May 7, 2014, 4:31 pm
Last edit by: Firewind
The below is from our moderator (taken from the first post of the thread - bolding is mine). Feel free to add more if necessary / as needed.
Happy 2014!
Please use this thread to post or to follow Economy Fares which are 'Good Deals' but where the cost per mile is more than 3-4 cents per mile, which is the usual upper limit for what is considered a true 'MR Deal'.
A few requests for posting in the thread:
-members posting their deals please post the city pairs/airport codes and pricing in the body of the post and not just in the post title as it isn't visible for those reading it on mobile devices (ETA: ...or in email alerts)
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Happy 2014!
Please use this thread to post or to follow Economy Fares which are 'Good Deals' but where the cost per mile is more than 3-4 cents per mile, which is the usual upper limit for what is considered a true 'MR Deal'.
A few requests for posting in the thread:
-members posting their deals please post the city pairs/airport codes and pricing in the body of the post and not just in the post title as it isn't visible for those reading it on mobile devices (ETA: ...or in email alerts)
-some members may be unaware that you can subscribe to this thread and to do that you can go to "Thread Tools" at the top of the thread and click on "Subscribe to this thread".
"Good Deals" in Economy Class - Excellent Fares between certain city pairs - 2014
Feb 25, 2014, 6:02 pm
#271
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: *A G, OW Sapphire
Posts: 180
EWR-IST $439
Sample, March 25 to Apr 2. Books AC in K
Slightly more for LX, TK or UA hybridization
Sample, March 25 to Apr 2. Books AC in K
Slightly more for LX, TK or UA hybridization
Feb 25, 2014, 7:02 pm
#272
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Washington D.C. via Sao Paulo via Houston via Washington D.C. via Boston via New York
Posts: 1,172
IAH-BAH on KLM 948.00 (USD) books into R/V for DL folks 6cpm sample dates May 17-18 Same day turn
HOU KL X/AMS KL BAH 199.50RKOR5US KL X/AMS KL HOU 149.50VKOR5US NUC 349.00 END ROE 1.00 XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 35.00US 2.50AY 19.60CJ 18.40RN 5.40VV 13.30BH 0.30HM 484.00YR 3.00XF IAH3.00
HOU KL X/AMS KL BAH 199.50RKOR5US KL X/AMS KL HOU 149.50VKOR5US NUC 349.00 END ROE 1.00 XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 35.00US 2.50AY 19.60CJ 18.40RN 5.40VV 13.30BH 0.30HM 484.00YR 3.00XF IAH3.00
Feb 25, 2014, 8:33 pm
#273
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: YXY
Posts: 3,506
WS YHZ-YYT or YYT-YHZ US$ 90-97
WestJet has a seat sale on flights from Halifax, Nova Scotia (YHZ), to St. John's, Newfoundland (YYT), or the other way round.
I haven't seen an official announcement, but the WS websites offers the tickets if you book oneway (!) trips. I tried to look returns, but then no tickets at all were offered. (Expedia.ca does offer return tickets, for example.)
Travel dates seems to start March 18 with good availability until April 19, then scattered availability until End of Mai and good availability again in the first half of June.
YHZ->YYT costs C$ 108.xx (equal to about US$97), whereas YYT->YHZ costs C$100.xx (about US$ 90), all in. 1 bag of checked luggage is included.
This is the cheapest on this route I have seen in years, and also the cheapest return flight option from YHZ to anywhere I can remember. It is no mileage run material, though. I think you'd earn 1 WestJet Dollar per direction, or, alternatively, around 548 AA miles.
EDIT: Even cheaper on Porter
Apparently, WS is almost matching a sale by Porter (PD). PD flights are even a few dollars LESS - and PD has the much better product. No AA miles on PD though, only VIPorter points. And not a lot of those, for that matter.
I haven't seen an official announcement, but the WS websites offers the tickets if you book oneway (!) trips. I tried to look returns, but then no tickets at all were offered. (Expedia.ca does offer return tickets, for example.)
Travel dates seems to start March 18 with good availability until April 19, then scattered availability until End of Mai and good availability again in the first half of June.
YHZ->YYT costs C$ 108.xx (equal to about US$97), whereas YYT->YHZ costs C$100.xx (about US$ 90), all in. 1 bag of checked luggage is included.
This is the cheapest on this route I have seen in years, and also the cheapest return flight option from YHZ to anywhere I can remember. It is no mileage run material, though. I think you'd earn 1 WestJet Dollar per direction, or, alternatively, around 548 AA miles.
EDIT: Even cheaper on Porter
Apparently, WS is almost matching a sale by Porter (PD). PD flights are even a few dollars LESS - and PD has the much better product. No AA miles on PD though, only VIPorter points. And not a lot of those, for that matter.
Last edited by sokolov; Feb 25, 2014 at 9:04 pm Reason: Porter
Feb 25, 2014, 8:35 pm
#274
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 791
AA: DEN-PVG via ORD $816.30 a/i
AA: DEN-PVG via ORD $816.30 a/i
Sample: March 23rd - March 30th
Seasonal restrictions
PERMITTED 01MAR 14 THROUGH 30APR 14 ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Minimum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 7 DAYS AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Maximum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT 3 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.
Sample: March 23rd - March 30th
Seasonal restrictions
PERMITTED 01MAR 14 THROUGH 30APR 14 ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Minimum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 7 DAYS AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Maximum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT 3 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.
Last edited by tcook052; Feb 26, 2014 at 10:17 am
Feb 25, 2014, 9:47 pm
#275
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium.;UA 1.5MM; UA Lifetime Gold (whoppee); DL Plat
Posts: 2,124
Sample: March 23rd - March 30th
Seasonal restrictions
PERMITTED 01MAR 14 THROUGH 30APR 14 ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Minimum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 7 DAYS AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Maximum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT 3 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.
Seasonal restrictions
PERMITTED 01MAR 14 THROUGH 30APR 14 ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Minimum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 7 DAYS AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
Maximum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT 3 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.
Feb 25, 2014, 11:05 pm
#276
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Executive Club Gold, Miles & Bonus Gold, Alaska Mileage Plan, Aeroplan, LifeMiles
Posts: 93
Pretty good deal, and probably a mistake fare (no YQ?): BCN and MAD to KTM for 333 euro with TK, seen on the "Low Cost Ofertas" Blog
Feb 25, 2014, 11:17 pm
#277
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
UA: BOS-IAH $177 AI RT, 5.6 cpm for nonstop
Can route through EWR for a boost of a few hundred miles. You can go through ORD or IAD instead of EWR, but I think EWR will add the most mileage with the minimums.
Can route through EWR for a boost of a few hundred miles. You can go through ORD or IAD instead of EWR, but I think EWR will add the most mileage with the minimums.
Feb 26, 2014, 8:48 am
#280
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: GRU, PHL, NYC
Posts: 85
I have one more SWU on AA available that will expire on Feb 28. Anyone flying AA metal long-haul in the next few days? I can't help anyone traveling after Feb 28th, sadly...
No strings attached unless you're feeling generous,
Gringo
No strings attached unless you're feeling generous,
Gringo
Feb 26, 2014, 8:59 am
#281
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 119
Not quite as good as the DFW deal, but UA has IAH-SGN in October-December(there may be more dates, but I only looked in those months) for $922.
No minimum stay(can get a 1.5hr stop in SGN and the fare is $939).
Route IAH-EWR-HKG-SGN to get ~20,500 miles at about 4.5cpm.
Related question: Is it worth all that flying to spend two-three days in HCMC? The DFW thread didn't discuss this due to the 4 day minimum stay.
No minimum stay(can get a 1.5hr stop in SGN and the fare is $939).
Route IAH-EWR-HKG-SGN to get ~20,500 miles at about 4.5cpm.
Related question: Is it worth all that flying to spend two-three days in HCMC? The DFW thread didn't discuss this due to the 4 day minimum stay.
Feb 26, 2014, 9:06 am
#282
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SEA/DEN
Programs: Hostelworld.com Diamond Plated Platinum
Posts: 390
Decent deal on KLM/Delta to Brussels for March. $739 is the cheapest I saw. Not bad for us denver folks, especially since it is on something other than Icelandair for that price. Bookable on KLM.com
Feb 26, 2014, 9:35 am
#283
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 3
Thanks for sharing
I'm on a March 1 flight to LHR so close….
thanks anyways.
thanks anyways.
Feb 26, 2014, 10:19 am
#284
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Location: YEG
Programs: HH Silver
Posts: 56,449
A quick reminder to please include the fare details within your post as any info given in the post title line will not show on mobile devices. Thanks!
tcook052
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Feb 27, 2014, 10:48 pm
#285
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 74
UA/DL BOS to PVG $837, 17662 mile possible, 4.7cpm
Available March and April.
Available March and April.