AA - 1 segment short, help
Dec 12, 2013, 1:36 pm
#1
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AA - 1 segment short, help
I am one segment short with only two flights left in my planned travels for this year. How can I find the cheapest flight possible departing ORD or DFW. Ideally would like a super short flight. Sorry if this has been asked before, but I have not been able to find anything that helps with search.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Dec 12, 2013, 2:53 pm
#3
Join Date: Mar 2003
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OP, what are your remaining flights? CFC will allow to take a routing that you are not ticketed but that pops up when the agent does a SABRE search.
For example you may have LAX-JFK and they will allow you to do LAX-ORD-JFK.
Perhaps you could get an added segment that way.
For example you may have LAX-JFK and they will allow you to do LAX-ORD-JFK.
Perhaps you could get an added segment that way.
Dec 12, 2013, 2:56 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2009
Location: IND || CMI
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I am one segment short with only two flights left in my planned travels for this year. How can I find the cheapest flight possible departing ORD or DFW. Ideally would like a super short flight. Sorry if this has been asked before, but I have not been able to find anything that helps with search.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
I looked at IND-DFW-AUS-DFW-AUS-DFW-IND for a segment fesitvus day due to the cheapness of the segments .... there is something about MD-80's that I find so sexy
Dec 12, 2013, 2:59 pm
#5
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OP, what are your remaining flights? CFC will allow to take a routing that you are not ticketed but that pops up when the agent does a SABRE search.
For example you may have LAX-JFK and they will allow you to do LAX-ORD-JFK.
Perhaps you could get an added segment that way.
For example you may have LAX-JFK and they will allow you to do LAX-ORD-JFK.
Perhaps you could get an added segment that way.
Dec 12, 2013, 3:01 pm
#6
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Lost in Space
Programs: MR Plat, AA EXP, Hertz Presidents Club, SPG Plat
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OP, what are your remaining flights? CFC will allow to take a routing that you are not ticketed but that pops up when the agent does a SABRE search.
For example you may have LAX-JFK and they will allow you to do LAX-ORD-JFK.
Perhaps you could get an added segment that way.
For example you may have LAX-JFK and they will allow you to do LAX-ORD-JFK.
Perhaps you could get an added segment that way.
Dec 12, 2013, 3:05 pm
#7
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So do a confirmed same-day-change to MKE - ORD - DFW or the other way around. You can make the change 24 hours before and it'll cost you $75 as long as space is available and you won't have to spend any more time on a plane or searching for flights.
Dec 12, 2013, 3:19 pm
#8
Join Date: Apr 2009
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One segment short for what? I hit PLT yesterday on segments. Made it this far into 2013 without breaking my New Years Resolution, which was that I wouldn't hit PLT on segments, but sadly I failed.
41,714 points
50,744 EQMs
60 segments.
41,714 points
50,744 EQMs
60 segments.
Dec 12, 2013, 3:23 pm
#9
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One segment short of EXP. That is to many flights to fall short by one. Crappy thing is weather caused me to find alternate travel losing four segments over the last month.
Dec 12, 2013, 4:17 pm
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Thread moved
Please continue to follow this thread as it moves to the Mileage Run Discussion forum, which has been established for such requests.
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Dec 14, 2013, 8:49 am
#13
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: AA EP, Hilton Diamond
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My husband has been AA EP for last 3-4 years. With a few Int'l trips cancelled this year, he is at 87,340, needing 12,660 miles to re-qualify. The AA $1799 buy-up program doesn't apply until he is at 90K. He is looking at doing a mileage run week before or after Christmas out of DFW. Does anyone have any mileage run suggestions? Or any other ideas? Also, I am a huge FT follower, but rarely post. Please let me know if I should post in a different forum. Thank you for your advice!
Dec 15, 2013, 7:42 am
#14
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Currently Plat. So far no luck with same day change. Tried Thursday and again for tomorrow. Tells me; "For this offer, there are currently no eligible flights available." Might have to try at the airport tomorrow.
Dec 17, 2013, 1:02 pm
#15
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I find that the online system is not good at doing CFC, I find that calling is really the only reliable way to do it.
