Feb 2, 16, 4:35 pm

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Looks like this fare is gone.

Feel free to add the fare you bought including: the route, date and final price.

- Granite64

Brituchenite: EWR-NRT (UA metal) NRT-SIN-NRT (ANA metal) NRT-EWR (UA metal) YUL (Air Canada) 10/10-10/13; $464

[FARE GONE] NH: Lax-bkk-yul $373 cad, €242

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Jan 31, 16, 3:59 pm

#16

abitlost

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mal2ianne123

Which dates are you seeing $350? I've only seen $443 the lowest NYC>BKK>YUL with stopover in EWR on the return and booked for Sept

$331 USD in late April and return early May through EWR.

Jan 31, 16, 4:17 pm

#17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xinliz

How did you force it through JFK/EWR? I tried doing NYC-YUL as a third leg on google flights, but then it comes out at a much higher price.

Keep it to 2 segments and enable advanced routing codes on ITA and enter NH+ NYC on the return flight.

Jan 31, 16, 4:18 pm

#18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mal2ianne123

Which dates are you seeing $350? I've only seen $443 the lowest NYC>BKK>YUL with stopover in EWR on the return and booked for Sept

Itinerary
New York (JFK) to Bangkok (BKK) — Sun, Apr 24

New York (JFK) to Tokyo (NRT) — Sun, Apr 24
ANA 9
Dep: 12:30 pm
Arr: 3:25 pm
13h 55m
Boeing 777
Economy (K)
Meal
Layover in NRT
Mon, Apr 25
2h 55m

Tokyo (NRT) to Bangkok (BKK) — Mon, Apr 25
ANA 805
Dep: 6:20 pm
Arr: 11:00 pm
6h 40m
Boeing 777
Economy (K)
Meal
Bangkok (BKK) to Montreal (YUL) — Fri, May 13
Long layoverOvernight flight

Bangkok (BKK) to Tokyo (NRT) — Fri, May 13
ANA 806
Dep: 6:50 am
Arr: 3:00 pm
6h 10m
Boeing 777
Economy (K)
Meal
Layover in NRT
2h 0m

Tokyo (NRT) to Newark (EWR) — Fri, May 13
ANA 6452
Dep: 5:00 pm
Arr: 4:55 pm
12h 55m
Boeing 777
Economy (K)
Dinner
OPERATED BY UNITED
Layover in EWR
3h 0m

Newark (EWR) to Montreal (YUL) — Fri, May 13
United 8549
Dep: 7:55 pm
Arr: 9:18 pm
1h 23m
Canadair Reg. Jet
Economy (K)
OPERATED BY AIR CANADA EXPRESS - JAZZ
Mileage
19,544 total miles
CO2 Emissions
2,756 kg (estimated by ITA).
Airport Information
New York John F Kennedy International (JFK)
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International (BKK)
Montreal Pierre E.Trudeau International (YUL)
Tokyo Narita International (NRT)
Newark Liberty International (EWR)
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees)
$350.46
Total cost for 1 passenger
$350.46

Jan 31, 16, 4:38 pm

#19

sbm12

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What OTAs are people able to book on? I've found space but Google Flights says to call ANA to book and, well, I know that's a bad idea.

Jan 31, 16, 4:42 pm

#20

lorribarnes

Join Date: Nov 2000

Location: MESA, AZ USA

Posts: 260

I just booked Chase Ultimate Rewards for Phx-Bkk back to YUL thru ORd for two tickets for Sept -Oct for 924 both tickets.

Jan 31, 16, 4:43 pm

#21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xinliz

How did you force it through JFK/EWR? I tried doing NYC-YUL as a third leg on google flights, but then it comes out at a much higher price.

I can get it on Google flights sub-$500 JFK-BKK, SIN-EWR, EWR-YUL on 20Oct/28Oct/28Oct but cannot find an OTA to book it on. :/

ETA: AmEx Travel seems to see the fare but now is throwing up "missing inventory" errors but won't tell me which segment.

ETA2: Starting to think it might really be phantom inventory on one of my segments. That would suck.

Last edited by sbm12; Jan 31, 16 at 5:01 pm

Jan 31, 16, 4:44 pm

#22

Nick Abel

Join Date: Sep 2015

Posts: 19

Wow, very interesting. Thanks so much for the details so far! I've been playing with dates in late May - June on United.com with stopovers at NRT and seeing the same prices. J for about $1500.

EDIT: Sorry! $1500 was just for the outbound...I haven't used United.com for a long while. Carry on with the fun, everyone...

Jan 31, 16, 4:48 pm

#23

Pseudo Nim

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Posts: 6,852

Amazing price! Sadly K earns only 50% on Aeroplan so AC fliers are out, but this is great for an actual trip.

Jan 31, 16, 5:04 pm

#24

ck102

Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: Berlin

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Posts: 43

What's the earliest return date anyone's gotten? I'm doing SFO-BKK-YVR and can't get it to price it before May 10.

I bought for April 25-May 10, but would prefer to go sooner.

Thank you, OP!

Jan 31, 16, 5:13 pm

#25

Granite64

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sbm12

What OTAs are people able to book on? I've found space but Google Flights says to call ANA to book and, well, I know that's a bad idea.

Use Momondo to do the meta-search.

Jan 31, 16, 5:21 pm

#26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Granite64

Use Momondo to do the meta-search.

I think it was a phantom inventory issue. I eventually found a different option on Google Flights which directed me straight to united.com to complete the purchase. Return is now via ORD rather than the preferred EWR and on NH metal rather than UA metal. Going to keep playing with it tonight to see if I can get something better but at least I have something viable. It was a trip I needed to book anyways so happy to see this pop up and save me some cash.

ETA: And, FWIW, I priced one just now on UA at $450ish a/i; momondo is saying CAD$727. Even with the current exchange rate I know that's not right.

ETA2: Not a phantom inventory thing, just a bad OTA thing. Got a real travel agent to price it at the cheap rates.