coolchai

Found some dates in March for LAX- BOM in K class on UA for 813 $.
Routes through EWR on the outbound and comes in via ZRH or ZRH,EWR,or just EWR on inbound.

Edit : Since Swiss codeshare does not earnin K, please choose returns that fly BOM-EWR-LAX for 20k + miles

Has a longer 5-7 day stay requirement so MR/vacay combo.

Example : Mar 24-Apr 2 (return on EWR both ways)

Kayak shows bookable on ua.com

Couple of dates for $799 Mar 25-Apr 2

Vishal Mehra

30 hours in an american airline's economy would be quite a torture. (apart from that segment to Zurich on Swiss)

IADFlyer123

K doesn't earn any mileage on Swiss

coolchai

There are several dates with just a BOM-EWR-LAX on return which are all on UA metal. Hence full mileage.

IADFlyer123

^

coolchai

Routes via AMS, Extra stops in SEA, MSP etc possible on some dates.

Books to V class. First Sunday stay required. 2 day turn around found.


Ex 3/24-4/2 on kayak.com

flyer31

Is it dead...I see nothing less that 1055

twoner32

seems to be matched on LH/UA

UA900

Except that if you're a UA elite, you're eligible for upgrades to first on the domestic legs (flatbed seats on OPs dates). The economy plus cabin currently features lots of empty rows on the EWR-BOM and BOM-EWR legs, so you'll likely get three seats with a 34" pitch.

Not dead, OPs sample dates show at UA only fare has dropped to $798 ai. Return requires switch from EWR to JFK now, however, at 9+ hrs it's doable.

UA900

Indeed, hope to see more matches this year on long haul destinations like BOM. Always nice to see some competition.

Thanks OP, good find.

boss315

tried this afternoon and saw nothing that cheap

cdavis5711

Not bad but not great. Comes in at around .05 CPM. I found dates in March through April, but didn't look anymore.

Itinerary

Washington (IAD) to Mumbai (BOM) - Wed, Mar 26
United Airlines, Inc. Washington (IAD) to Newark (EWR) - Wed, Mar 26
United Airlines, Inc. 6176 Dep: 8:44AM Arr: 10:00AM 1h 16m Embraer ERJ-135/145 Economy (K)
OPERATED BY EXPRESSJET AIRLINES DBA UNITED EXPRESS Layover in EWR 10h 10m

United Airlines, Inc. Newark (EWR) to Mumbai (BOM) - Wed, Mar 26
United Airlines, Inc. 48 Dep: 8:10PM Arr: 8:40PM 15h 0m Boeing 777 Economy (K)
Thu, Mar 27

Mumbai (BOM) to Washington (IAD) - Fri, Mar 28
United Airlines, Inc. Mumbai (BOM) to Zurich (ZRH) - Fri, Mar 28
United Airlines, Inc. 7687 Dep: 1:20AM Arr: 6:15AM 9h 25m Airbus A330 Economy (K)
OPERATED BY SWISS Layover in ZRH 4h 30m

United Airlines, Inc. Zurich (ZRH) to Washington (IAD) - Fri, Mar 28
United Airlines, Inc. 53 Dep: 10:45AM Arr: 3:25PM 9h 40m Boeing 767 Economy (K)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $807.67
Total cost for 1 passenger $807.67

coolchai

I think the return flight on UA metal through EWR has gone away at that price. Moved up to 1000+
However Swiss return though zrh still available for $813.

coolchai

I think K fare on flights operated by swiss do or accrue miles. If you can get the return on UA mal via EWR as in outbound will make it good MR...do you see a return on UA metal?

But still a good fare overall... Posted earlier about similar fare out of lax.

coolchai

A couple of more dates in March popped up for $856 for LAX-BOM with

LAX-AMS-BOM-CDG-LAX V fare which should credit to delta.