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Old Apr 21, 2013, 9:06 pm
  #886  
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Old Apr 21, 2013, 9:27 pm
  #887  
 
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Originally Posted by Arcanum
LX J: YUL-SIN RT $2541 CAD
*A fare to JNB for a few hundred dollars more



Montreal (YUL) to Johannesburg (JNB) - Tue, Jun 11
Montreal (YUL) to London (LHR) - Tue, Jun 11
Air Canada 864 Dep: 7:50PM Arr: 7:30AM 6h 40m Airbus A330 Business (Z)
Layover in LHR Wed, Jun 12 11h 30m

London (LHR) to Johannesburg (JNB) - Wed, Jun 12
Air Canada 6536 Dep: 7:00PM Arr: 7:15AM 11h 15m Airbus A340 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS Thu, Jun 13

Johannesburg (JNB) to Montreal (YUL) - Sun, Jun 23
Johannesburg (JNB) to Zurich (ZRH) - Sun, Jun 23
SWISS 289 Dep: 7:30PM Arr: 6:10AM 10h 40m Airbus A340 Business (Z)
Layover in ZRH Mon, Jun 24 6h 40m

Zurich (ZRH) to Montreal (YUL) - Mon, Jun 24
Air Canada 6821 Dep: 12:50PM Arr: 3:00PM 8h 10m Airbus A330 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY SWISS
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) CA$2,723.15
Total cost for 1 passenger CA$2,723.15
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Old Apr 21, 2013, 9:29 pm
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Location: YOW/YUL/YYZ
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N. East U.S. destinations to Quito, just over $1,000

Philadelphia (PHL) to Quito (UIO) - Mon, Jun 3
Philadelphia (PHL) to Miami (MIA) - Mon, Jun 3
American Airlines Inc. 1003 Dep: 12:55PM Arr: 3:50PM 2h 55m Boeing 737 First (A)
Layover in MIA 3h 45m

Miami (MIA) to Quito (UIO) - Mon, Jun 3
Lan Ecuador - Aerolane Lineas Aereas 6188 Dep: 7:35PM Arr: 10:40PM 4h 5m Boeing 757 Business (I)
OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.

Quito (UIO) to Philadelphia (PHL) - Wed, Jul 31
Quito (UIO) to Miami (MIA) - Wed, Jul 31
Lan Ecuador - Aerolane Lineas Aereas 6183 Dep: 6:35AM Arr: 11:45AM 4h 10m Boeing 757 Business (I)
OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. Layover in MIA 2h 0m

Miami (MIA) to Philadelphia (PHL) - Wed, Jul 31
US Airways, Inc. 718 Dep: 1:45PM Arr: 4:40PM 2h 55m Airbus A320 First (A)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $1,090.56
Total cost for 1 passenger $1,090.56
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Old Apr 21, 2013, 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by PaladinUA
Do I read correctly that this is book by May 3rd, fly by May 11th? Makes it pretty hard, only a couple weeks to depart...
It's valid through 2014.
Book by May 3, travel from May 11 onward.
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Old Apr 21, 2013, 9:44 pm
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AC, NYC-NRT ~ $3,200

Newark (EWR) to Tokyo (NRT) - Sun, Jun 2
Newark (EWR) to Calgary (YYC) - Sun, Jun 2
Air Canada 585 Dep: 8:00AM Arr: 11:13AM 5h 13m Embraer RJ-190 Business (Z)
Layover in YYC 2h 32m

Calgary (YYC) to Tokyo (NRT) - Sun, Jun 2
Air Canada 9 Dep: 1:45PM Arr: 3:25PM 10h 40m Boeing 767 Business (Z)
Mon, Jun 3

Tokyo (NRT) to Newark (EWR) - Sun, Jun 9
Tokyo (NRT) to Calgary (YYC) - Sun, Jun 9
Air Canada 10 Dep: 5:00PM Arr: 11:40AM 9h 40m Boeing 767 Business (Z)
Layover in YYC 1h 15m

Calgary (YYC) to Newark (EWR) - Sun, Jun 9
Air Canada 584 Dep: 12:55PM Arr: 7:34PM 4h 39m Embraer RJ-190 Business (Z)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $3,225.20
Total cost for 1 passenger $3,225.20
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Old Apr 21, 2013, 11:08 pm
  #891  
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LUX-LAX/SFO/SEA on just about every TATL carrier (*A, ST, OW and VS) for under USD2,300/EUR1,750 AI. Rules vary by carrier but availability runs from 2013/06/25 to 2013/08/24; 3 day minimum, 3 month maximum stay.
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Old Apr 22, 2013, 8:19 am
  #892  
 
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Originally Posted by AndrewE
*A fare to JNB for a few hundred dollars more



Montreal (YUL) to Johannesburg (JNB) - Tue, Jun 11
Montreal (YUL) to London (LHR) - Tue, Jun 11
Air Canada 864 Dep: 7:50PM Arr: 7:30AM 6h 40m Airbus A330 Business (Z)
Layover in LHR Wed, Jun 12 11h 30m

London (LHR) to Johannesburg (JNB) - Wed, Jun 12
Air Canada 6536 Dep: 7:00PM Arr: 7:15AM 11h 15m Airbus A340 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS Thu, Jun 13

Johannesburg (JNB) to Montreal (YUL) - Sun, Jun 23
Johannesburg (JNB) to Zurich (ZRH) - Sun, Jun 23
SWISS 289 Dep: 7:30PM Arr: 6:10AM 10h 40m Airbus A340 Business (Z)
Layover in ZRH Mon, Jun 24 6h 40m

Zurich (ZRH) to Montreal (YUL) - Mon, Jun 24
Air Canada 6821 Dep: 12:50PM Arr: 3:00PM 8h 10m Airbus A330 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY SWISS
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) CA$2,723.15
Total cost for 1 passenger CA$2,723.15
Where do you book the fare to South Africa? I guess it's an AC fare?
Very nice since you can add a stopover in Europe!
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Old Apr 22, 2013, 9:19 am
  #893  
 
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Originally Posted by f4freeJunior
Where do you book the fare to South Africa? I guess it's an AC fare?
Very nice since you can add a stopover in Europe!
Bookable on aircanada.com. If you just punch in YUL (or YYZ) to JNB and your dates it will return the options. Or you can play around with multi-city booking and try to select specific routings. I would suspect that selecting ZRH both ways instead of LHR would drop the fare a bit as LHR taxes are very high.
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Old Apr 22, 2013, 9:19 am
  #894  
 
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Posts: 4,164
Originally Posted by armagebedar
LUX-LAX/SFO/SEA on just about every TATL carrier (*A, ST, OW and VS) for under USD2,300/EUR1,750 AI. Rules vary by carrier but availability runs from 2013/06/25 to 2013/08/24; 3 day minimum, 3 month maximum stay.
and HNL for just 200EUR more, AI. *A and OW.
Check out price returning to BRU too, less taxes than LUX.
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Old Apr 22, 2013, 9:15 pm
  #895  
 
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Originally Posted by Arcanum
LX J: YUL-SIN RT $2541 CAD
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Booked! Thanks Arcanum!

Originally Posted by jasonvr
Indeed. Over 20k base PQM and with a 50% bonus on UA, over 30.4k leading to a 8.13cpm rate (in USD)

More interesting is that the routing rules also allow going thru BKK
8.13cpm is quite a deal especially with dates during Christmas/New Year period. Bummer that I couldn't find P fares for BKK-ZRH stopover during that period. Wide open all other times, but adding stopover actually decreases cpm. (No 50% bonus on TG or SQ)

Good info tho!
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Old Apr 23, 2013, 10:04 am
  #896  
 
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Am I reading the fare rules correctly on the LX YUL-SIN deal such that the fare is refundable for $150 CAD each way? (i.e. $300 CAD for a roundtrip?)
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Old Apr 23, 2013, 11:40 am
  #897  
 
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Originally Posted by BookerNYC
Am I reading the fare rules correctly on the LX YUL-SIN deal such that the fare is refundable for $150 CAD each way? (i.e. $300 CAD for a roundtrip?)
That's correct 150CAD each way for refund/cancellation. I think it's 250 CAD + fare difference for date changes.
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Old Apr 23, 2013, 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by AndrewE
AC, NYC-NRT ~ $3,200

Newark (EWR) to Tokyo (NRT) - Sun, Jun 2
Newark (EWR) to Calgary (YYC) - Sun, Jun 2
Air Canada 585 Dep: 8:00AM Arr: 11:13AM 5h 13m Embraer RJ-190 Business (Z)
Layover in YYC 2h 32m

Calgary (YYC) to Tokyo (NRT) - Sun, Jun 2
Air Canada 9 Dep: 1:45PM Arr: 3:25PM 10h 40m Boeing 767 Business (Z)
Mon, Jun 3

Tokyo (NRT) to Newark (EWR) - Sun, Jun 9
Tokyo (NRT) to Calgary (YYC) - Sun, Jun 9
Air Canada 10 Dep: 5:00PM Arr: 11:40AM 9h 40m Boeing 767 Business (Z)
Layover in YYC 1h 15m

Calgary (YYC) to Newark (EWR) - Sun, Jun 9
Air Canada 584 Dep: 12:55PM Arr: 7:34PM 4h 39m Embraer RJ-190 Business (Z)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $3,225.20
Total cost for 1 passenger $3,225.20
nice find. use some avios and get to NYC and add a day or two on either end for a little more.
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Old Apr 23, 2013, 12:56 pm
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Just received this email (translated from Deutsch by Google):

One-Day-Sale Business Class from Brussels and Luxembourg

Lufthansa is currently offering special prices for Business Class to North America at, for departures from Brussels and Luxembourg of 23 June to 24 August 2013. This offer is only tomorrow, 24 April 2013-18 clock bookable with us! [nb: vornesitzen, but probably also bookable elsewhere!]

Also valid for flights operated by Swiss, Air Canada and United, prices may vary. This special is only valid for flights from / to Brussels or Luxembourg, via Germany. All courses must be flown in the chosen order.

Here, all destinations at a glance:

Destination Business
Philadelphia € 1569, -
Los Angeles € 1849, -
San Francisco € 1869, -
Miami € 1779, -
Orlando € 1859, -
Hawaii (Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, Big Iceland) € 2049, -
Vancouver € 1,999 -

All prices are valid from / to Brussels per person for round-trip flight in business class taxes (plus credit card fee by Lufthansa). Price from / to Luxembourg vary.

Warning:
Tickets to tomorrow, 24 April 2013 issued to 18 clock!
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Old Apr 23, 2013, 1:04 pm
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My contribution.

JAL to HKG from YVR - CA$2,486.91 in J all in... ;-) [BKK and PVG a hundred or so more]

Several days in May but only a few in June. Not seen this as low for a while but it does come up from time to time. Bookable directly at Jal.

Itinerary
Vancouver (YVR) to Hong Kong (HKG) - Mon, Jun 3
Vancouver (YVR) to Tokyo (NRT) - Mon, Jun 3
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. 17 Dep: 2:25PM Arr: 4:30PM 10h 5m Boeing 767 Business (X)
Layover in NRT Tue, Jun 4 1h 45m

Tokyo (NRT) to Hong Kong (HKG) - Tue, Jun 4
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. 735 Dep: 6:15PM Arr: 10:00PM 4h 45m Boeing 767 Business (D)



Hong Kong (HKG) to Vancouver (YVR) - Tue, Jun 11
Hong Kong (HKG) to Tokyo (NRT) - Tue, Jun 11
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. 736 Dep: 10:40AM Arr: 4:05PM 4h 25m Boeing 767 Business (D)
Layover in NRT 2h 5m

Tokyo (NRT) to Vancouver (YVR) - Tue, Jun 11
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. 18 Dep: 6:10PM Arr: 11:20AM 9h 10m Boeing 767 Business (X)


Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) CA$2,486.91
Total cost for 1 passenger CA$2,486.91



How to buy this ticket
Tickets cannot be purchased directly from ITA Software.
Provide this information to a travel agent to help them match the fares found.
Make sure to provide the exact booking and fare codes shown. Fare 1: Carrier JL XXBSSEA3 YVR to HKG (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code X, D
Covers YVR-NRT (Business), NRT-HKG (Business) CA$1,064.50
Fare 2: Carrier JL XXBSSEA3 HKG to YVR (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code D, X
Covers HKG-NRT (Business), NRT-YVR (Business) CA$1,068.87
Japan International Passenger Facility Charge (SW) CA$21.80
Passenger Security Service Charge (OI) CA$10.60
JL YQ surcharge (YQ) CA$258.20
Vancouver Airport Improvement Fee (SQ) CA$20.00
Canadian Goods and Services Tax (XG) CA$1.00
Canadian Air Travelers Security Charge (CA) CA$25.91
Hong Kong Departure Tax (HK) CA$16.40

Subtotal per passenger CA$2,486.91
Number of passengers x1

Total airfare & taxes CA$2,486.91

•This ticket is non-refundable.
•Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee.
Fare construction (can be useful to travel agents)
YVR JL X/TYO JL HKG Q14.57 M 1019.82XXBSSEA3 JL X/TYO Q4.25 JL YVR Q14.57 M 1019.82XXBSSEA3 NUC 2073.03 END ROE 1.029100 XT 25.91CA 20.00SQ 1.00XG 10.60OI 21.80SW 16.40HK 258.20YQ
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Mileage•12998 total miles
CO2 emissions•7291 lbs (estimated by ITA)
Airport Information•Vancouver International (YVR)
•Hong Kong International (HKG)
•Tokyo Narita International (NRT)


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Last edited by mkjr; Apr 23, 2013 at 1:43 pm
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