Originally Posted by trooper

Colin.

With you on the last leg throwaway... but not on skipping the first.

Wasn't it that activity that purportedly got the better CMB deals shut down?

Seems the airlines don't care much about the last leg.. but they seem to care about folks "removing coupons" as it were.. If many folks do that I think the results could be... unfortunate.

YMMV of course....

Originally Posted by pepsii

Good one indeed ! But where do you price it at 1610 ? Is that an all in price or just the base ?
Note 28 days advance purchase and 7 days minimum , 1 month maximum stay.

Originally Posted by G_G

I agree with you. If we want to keep that fare alive of course

Originally Posted by PaulMSN

If you are actually certain of what causes any fare to disappear. I doubt anyone here can claim that.

Originally Posted by G_G

in the case of CMB it was that without any doubt.

Originally Posted by bangkokiscool

i've been following the gdpf thread since it's inception, and have spent hundreds of hours learning through reading and experimenting on my own. This particular fare has been mentioned on ft at least four times previously, going back at least four years. It's how i found it, and i've flown it 3 times myself.

Yes, ft is about sharing. It's how we all learn. But can we all agree that we want good fares to last as long as possible? If a fare gets posted, what's wrong with simply taking it away quietly, playing around with it, trying to replicate it? That's half the fun! Why draw attention by posting all these inane comments? Of course it doesn't work the other way around. Of course it doesn't work for an airport thousands of miles away. Of course it won't work for your dates or your city pairs. Little bit of playing around, you'll find it, you'll find it works as a roundtrip, you'll find flexibility in connections including same day connects.

Those who ask, rather than experiment or ask via pm for help, in my opinion, are not demonstrating restraint or wisdom.

Of course, a genuine mistake fare that is definitely going to go away will always be discussed. Remember the jfk-cdg-sin-dps fare from 2009? Oh that was fun, figuring out it worked on dl, then figuring out it worked on sq a380. To me, sharing that fare and discussing it, including experiences flying it, really created a wonderful sense of community among fters. For non-mistake fares, though, a little bit of restraint will really go a long way towards preserving the fare, and thus the sharing nature of ft.

Ok. Back to topic, i will repost a fare i first posted in 2009, and is still around, and is in my opinion a screaming deal. Jfk-ist-kul return is $2400 on tk, grab it before june to try out tk's leased jet airways herringbone seat. Hint: One way is around $1300, then take air asia to cmb for $70. Questions after experimentation? Pm me.

Originally Posted by pepsii

Good one indeed ! But where do you price it at 1610 ? Is that an all in price or just the base ?
Note 28 days advance purchase and 7 days minimum , 1 month maximum stay.

Originally Posted by cs57

Expert Flyer has the TK J airfare (with rules).

Originally Posted by bschaff1

The thing is with the JFK-KUL fare is it's JFK-IST on TK and then a code share on MH IST-KUL. It operates 3 or 4 days a week.

Originally Posted by cs57

Expert Flyer has the TK J airfare (with rules).

Originally Posted by jfkeze

trying to get the thread back on topic...

I was looking at SJU A fare runs and saw a US A fare, if routed LAX-PHX-JFK-CLT-SJU would net about 14,481 credited to bmi DC or LH M&M , not as great as the SAN runs, but when you add in the cost and time from LAX to SAN, it might be worth it...

Fare code: AVWA0NXX LAX to SJU $429 + 30 in taxes... (since when does the US consider PR International??? $16.30 is a US International Departure Tax!!)

anyone able to get it to force a more creative routing, ITA Matrix gave me errors when I tried to force a 5 segment, seems like a 4 segment limit... and the farthest NE I could get was JFK...