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Old Apr 9, 2016, 12:26 am
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[FARE GONE] UA: DTW-SYD $585 r/t Books in L;
Not sure what the earn rates are under the new revenue based regime, but a good fare none the less.

Routes via DEN and LAX.

Wide availability till November.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 12:51 am
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TFD post on this - http://www.theflightdeal.com/2016/04...ing-all-taxes/

MSP/ATL/SEA as well.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 1:01 am
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Originally Posted by SQ421
Not sure what the earn rates are under the new revenue based regime, but a good fare none the less.

Routes via DEN and LAX.

Wide availability till November.
Definitely a good fare, comically poor RDM earnings on United obviously.
According to wheretocredit, here are the (no status) earnings for one itinerary from DTW:
18,980 Singapore Airlines miles
14,235 Turkish Airlines miles
9,673 SAS Scandinavian Airlines miles
9,498 Air Canada miles
9,490 Aegean Airlines miles
9,490 Air India miles
9,490 Asiana Airlines miles
9,490 Avianca miles
9,490 Avianca Brazil miles
9,490 Azul Airlines miles
9,490 COPA Airlines miles
9,490 EVA Airways miles
9,490 Ethiopian Airlines miles
9,490 Jet Airways miles
9,490 South African Airways miles
9,490 TAP Portugal miles
9,490 Thai Airways International miles
5,730 Air China miles
5,693 All Nippon Airways miles
4,945 Miles & More miles
2,085 United Airlines miles
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 4:08 am
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Thank you OP. While this isn't a great mileage-earning fare, I was able to get my parents tickets to come visit me in MEL from Alabama for less than $1200 total! It's actually more than the ticket cost to get them Economy Plus seats.... Unbelievable price.

ATL-MEL RT all-in is $573USD You can fly via IAD/IAH/DEN/ORD

I didn't see the fare rules, but based on the price matrix it appears you depart no later than Nov 30, return no later than Dec 2.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by maskedmesothorium
Definitely a good fare, comically poor RDM earnings on United obviously.
According to wheretocredit, here are the (no status) earnings for one itinerary from DTW:
18,980 Singapore Airlines miles
14,235 Turkish Airlines miles
9,673 SAS Scandinavian Airlines miles
9,498 Air Canada miles
9,490 Aegean Airlines miles
9,490 Air India miles
9,490 Asiana Airlines miles
9,490 Avianca miles
9,490 Avianca Brazil miles
9,490 Azul Airlines miles
9,490 COPA Airlines miles
9,490 EVA Airways miles
9,490 Ethiopian Airlines miles
9,490 Jet Airways miles
9,490 South African Airways miles
9,490 TAP Portugal miles
9,490 Thai Airways International miles
5,730 Air China miles
5,693 All Nippon Airways miles
4,945 Miles & More miles
2,085 United Airlines miles
Most of us here are doing this primarily for the qualifying miles, not the RDM. The biggest issue with is the 10 day min stay. Good fare deal, just not a good MR deal.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 1:24 pm
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Fare rules says 2 stopovers allowed in Area 3. Any idea what a valid routing might look like?
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 1:26 pm
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Originally Posted by LBJ
Most of us here are doing this primarily for the qualifying miles, not the RDM. The biggest issue with is the 10 day min stay. Good fare deal, just not a good MR deal.
You can say that again!!!
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 2:08 pm
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I just noticed you could do this routing and get it to price at around $400 if you return just to LAX, not really useful unless you lived there I suppose.

https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...LLAX0UA99;eo=e
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 3:10 pm
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Originally Posted by idiosyncrasy
I just noticed you could do this routing and get it to price at around $400 if you return just to LAX, not really useful unless you lived there I suppose.

https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...LLAX0UA99;eo=e
HA, this is crazy!

What I see here is a great one way fare to OZ.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 3:35 pm
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You can spin it into a good RT ticket from LAX, looks like its only available in May though.

Ticket 1 - LAX-SEA/SLC (weekend trip perhaps?)
Ticket 2 - SLC/SEA - MEL/SYD - LAX

Should total around $525 or less.

You can also end at EWR instead, but that's about $100 more.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 4:01 pm
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If you want RDM, bring out a credit card and buy 50,000 of the things online in less than a minute.

If you're flying all the way to Sydney just for the RDM, that's ridiculous. Not taking a mileage run because the RDM earnings are too low is like cancelling a trip to Everest Base Camp because you heard the snow has a slight yellowish tinge this year.
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 4:04 pm
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I've got ATL-SYD // MEL-EWR for $497.

My guess is the K fare to EWR is expecting YQ to be added, but the ATL L fare does not have any YQ. Very interesting...
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 4:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Tblack15
I've got ATL-SYD // MEL-EWR for $497.

My guess is the K fare to EWR is expecting YQ to be added, but the ATL L fare does not have any YQ. Very interesting...
so is this a true UA low-fare or a fuel dump?

or just UA attacking DL/VA fuel dump, and UA happened to have a fuel dump as well

and it's weekend, so no one's around to fix this
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 5:09 pm
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Originally Posted by idiosyncrasy
I just noticed you could do this routing and get it to price at around $400 if you return just to LAX, not really useful unless you lived there I suppose.

https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...LLAX0UA99;eo=e
I found it priced $386 out of SLC and ATL, also

https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...6-04;tt=m;eo=e

https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...XMEL0UA98;eo=e
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Old Apr 9, 2016, 5:18 pm
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Originally Posted by paperwastage
so is this a true UA low-fare or a fuel dump?

or just UA attacking DL/VA fuel dump, and UA happened to have a fuel dump as well

and it's weekend, so no one's around to fix this
My guess is the fare was built for RTs from DL's hubs with no YQ at an L fare... allowing combinations. Then, the K fare into LAX or EWR uses the same rules, just lower fare.

A hybrid self-dump methinks.
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