[PREM FARE GONE]DL: US (East/West/everything in between) -> Central Europe biz ~$1600
Jun 1, 2016, 8:08 am
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Jun 1, 2016, 8:19 am
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These are just insane prices esp. from Western Canada.
I just picked up YVR-LAX-AMS-TXL-AMS-YUL for CA $1658 / US $1265.
This will net 16636 MQM credited to DL at a cost of 7.6 cpMQM. If I had selected the exact same route on the return, I could've gotten 21,977 MQM at about 5.8 cmMQM.
The fares seem to be the same regardless of where in Canada you O/D from.
I just picked up YVR-LAX-AMS-TXL-AMS-YUL for CA $1658 / US $1265.
This will net 16636 MQM credited to DL at a cost of 7.6 cpMQM. If I had selected the exact same route on the return, I could've gotten 21,977 MQM at about 5.8 cmMQM.
The fares seem to be the same regardless of where in Canada you O/D from.
Last edited by 18sas; Jun 1, 2016 at 8:25 am
Have to go this year, been waiting for something for a while...
Jun 1, 2016, 8:32 am
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Jun 1, 2016, 8:41 am
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For SkyTeam, it would be better to get to AMS or CDG and then take a separate ticket to Russia from there. From FRA, the choices will be LH or SU. SXB is a small airport, so it would almost certainly involve an additional connection through a large European hub.
Jun 1, 2016, 8:42 am
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You can save a few hundred dollars more by doing an open jaw in Europe, involving IST in either direction
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-november.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premi...-november.html
Jun 1, 2016, 8:44 am
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Jun 1, 2016, 8:49 am
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IST could be a viable option (especially since I won't need a visa there), but that would require additional positioning YVR-SFO and then IST-SVX, which is just a little bit of too much flying
Plus, IST-SVX is a 5 hour flight in itself, so this is something I'd rather do in business if possible.
Jun 1, 2016, 9:00 am
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Jun 1, 2016, 9:18 am
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Jun 1, 2016, 9:24 am
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For MSP and DTW hub captives, these fares are available to many destinations from ORD, which has cheap and frequent service on DL and other carriers. For example, around $1650 ORD to MUC RT in November, with wide open availability. It's probably slightly cheaper to fly early in the week.
Jun 1, 2016, 9:50 am
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Sorry, meant SXF.
Jun 1, 2016, 9:57 am
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It's still not obvious to me that one would want to connect through Berlin. Within Germany, if not FRA, MUC would probably have better flight options as it's LH's second hub. However, this is beside the point as the person here who is trying to go to Russia seems to need flights from HEL or IST, where IST would be cheap and also have the advantage of avoiding the requirement of a schengen/transit visa.
