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Old Feb 25, 2024, 8:02 pm
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AC - SEA-YQB - $284 Roundtrip - 8 Segments

Air Canada - Seattle, Washington (SEA) to Quebec City, Canada (YQB) - $284 / 384 CAD roundtrip with 4 segments in each direction. This is technically two one-way fares, so one-way is half the cost.

Basic Economy - $284 roundtrip
Standard - $338 roundtrip
Flex - $520 roundtrip
Comfort - $649 roundtrip

This is an Air Canada fare. If you are looking to earn PQP's and PQF's for United, here's an option. The cost per segment is quite good, but the cost per PQP is average at best (if you aren't buying the basic economy fare).

Ticket must be issued by Feb 29, 2024. Travel must commence by May 15, 2024. No stopovers permitted.

Fare Rules

Category 2: Day/Time restrictions

PERMITTED 1201AM TO MIDNIGHT DAILY.

Category 8: Stopover restrictions

NO STOPOVERS PERMITTED.
NO STOPOVER OCCURS IF PASSENGER TAKES NEXT AVAILABLE
FLIGHT WITHIN 12 HOURS.

Category 14: Travel restrictions

TRAVEL ON THIS FARE COMPONENT MUST COMMENCE BY 1159PM ON
15MAY 24.

Category 15: Sales restrictions

TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 29FEB 24.

There are quite a few connection options with the fare. I'll post a few examples.

Option1 - SEA-YVR-YYC-YUL-YQB-YUL-YYC-YVR-SEA - 5124 Miles (this is the easiest to find and ticket with the Air Canada website)

Google Flights
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...rKeXsQyNWSTuk8
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...aFywC3wTAJ9Cp6
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...oX6PBS7eYz6M97

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Momondo (non-affiliate)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YYC to SEA, 5/9 — 5/10 (momondo.com)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YYC to SEA, 5/29 — 5/30 (momondo.com)

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Air Canada
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Option 2 - SEA-YVR-YYC-YUL-YQB-YYZ-YWG-YVR-SEA - 5233 Miles

Google Flights
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...8S5kd6tmXyuAN9
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...wvR1GS1sGNAUm9
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...kXbwjkhyTLzSE7
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...VTYZYmK7ypTV2A

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Momondo (non-affiliate)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YWG to SEA, 5/22 — 5/23 (momondo.com)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YWG to SEA, 5/29 — 5/30 (momondo.com)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YWG to SEA, 5/2 — 5/3 (momondo.com)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YWG to SEA, 5/7 — 5/8 (momondo.com)



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Option 3 - SEA-YVR-YYC-YUL-YQB-YUL-YEG-YVR-SEA - 5178 Miles

Google Flights
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...ziononneXYkBy6

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Momondo (non-affiliate)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YEG to SEA, 5/9 — 5/10 (momondo.com)

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ITA Matrix
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Air Canada
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Option 4 - SEA-YVR-YYC-YYZ-YQB-YUL-YYC-YVR-SEA - 5238 Miles

Google Flights
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...TReM93sr9PKuu7
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...JDm5jW7Qk2MkUA

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Momondo (non-affiliate)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YYC to SEA, 5/6 — 5/7 (momondo.com)
SEA to YYC to YQB to YYC to SEA, 5/10 — 5/11 (momondo.com)



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5238 Miles (Cost per Mile Flown - 5.4219 cents)
Cost per Segment - $35.50

Crediting to United

Basic Economy - $284 roundtrip
261 PQP (Cost per PQP - $1.08 - terrible!)
1309 Redeemable Miles

Standard - $338 roundtrip
268 PQP (Cost per PQP - $1.26 - even more terrible!)
1340 Redeemable Miles

Flex - $520 roundtrip
785 PQP (Cost per PQP - 66.2420 cents USD)
3928 Redeemable Miles

Comfort - $649 roundtrip
1047 PQP (Cost per PQP - 61.9866 cents USD)
5238 Redeemable Miles

Crediting to Aegean
1309 Elite Qualifying and Redeemable Miles (Cost per EQM - 21.6960 cents USD or .20 EUR - terrible, this fare is best for people earning segments, not cost per mile)

Crediting to Asiana
Nada! (well, not quite, but you won't earn anything for the domestic Canadian segments, which is basically the entire trip)

Crediting to Singapore Airlines
Again, Nada! (well, not quite, but you won't earn anything for the domestic Canadian segments, which is basically the entire trip)



Code:
Fare Routing Search:
Departing SEA on 02/25/24 for YQB
Fare basis code GNA4A2BA
Flying AC
Routing code 634

    V FARE BASIS     BK    FARE   TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
  6   GNA4A2BA       G X   213.93 R31AU  T29FE 14/1  -/  -  634
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                 AUTO PRICE-YES              
FROM-SEA TO-YQB    CXR-AC    TVL-25FEB24  RULE-JVBA CPR/13
FARE BASIS-GNA4A2BA          SPECIAL FARE  DIS-N   VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-EOU      OW-ECONOMY OW UNBUNDLED
USD   199.00  0634  E30JAN24 D31AUG24   FC-GNA4A2BA  FN-CE   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 30JAN24/1259  EXPIRES INFINITY
 
PUBLISHED RTG SEA-YQB/AC634 /TAR-CRG1    EF-30JAN24 DIS-INDEF
 
MAP CONSTRUCTED LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT
 1. SEA-DEN/LAX/SFO-DEN/HOU-CHI/EWR/WAS-YTO-YOW-YMQ-YQB
 2. SEA-DEN/LAX/SFO-YVR-YEA/YYC-YQR-YXE-YWG-YTO-YOW-YMQ-YQB
 3. SEA-DEN/LAX/SFO-YVR-YEA/YYC-YXE-YQR-YWG-YTO-YOW-YMQ-YQB
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Old Feb 25, 2024, 8:07 pm
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I copied the roundtrip routing rules.

There are multiple versions of this fare, but here are the one-way routing rules for the $82 base fare.

Code:
Fare Routing Search:
Departing SEA on 02/25/24 for YQB
Fare basis code GNA4A2BA
Flying AC
Routing code 634

    V FARE BASIS     BK    FARE   TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG
  6   GNA4A2BA       G X   213.93 R31AU  T29FE 14/1  -/  -  634
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                 AUTO PRICE-YES              
FROM-SEA TO-YQB    CXR-AC    TVL-25FEB24  RULE-JVBA CPR/13
FARE BASIS-GNA4A2BA          SPECIAL FARE  DIS-N   VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-EOU      OW-ECONOMY OW UNBUNDLED
USD   199.00  0634  E30JAN24 D31AUG24   FC-GNA4A2BA  FN-CE   
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 30JAN24/1259  EXPIRES INFINITY
 
PUBLISHED RTG SEA-YQB/AC634 /TAR-CRG1    EF-30JAN24 DIS-INDEF
 
MAP CONSTRUCTED LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT
 1. SEA-DEN/LAX/SFO-DEN/HOU-CHI/EWR/WAS-YTO-YOW-YMQ-YQB
 2. SEA-DEN/LAX/SFO-YVR-YEA/YYC-YQR-YXE-YWG-YTO-YOW-YMQ-YQB
 3. SEA-DEN/LAX/SFO-YVR-YEA/YYC-YXE-YQR-YWG-YTO-YOW-YMQ-YQB
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Old Feb 25, 2024, 8:18 pm
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9 segments in total for 150+165 = $315 or $35 per segment

5221 miles flown

With 3 of these "roundtrips" you'd have 27 PQF for $945.



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Old Feb 25, 2024, 11:41 pm
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Originally Posted by cruser1

Crediting to Asiana
Nada! (well, not quite, but you won't earn anything for the domestic Canadian segments, which is basically the entire trip)
Exactly why I hate AC lol.
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Old Feb 26, 2024, 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by captainarabiia
Exactly why I hate AC lol.
Makes sense! Haha!
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Old Feb 26, 2024, 11:22 am
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Is there a way to get this with an overnight (or termination) in YYZ?

Also I'm not seeing much availability for getting a next-day-turn (ideally on a weekend) alas.
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Old Feb 26, 2024, 4:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Polytonic
Is there a way to get this with an overnight (or termination) in YYZ?

Also I'm not seeing much availability for getting a next-day-turn (ideally on a weekend) alas.
Yeah, everybody want to travel on the weekend so it'll be hard finding flights in the lowest fare codes. If you chop off a segment or two you can get an overnight or termination in YYZ. No stopovers are permitted so your next flight must be within 12 hours of your previous flight.
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