[PREM FARE GONE] SkyTeam (Aero Mexico) - ORD/LAX/MIA/others to EZE - $1325 - $1500ish
Jun 15, 2015, 10:55 am
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Seemed like availability from LAX dried up yesterday, and today it looked like availability from ORD was heading in the same direction so I just pulled the trigger on one from ORD to EZE in mid-December ... didn't mess with the MasterCard since it seemed like I may lose refundability on at least part of it and my wife will earn Silver Medallion just from those four segments too, so it's not like there is no benefit to paying more in this case.
Jun 15, 2015, 11:45 am
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Blue exchange rates! Do not prepay for hotel rooms but settle the bill with (Argentinian) cash when you leave.
Last edited by MSPeconomist; Jun 15, 2015 at 11:52 am
Jun 15, 2015, 11:49 am
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Do you mean book on aeromexico.com or make sure that you are flying on AM metal? I am doing both and want to credit to AS, but curious what you mean.
Please explain what "blue exchange rates" are. Thanks!
Please explain what "blue exchange rates" are. Thanks!
Jun 15, 2015, 11:53 am
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Jun 15, 2015, 12:45 pm
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Can anyone confirm how MQDs work on this? I'm booked SFO-EZE-SFO, total 12,931 miles (per Great Circle Mapper) in C class. DL says C class on AM is 30% of miles flown. So I should get 12931x0.3= 3879 MQD (for a $1400 ticket)?
If that's correct, then this deal just keeps on getting better!
If that's correct, then this deal just keeps on getting better!
Jun 15, 2015, 1:03 pm
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Can anyone confirm how MQDs work on this? I'm booked SFO-EZE-SFO, total 12,931 miles (per Great Circle Mapper) in C class. DL says C class on AM is 30% of miles flown. So I should get 12931x0.3= 3879 MQD (for a $1400 ticket)?
If that's correct, then this deal just keeps on getting better!
If that's correct, then this deal just keeps on getting better!
Jun 15, 2015, 1:15 pm
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It's the unofficial/blackmarket rate for converting from US dollars into Argentine pesos in such a way that helps some to circumvent Argentine capital and currency convertibilit controls and thereby get a much better exchange rate than the government-managed official exchange rate.
Jun 15, 2015, 2:56 pm
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Edited to add: Just found this on dl.com: Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) apply to Medallion qualification. Flights marketed and ticketed by partners may earn MQDs based on a percentage of distance flown* as determined by the fare class paid. Sounds like you're correct.
Jun 15, 2015, 3:03 pm
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Isn't MQDs based on ticket price, not distance flown, so $1400 x 30% = 420 MQDs?
Edited to add: Just found this on dl.com: Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) apply to Medallion qualification. Flights marketed and ticketed by partners may earn MQDs based on a percentage of distance flown* as determined by the fare class paid. Sounds like you're correct.
Edited to add: Just found this on dl.com: Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) apply to Medallion qualification. Flights marketed and ticketed by partners may earn MQDs based on a percentage of distance flown* as determined by the fare class paid. Sounds like you're correct.
Jun 15, 2015, 3:08 pm
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Jun 15, 2015, 3:43 pm
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Jun 15, 2015, 3:52 pm
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Jun 15, 2015, 4:39 pm
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Booked two of these ORD-EZE for $1260 each via the Mastercard World Travel service. Saved about $100 on each ticket but lost the refundable option. Life is a trade off and it's still a great deal. Booked into D class.
Jun 15, 2015, 4:45 pm
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Booking with Orbitz is opaque, and you can't be sure you'll get a published fare or an unpublished one (no miles). But it's better than not going at all if you can't get what you want thru the airline website.
Last edited by Bowgie; Jun 15, 2015 at 5:36 pm
Jun 15, 2015, 5:20 pm
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You also lose the miles etc on the second ticket. That was enough to put me off of buying through the MC deal.