[FARE GONE] La/++ akl-scl-mad-hnd €570
#406
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Australia
Programs: QF
Posts: 50
Just wanted to send a big thanks to everyone in this thread for posting info.
My girlfriend and I just booked an amazing trip based off it for the latter part of the year.
Good luck to all with this booking!
My girlfriend and I just booked an amazing trip based off it for the latter part of the year.
Good luck to all with this booking!
#407
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SIN
Posts: 196
You should post your routing and your price Share the information!
#410
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
I was wondering that myself. I was originally suspect that it was a cover-up because poster has 2Y and 6J segments and an airport change in LON. When I played around with it I was getting full fare Y on the last segment HKG-TYO. I forced the routing specific to the exampled itinerary dates/times/flight numbers and it priced out eactly as shown in the classes shown. This is the first example I have seen with a co-terminal other than TYO and first time seeing an EK flight book into I. Interesting.
Maybe it is time to check out other co-terminals and open jaws.
James
#412
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
When I replicated his itinerary it booked into J naturally. No forced booking class or cabin.
#415
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
My boarding pass will be LA as I am flying LA806 which is Operated by QF and a flight that is eligible for credit until the new chart becomes effective July 1st.
Unfortunately I don't think you will be successful with your Dragon Air flight as there is no partnership with Dragon Air. This would be akin to flying an IB coded flight operated by BA.
James
Unfortunately I don't think you will be successful with your Dragon Air flight as there is no partnership with Dragon Air. This would be akin to flying an IB coded flight operated by BA.
James
#416
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Australia
Programs: QF
Posts: 50
From the powertools page
Features added to the itinerary details page:
Features added to the itinerary details page:
- convert times into 24h format
- translation support
- open fare rules in new window by default
- price breakdown (base fare, taxes & carrier imposed surcharges)
- editor mode (adjust cabin prior extraction)
- multiple handy links (Seatguru, Planefinder, WhereToCredit)
- new on page features like detailed mileage breakdown*, GCM-Map* and earned frequent flyer miles*
- create links to various providers (OTAs / airlines / other tools) to try direct booking of your itinerary
Last edited by rosege; Jun 25, 2018 at 2:49 pm
#417
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Programs: BD AB CO
Posts: 102
The stopover in Madrid is FREE on the ICN-SCL fare. The stopover in Madrid is FREE on the SCL-TYO fare. The time in SCL is not a stopover. It is the time between when the ICN-SCL fare ends & SCL-TYO fare starts. No possiblity to shave anything else off. I have had success with stopovers at the start or end of a LA flight like PPT or MAD but no success with stopovers on other flights like SEZ.
When I replicated his itinerary it booked into J naturally. No forced booking class or cabin.
When I replicated his itinerary it booked into J naturally. No forced booking class or cabin.
Last edited by andymac66; Jun 25, 2018 at 4:49 pm
#418
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: YVR/LAX/PVG/TPE
Posts: 759
you can definitely stopover when you have some OW carriers.
Just finished a grand trip over 100 days, 4 tix on this fare. Even OJ at some places are ok, but I utilized mostly AY on stopovers.
last journey a few months back: ICN-MAD-SCL, SCL-MAD-FRA//FRA-HEL-PVG-HND ~700USD
this journey: each trip <1000USD, all plebe class
1. ICN-MAD-LIM-SCL, SCL-GYE-LIM-MAD-HEL-RVN//RVN-HEL-BKK-ICN-KIX
2. ICN-MAD-LIM-IQT//IQT-LIM-GYE-SCL, SCL-BOG-LIM-BCN-ICN-KIX
3. ICN-HEL-MAD-LIM-GRU-SCL, SCL-LIM-MAD-HEL-PRG//PRG-HEL-MLA//MLA-HEL-FUK-ICN-KIX
4. ICN-HKG-HEL-MAD-GYE-LIM-EZE-SCL, SCL-LIM-BCN-HEL-CHQ//HER-HEL-WAW//WAW-HEL-PVG-PUS-KIX
takeaways:
OJ definitely possible, stopovers in random places possible.
try avoiding MAD/BCN-LIM, these are ancient LA767, took it too many times and the IFE is basically unusable
AY helps you to very nice places in Europe
definitely for only 2 kinds of people: poor folks like me who want to go to difficult-to-reach places while earning EQM, or deep pockets who wish to cruise around the world's major cities in J.
over 100k EQM logged on AS. over 200k earned as MVPG75K for last 4 trips
interesting occurrences:
trip 4, as you can see, has 17 segments, over the 16 limit. priced out on LA via tools, payment went through, etix took 2 months for someone to re-issue manually on HEL-WAW-HEL segments. LA paid 270EUR for the two legs which booked in L class.
in trip 3, I missed my PRG-HEL-MLA flight (was having too much fun) and LA resolved it after excessive calling for 2 days. no penalties, all other segments restored, only paid another tix to MLA. Thanks to @ChocolateFactory for the help!
if there is enough demand, I may write a TR. also I can experiment around it a bit more, as I played around it for about 4 months before my trip began, but the devaluation of LA earnings on AS really made me hesitant. at 50% base miles for almost all Y buckets, this deal is as dead as my future, at least to me. If I would ever do it again, it will probably be a J run, but I think for TP it is not the best value if I want to do it as TP run.
Just finished a grand trip over 100 days, 4 tix on this fare. Even OJ at some places are ok, but I utilized mostly AY on stopovers.
last journey a few months back: ICN-MAD-SCL, SCL-MAD-FRA//FRA-HEL-PVG-HND ~700USD
this journey: each trip <1000USD, all plebe class
1. ICN-MAD-LIM-SCL, SCL-GYE-LIM-MAD-HEL-RVN//RVN-HEL-BKK-ICN-KIX
2. ICN-MAD-LIM-IQT//IQT-LIM-GYE-SCL, SCL-BOG-LIM-BCN-ICN-KIX
3. ICN-HEL-MAD-LIM-GRU-SCL, SCL-LIM-MAD-HEL-PRG//PRG-HEL-MLA//MLA-HEL-FUK-ICN-KIX
4. ICN-HKG-HEL-MAD-GYE-LIM-EZE-SCL, SCL-LIM-BCN-HEL-CHQ//HER-HEL-WAW//WAW-HEL-PVG-PUS-KIX
takeaways:
OJ definitely possible, stopovers in random places possible.
try avoiding MAD/BCN-LIM, these are ancient LA767, took it too many times and the IFE is basically unusable
AY helps you to very nice places in Europe
definitely for only 2 kinds of people: poor folks like me who want to go to difficult-to-reach places while earning EQM, or deep pockets who wish to cruise around the world's major cities in J.
over 100k EQM logged on AS. over 200k earned as MVPG75K for last 4 trips
interesting occurrences:
trip 4, as you can see, has 17 segments, over the 16 limit. priced out on LA via tools, payment went through, etix took 2 months for someone to re-issue manually on HEL-WAW-HEL segments. LA paid 270EUR for the two legs which booked in L class.
in trip 3, I missed my PRG-HEL-MLA flight (was having too much fun) and LA resolved it after excessive calling for 2 days. no penalties, all other segments restored, only paid another tix to MLA. Thanks to @ChocolateFactory for the help!
if there is enough demand, I may write a TR. also I can experiment around it a bit more, as I played around it for about 4 months before my trip began, but the devaluation of LA earnings on AS really made me hesitant. at 50% base miles for almost all Y buckets, this deal is as dead as my future, at least to me. If I would ever do it again, it will probably be a J run, but I think for TP it is not the best value if I want to do it as TP run.
#419
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Australia
Programs: QF
Posts: 50
I actually dont have the co-terminal in my real booking - I had seen that when looking at options but when I booked it both were LHR (I figured the EK lounge would be better at LHR than LGW). I just did the matrix quickly and didnt notice it had the co-terminal for that one - with this route you can book EK J from LHR LGW and I think I also saw STN as an option for this.
Last edited by rosege; Jun 25, 2018 at 5:24 pm