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Old Dec 6, 2011, 10:32 am
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AA: SFO-IAH $195ai
AA: SFO-IAH $195ai

Sample:
Dec 14 SFO-DFW-IAH-DFW-SFO $195ai

7 day advance, through EOS.


****Price now $175ai****
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Old Dec 6, 2011, 2:17 pm
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Originally Posted by CokeandTaco
AA: SFO-IAH $195ai

Sample:
Dec 14 SFO-DFW-IAH-DFW-IAH $195ai

7 day advance, through EOS.
I pray UA matches. Need some last-minute MRs from SFO! AHhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Old Dec 6, 2011, 3:03 pm
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Price has now dropped to $175ai
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Old Dec 6, 2011, 3:39 pm
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I hope UACO retaliates with something like NYC/ORD–IAH/DEN-DFW.


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Old Dec 6, 2011, 4:08 pm
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Not exactly a match
But UA/CO has some same-day turns in December, SFO-DFW/DAL for $239-40 as of This (Tuesday) afternoon.
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Old Dec 6, 2011, 4:21 pm
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it's a "must" for those of us based in SFO even because DFW-IAH is on S80's.

Available even in March.

Good find ^
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Old Dec 6, 2011, 5:20 pm
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Please come to HOUSTON. I will be more than happy to personally welcome to you to our great lone star state. Also, the galleria will be a great stop for your shopping!

(FYI - we came to the bay area 3 times this year and will return 2x next year with DL fare sales and we love it!)
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 7:08 pm
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But if you do the DFW-IAH part separate you can get DEQM's on the SFO-DFW part. (assuming you live in Ca or Tx). IAH-DFW rt was about $100 the other night, I'm looking to do a couple turns in jan and feb to bank some EQM's myself.
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 7:10 pm
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Originally Posted by TechMarauder
Please come to HOUSTON. I will be more than happy to personally welcome to you to our great lone star state. Also, the galleria will be a great stop for your shopping!

(FYI - we came to the bay area 3 times this year and will return 2x next year with DL fare sales and we love it!)
It's a long ride from IAH to the galleria just for some shopping. Then again I do most of my shopping in the low rent district of Katy Mills.
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 7:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Photonerd71
But if you do the DFW-IAH part separate you can get DEQM's on the SFO-DFW part. (assuming you live in Ca or Tx). IAH-DFW rt was about $100 the other night, I'm looking to do a couple turns in jan and feb to bank some EQM's myself.
If I understand you correctly, I think you're wrong about the DFW-IAH legs needing to be a separate ticket. If you fly SFO-DFW-IAH-SFW-SFO. you'll get the bonus miles on the SFO-DFW-SFO legs.

But a question: are the DFW-IAH legs just credited for the actual miles flown, or as 500 miles per leg?
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 8:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Thunderroad
If I understand you correctly, I think you're wrong about the DFW-IAH legs needing to be a separate ticket. If you fly SFO-DFW-IAH-SFW-SFO. you'll get the bonus miles on the SFO-DFW-SFO legs.

But a question: are the DFW-IAH legs just credited for the actual miles flown, or as 500 miles per leg?
If a different flight number from DFW-IAH and vs the SFO-DFW portion, you will get the Elite 500 mi minimum, as it will be a separate segment. So you will get SFO-DFW x2 + 500 for the DFW-IAH and 2 segments as well. I'm tempted to do a positioning run to SFO out of DFW and do this a few times, cuz as a MR this can't be beat lately.

Edit: SFO-DFW is 1464 x 2 = 2928 + 500 (elite minimum) for DFW-IAH. This is 3428 one way and 6856 EQM/RDM R/T. 2.5 cpm.

Tons of dates avail in Jan too.
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 10:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Phasers
If a different flight number from DFW-IAH and vs the SFO-DFW portion, you will get the Elite 500 mi minimum, as it will be a separate segment. So you will get SFO-DFW x2 + 500 for the DFW-IAH and 2 segments as well. I'm tempted to do a positioning run to SFO out of DFW and do this a few times, cuz as a MR this can't be beat lately.

Edit: SFO-DFW is 1464 x 2 = 2928 + 500 (elite minimum) for DFW-IAH. This is 3428 one way and 6856 EQM/RDM R/T. 2.5 cpm.

Tons of dates avail in Jan too.
Thanks! Only thing left for me to figure out is whether I want the more miles at lower cost of going all the way to IAH versus the quicker turnarounds and less chance of screw-ups by just SFO-DFW RT.

Of course, SFO-ORD offers more miles on a simple RT, but I'm risk averse when it comes to ORD in winter.
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 11:33 pm
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Old Dec 7, 2011, 11:34 pm
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Star Alliance.
Good find, but you might want to delete and re-post as a new thread, as it will get lost in this one.
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Old Dec 8, 2011, 11:54 am
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AA 1903 IAH-DFW
AA 1937 DFW-SFO
AA 498 SFO-DFW
AA 1338 DFW-IAH

Same day turn on 1/14/2012 for $175 ai
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