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-   -   Non Shared $69 AF First Class fare mentioned in blog post (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/external-miles-points-resources/1462024-non-shared-69-af-first-class-fare-mentioned-blog-post.html)

rankourabu Apr 26, 2013 5:52 pm
Originally Posted by YYZC2 (Post 20658779)
I'm interested in hearing more about that, please...
Its done... Avios was charging Y rate for MH F flights when MH first joined. It lasted a couple weeks and I dont believe was shared until it was over, but the blogs were definitely not the only ones that knew about this one.

nas6034 Apr 26, 2013 6:00 pm
Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 20658809)
Its done... Avios was charging Y rate for MH F flights when MH first joined. It lasted a couple weeks and I dont believe was shared until it was over, but the blogs were definitely not the only ones that knew about this one.
Well what were the sources of information outside of the blogs?

YYZC2 Apr 26, 2013 6:24 pm
Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.2.2; Nexus 4 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/537.31 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/26.0.1410.58 Mobile Safari/537.31)

Originally Posted by yerffej201
Originally Posted by YYZC2 (Post 20658779)
I'm interested in hearing more about that, please...
Sure. When MH joined OW, there was a glitch where the F would price at Y, which lasted for several weeks. Apparently a reader shared it to lucky and he didn't post until it ended. I think this was fair because AFAIK it didn't showed Y but was ticketed in the fare bucket for F (I think). So in the end BA did upgrade the routings to F and so KUL-LHR was only 35 one way, 70 RT.

It wasn't a "mistake fare" as in it lasted for a long time, so it was more like a glitch. However this AF i'm pretty sure is a mistake fare. Of course maybe this fare only lasted an hour. Unfortunately I didn't realize this until after the glitch got fixed.
Interesting... So the BA engine displayed "economy" throughout the transaction but booked out of the F redemption bucket at ticketing?

I am shocked BA didn't try to weasel out of that one...

TGflyergirl Apr 26, 2013 6:40 pm
Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 20658809)
Its done... Avios was charging Y rate for MH F flights when MH first joined. It lasted a couple weeks and I dont believe was shared until it was over, but the blogs were definitely not the only ones that knew about this one.
I think it lasted a bit longer than that, because it was also available on the CDG route, which i saw as recently as 2 weeks ago. (Didn't book it on the spot as i was actually in the middle of a meeting and I couldn't replicate it when I logged on again the next morning though)

nov11 Apr 26, 2013 7:41 pm
Originally Posted by TGflyergirl (Post 20658943)
I think it lasted a bit longer than that, because it was also available on the CDG route, which i saw as recently as 2 weeks ago. (Didn't book it on the spot as i was actually in the middle of a meeting and I couldn't replicate it when I logged on again the next morning though)
Are you sure it's 2 weeks ago? I think it has been about a month since it was gone.

CDKing Apr 26, 2013 7:53 pm
Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 20658686)
Preserving the deals has nothing to do with it - the tickets would have been protected as they were ex-USA.
Greedy. I kind of see why though. Not too long after Lucky was posting about his ex CMB flights, the deal which had been around for over a year died. Only took me a minute to find that deal after his posting

rankourabu Apr 26, 2013 7:54 pm
Originally Posted by CDKing (Post 20659153)
Greedy to keep the deal to themselves longer.
which is fine. But dont rub it in.

TGflyergirl Apr 26, 2013 7:56 pm
Originally Posted by nov11 (Post 20659117)
Are you sure it's 2 weeks ago? I think it has been about a month since it was gone.
yeah - just looked at my web browsing history. Was the 12th of april. But having said that, i tried, and couldn't replicate it when i really wanted to book.

tcook052 Apr 26, 2013 8:36 pm
As this topic centers on blogs I'll move this thread over to FT's new home for blog discussion, the External Miles & Points Resources forum.

tcook052
Mileage Run Forum Moderator

YYZC2 Apr 26, 2013 8:45 pm
The blogger just posted that the whole thing was a joke.

I don't really get it, but there you go.

MatthewLAX Apr 26, 2013 9:45 pm
Originally Posted by CDKing (Post 20659153)
Greedy. I kind of see why though. Not too long after Lucky was posting about his ex CMB flights, the deal which had been around for over a year died. Only took me a minute to find that deal after his posting
Are you sure it is not still there?

CDKing Apr 26, 2013 10:50 pm
Originally Posted by MatthewLAX (Post 20659441)
Are you sure it is not still there?
EK or AF? I mean EK fare gone was posted on the fools day. I could have been looking in the wrong days. I see some stuff now but not on airlines that credit to AS

yerffej201 Apr 27, 2013 1:10 am
Originally Posted by MatthewLAX (Post 20659441)
Are you sure it is not still there?
Isn't ex-CMB fare still here? Just no segments on EK metal.

maverick17 Apr 27, 2013 2:49 am
So Lucky's post was a joke, I believed it, sorry for the confusion. But my original question stands, not about the blog per se, but what percentage of mistake fares get shared on FT?

Astrophsx Apr 27, 2013 3:20 am
I feel bad for his loyal readers that bought tickets to see him at FTU and believed what he wrote.

"Sorry if it wasn’t obvious, this was a late April Fools joke."

Sincere apology.


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