AA: SJC-ANC via BOS, and DFW r/t a/i (14,904 EQM @ $616.40) $4.1CPM
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AA: SJC-ANC via BOS, and DFW r/t a/i (14,904 EQM @ $616.40) $4.1CPM
I was able to find the routing yesterday and it was still there today. The dates are sparsely available from mid to the end of September and then it looks to be gone. This looks like its going pretty quick because the available days seem to be less today than yesterday.
First of all, a big thank you has to go out to jammanxc who posted the BOS-ANC leg a little while ago:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...ms-3-7cpm.html
It took a while to find routings to add to the BOS-ANC routing but this is what I was able to come up with. Hopefully this might also work from LAX or maybe PDX as your starting destination. I haven’t tried. Sorry.
By the way, this is ALL on AA metal (thankfully no AS) so no code sharing issue. 100% EQM on AA, as far as I know. I am still kinda new to doing MR by the way.
Sept. 16th
AA: 1530 SJC – ORD 1:50pm – 8:10pm (45min layover)* 1829mi
AA: 1296 ORD – BOS 8:55pm – 12:05am Sept. 17th (9 hour layover)* 867mi
Sept. 17th
AA: 1561 BOS – DFW 9:35am – 12:50am (3h 10min layover) 1562mi
AA: 279 DFW – ANC 4:00pm – 7:40pm (1hr 15min layover) 3042mi
AA: 278 ANC – DFW 8:55pm – 6:05am Sept. 18th (2hr 30min layover) 3042mi
Sept. 18th
AA: 2251 DFW – BOS 8:35am – 1:10pm (1hr 40min layover) 1562mi
AA: 1281 BOS – DFW 2:50pm – 6:00pm (3hr 5min layover) 1562mi
AA: 1035 DFW – SJC 9:05pm – 10:35pm 1438mi (based on aa.com)
14,904 total miles
This is how I worked it out between ita and aa.com. I opened up one page on ita and put in the BOS-ANC-BOS route, and opened up a separate ita page for the SJC-BOS-SJC and made sure that the dates for the BOS-ANC-BOS part fit inside the SJC-BOS-SJC dates, like an embedded flight. I chose 0-1 days for the BOS-ANC-BOS and 2-3 days for the SJC-BOS-SJC so that I would have enough time to get back to BOS from ANC before the trip back to SJC.
I then went to aa.com and chose the “refine your search” option, and then chose the “Multi-City” option. Even though there are only 6 segments you can add, I decided to choose as the first segment SJC-BOS, cutting out the ORD part, then put the rest of the segments as is until the last two flights. There I put BOS-SJC, cutting out the DFW part. Then I chose to search flights by schedule, not price, and took all of the flight numbers from ita and added each one, so flight 1 and flight 6 each had two segments, totaling 8 overall segments with actually putting in only 6 options when on the Multi-City page. The price came out around $25 cheaper somehow but the important thing is that it is there.
First of all, a big thank you has to go out to jammanxc who posted the BOS-ANC leg a little while ago:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...ms-3-7cpm.html
It took a while to find routings to add to the BOS-ANC routing but this is what I was able to come up with. Hopefully this might also work from LAX or maybe PDX as your starting destination. I haven’t tried. Sorry.
By the way, this is ALL on AA metal (thankfully no AS) so no code sharing issue. 100% EQM on AA, as far as I know. I am still kinda new to doing MR by the way.
Sept. 16th
AA: 1530 SJC – ORD 1:50pm – 8:10pm (45min layover)* 1829mi
AA: 1296 ORD – BOS 8:55pm – 12:05am Sept. 17th (9 hour layover)* 867mi
Sept. 17th
AA: 1561 BOS – DFW 9:35am – 12:50am (3h 10min layover) 1562mi
AA: 279 DFW – ANC 4:00pm – 7:40pm (1hr 15min layover) 3042mi
AA: 278 ANC – DFW 8:55pm – 6:05am Sept. 18th (2hr 30min layover) 3042mi
Sept. 18th
AA: 2251 DFW – BOS 8:35am – 1:10pm (1hr 40min layover) 1562mi
AA: 1281 BOS – DFW 2:50pm – 6:00pm (3hr 5min layover) 1562mi
AA: 1035 DFW – SJC 9:05pm – 10:35pm 1438mi (based on aa.com)
14,904 total miles
This is how I worked it out between ita and aa.com. I opened up one page on ita and put in the BOS-ANC-BOS route, and opened up a separate ita page for the SJC-BOS-SJC and made sure that the dates for the BOS-ANC-BOS part fit inside the SJC-BOS-SJC dates, like an embedded flight. I chose 0-1 days for the BOS-ANC-BOS and 2-3 days for the SJC-BOS-SJC so that I would have enough time to get back to BOS from ANC before the trip back to SJC.
I then went to aa.com and chose the “refine your search” option, and then chose the “Multi-City” option. Even though there are only 6 segments you can add, I decided to choose as the first segment SJC-BOS, cutting out the ORD part, then put the rest of the segments as is until the last two flights. There I put BOS-SJC, cutting out the DFW part. Then I chose to search flights by schedule, not price, and took all of the flight numbers from ita and added each one, so flight 1 and flight 6 each had two segments, totaling 8 overall segments with actually putting in only 6 options when on the Multi-City page. The price came out around $25 cheaper somehow but the important thing is that it is there.
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Got one on hold for $616.40 Sep26-28 SFO-ORD-BOS-DFW-ANC nad back the same way. Apparently the box to enter promo code disappears when you use multi-city. Will call AA later
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just put on hold:
9/17: LAX-BOS
9/18: BOS-ORD-SEA-ANC
9/20: ANC-DFW-BOS
9/23: BOS-LAX
Total cost $666.50
Miles: 13,830
Maybe not as good as some, but I want to get out in BOS and ANC and see something, so this works for me.
9/17: LAX-BOS
9/18: BOS-ORD-SEA-ANC
9/20: ANC-DFW-BOS
9/23: BOS-LAX
Total cost $666.50
Miles: 13,830
Maybe not as good as some, but I want to get out in BOS and ANC and see something, so this works for me.
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Originally Posted by dingalpha
Thanks OP for finding the excellent fare.
Just one more question, Is 75 minutes turnover enough? I vaguely remember that one must go through the custom at ANC.
Thanks,
Yi
Just one more question, Is 75 minutes turnover enough? I vaguely remember that one must go through the custom at ANC.
Thanks,
Yi
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AA: SJC-ANC via BOS, and DFW r/t a/i (14,904 EQM @ $616.40) $4.1CPM
Booked this at the airport since I had paper vouchers. The agent have me a funny look as if I was crazy. I told her I need to requalify and this will get me there