May 15, 2019, 5:27 am
AF/KL: DUS-BLL r/t 419 XP run fare
Apr 23, 2019, 3:12 am
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Apr 24, 2019, 9:16 am
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Well this one began in Stuttgart AFAIR, with a transit in CDG. It sounded genuinely interesting because the distance from CDG to TBS just pushed the XP counter over into the next level.
Apr 24, 2019, 11:47 am
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Apr 24, 2019, 4:24 pm
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Somewhere further up in this thread this one was clocking in for something like €428 (AFAIR) so I put it on the back burner, in the hope of doing it later. As AirClub1 said, maybe it was just a promotional fare at the time. I'm going to have a quick look upthread now...
Apr 24, 2019, 5:38 pm
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Somewhere further up in this thread this one was clocking in for something like 428 (AFAIR) so I put it on the back burner, in the hope of doing it later. As AirClub1 said, maybe it was just a promotional fare at the time. I'm going to have a quick look upthread now...
Apr 27, 2019, 4:00 pm
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That's pretty good. I would be interested at that price level! Although I am sure new destinations and offers will come around presently, I thought Armenia could be an interesting destination.
May 3, 2019, 8:52 am
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I also fail to understand the fixation with this DUS/BLL routing, when similarly priced 4 sector fares for around 450 can be had from, say AMS on AF or AZ, on most weekends of the year.
Now, if this allowed routings via regions 1 and 3, like Alitalia fares from DUS used to, then it would be a different matter
May 3, 2019, 9:31 am
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May 7, 2019, 7:26 am
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Lots of easy one day trips from across Germany to Lego-land...
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Dusseldorf
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Frankfurt
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Hanover
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Hamburg
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Munich
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Nuremberg
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Stuttgart
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Berlin
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Dusseldorf
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Frankfurt
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Hanover
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Hamburg
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Munich
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Nuremberg
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Stuttgart
90 Flying Blue XP Points from Berlin
May 7, 2019, 7:17 pm
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I've been playing around with this fare, seems that 6 segments can only be achieved on AF flight numbers, but it's not just BLL that is in play... Lots of small Norwegian towns are available in the low 500 ex-Germany and also ex-Spain... I haven't really looked at ex-France destinations as the connections to CDG wouldn't be that valuable...
May 15, 2019, 5:27 am
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For those based in western Romania, these also work from Timisoara (TSR), Cluj (CLJ), Oradea (OMR) and Iasi (IAS). The domestic segments operated by RO will earn 2 points based plus 2 bonus points for being domestic RO, which should net a total of 98XP, or essentially FB Silver in one trip. Given the incredible rarity of runs out of western and the dismal earnings on RO on domestic flights, these represent a great way of racking up XP fast from these cities.
I've created a WikiPost for anyone who wants to meet up doing these runs. If you do not have Wiki edit privileges, PM me and I'll add your dates and origin.
Last edited by WhIteSidE; May 15, 2019 at 5:45 am
Jul 24, 2019, 7:36 am
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Seeing VXO/ARN/GOT - SFO fares for 290 basic economy w/ flexible routings (DL XLL75SE). You should be able to add a couple of stopovers in C2 and Canada. Beware that domestic DL flights in the US only get you 2XP, no matter the distance. 50XP should be doable in economy, but be prepared to break your back.