AA: SFO-IND $170+ (1 day min)
Jul 2, 2005, 5:58 pm
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AA: SFO-IND $170+ (1 day min)
Q class, 14 day advance, 1 day min
The base fare is a little high for MR, but considering booking class & allowable routings, this is "buy" in my opinion.
The base fare is a little high for MR, but considering booking class & allowable routings, this is "buy" in my opinion.
Jul 2, 2005, 6:08 pm
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Originally Posted by nako
Q is .5 Q-points. Am I missing something making it more attractive than any other deep discount fare, other than slightly better availability on the AS-metal codeshares?
Jul 2, 2005, 6:14 pm
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Originally Posted by nako
Q is .5 Q-points. Am I missing something making it more attractive than any other deep discount fare, other than slightly better availability on the AS-metal codeshares?Booking Class - Q is much better than O, which is getting common lately
for the deeply discounted fare, when you want to create complicated routing.
Routing - more favorable than "via DFW/ORD" only
Jul 2, 2005, 6:23 pm
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I figured availability was the answer - but I wasn't sure if I was missing some other factor or not. 
Both Tclin and keithguy are right - Q availability is generally better on AA than O - especially on AS-metal codeshares.
That said, the routing rules for this fare are as follows:
Given availability, it appears that one's best bets are SFO-SEA-DFW-IND or SFO-LAX-SEA-ORD-IND. It also appears that NW has matched this fare (in K class), with the following routing:
Mike
Both Tclin and keithguy are right - Q availability is generally better on AA than O - especially on AS-metal codeshares.That said, the routing rules for this fare are as follows:
ROUTING 2 FROM SFO-AA-LAX/SEA/SNA-AA-
TO STL-AA-IND*
OR TO SEA-AA-CHI-AA-IND*
OR TO DFW-AA-IND*
TO STL-AA-IND*
OR TO SEA-AA-CHI-AA-IND*
OR TO DFW-AA-IND*
ROUTING 209 FROM-TO SFO-NW-MSP/SLC/HOU/DFW/MEM-NW-
ATL/BHM/BNA/ATW/CHI/CMH/CWA/CLE/CMX/
CVG/DAY/ESC/FWA/GRB/GRR/LAF/LEX/LSE/
MKE/MKG/MKC/MSN/PAH/RHI/SDF/STL-NW-DTT/
CLE/EWR-NW-IND*
ATL/BHM/BNA/ATW/CHI/CMH/CWA/CLE/CMX/
CVG/DAY/ESC/FWA/GRB/GRR/LAF/LEX/LSE/
MKE/MKG/MKC/MSN/PAH/RHI/SDF/STL-NW-DTT/
CLE/EWR-NW-IND*
Jul 3, 2005, 6:16 pm
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Originally Posted by nako
Q is .5 Q-points. Am I missing something making it more attractive than any other deep discount fare, other than slightly better availability on the AS-metal codeshares?Mike
Unless you fly a lot of expensive fares or are going for a challenge, q-points are meaningless.
Jul 3, 2005, 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by CART_Flagman
If someone has come up with all the above connections on AA for travel Sat-Sun, I'd like to see it because I'm only finding $273+ going through SEA-DFW
Oct 7-8
SFO-SEA-DFW-IND-ORD-SEA-SNA-SFO
(6962-1212-1660-4212-2271-6898-3182)
$215.90 all-in (aa.com)
Jul 3, 2005, 9:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
Are you doing a challenge or otherwise requalifying via q-points?
Unless you fly a lot of expensive fares or are going for a challenge, q-points are meaningless.
Unless you fly a lot of expensive fares or are going for a challenge, q-points are meaningless.
Mike
Jul 5, 2005, 8:28 am
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Originally Posted by Tclin
I did not check the all the Sat-Sun combinations, but looks tough to find. If you take the red-eye on Friday night, the itinerary below is available.
Oct 7-8
SFO-SEA-DFW-IND-ORD-SEA-SNA-SFO
(6962-1212-1660-4212-2271-6898-3182)
$215.90 all-in (aa.com)
Oct 7-8
SFO-SEA-DFW-IND-ORD-SEA-SNA-SFO
(6962-1212-1660-4212-2271-6898-3182)
$215.90 all-in (aa.com)
I found various Fri-Sat dates in Sept/Oct.
CF
Jul 5, 2005, 2:28 pm
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This might be attractive:
(1) To those who need to fly to ORD but don't want to pay the going rate (currently $300+ for the AA & UA nonstops from the SF bay area), and
(2) For those who could use a rental car to drive around Chicagoland and don't mind a longer drive to the airport.
Would be great if AA would do a fare-match with CO's current SJC-ORD fare, but that's probably too much to ask.
(1) To those who need to fly to ORD but don't want to pay the going rate (currently $300+ for the AA & UA nonstops from the SF bay area), and
(2) For those who could use a rental car to drive around Chicagoland and don't mind a longer drive to the airport.
Would be great if AA would do a fare-match with CO's current SJC-ORD fare, but that's probably too much to ask.