the exact same thing when doing searches from the east coast also to FCO... I tried ORF, RIC, IAD, EWR, JFK. Almost all were at 300K in J. But I did also see a few in the 650K or so level.
Probably what is saddest is that I didn't even flinch when I saw it... just closed the browser and figured I'll keep trying.
I was looking in the October time-frame.
Probably what is saddest is that I didn't even flinch when I saw it... just closed the browser and figured I'll keep trying.
I was looking in the October time-frame.
May 12, 2010, 5:49 pm
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*And it appears to have been the zipper according to the post edit. Thanks!
Last edited by longing4piedmont; May 12, 2010 at 5:54 pm