[FARE GONE] La/++ akl-scl-mad-hnd €570
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Price seem to double in the opposite direction. Looks like Y from ICN to SCL up to six segments then J on just about every routing I tried back to TYO. Interesting that you can fly through cities more than once. I start at ICN on segment 1 and fly back to ICN on segment 6 enroute to HKG (segment 7) which was where segment 2 started. 😁
James.
James.
There must be something in the rules that govern fare construction that make this possible but shouldn't. I'm not as good as interpreting these things as some (I'm lazy), but just from experience, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
It leads me to believe that the fare will go away eventually.
Then again, someone up-thread mentioned how dysfunctional LA is. And honestly, this isn't exactly a $200 mistake. We're still paying $2K+ for tix with J segments. Not normal, but not an obvious mistake either.
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I think that it's impossible to work in the PPT-IPC segments that many of us would like (Tahiti, Easter Island) starting in ICN, but smarter men than I have been over this already, if you look up-thread.
My current concern is a slightly trickier one.
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Same here. Could do HKG-ICN-TYO instead of HKG-TYO, for $140, just not worth it. It's like 200 extra miles. (I start in ICN, so it's technically a full RTW with the added Japan segment).
There must be something in the rules that govern fare construction that make this possible but shouldn't. I'm not as good as interpreting these things as some (I'm lazy), but just from experience, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
It leads me to believe that the fare will go away eventually.
Then again, someone up-thread mentioned how dysfunctional LA is. And honestly, this isn't exactly a $200 mistake. We're still paying $2K+ for tix with J segments. Not normal, but not an obvious mistake either.
There must be something in the rules that govern fare construction that make this possible but shouldn't. I'm not as good as interpreting these things as some (I'm lazy), but just from experience, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
It leads me to believe that the fare will go away eventually.
Then again, someone up-thread mentioned how dysfunctional LA is. And honestly, this isn't exactly a $200 mistake. We're still paying $2K+ for tix with J segments. Not normal, but not an obvious mistake either.
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It really depends on dates. I have a two day stop in HKG, because that's all I want/need, and it prices out on CX J. I'm guessing that the further out you look, the better your odds of getting seats. If you want to fly next week, it's probably not possible.
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My final leg is CX HKG-CTS, it's a better place for travel IMHO plus it's over 2000 miles from HKG. I credit to BA and I was able find an itinerary at least 6 segments with 140 tier points, for me BA Gold is more important than RDM. For those who are not interested with OWE, you can do HKG-CTS with a good stopover in Korea (BUS/SEL both OK at least).
All of them can be done as low as 1,700,000 Korean Won around 1600 USD. Prices go up when you add stopover, not by much though, most expensive would be Australian taxes in my itineraries. I found using MINCONNECT option in matrix is better then adding a segment, I did something like 48:00. Bookwithmatrix should work for my itinerary and I am waiting for final approval from Mrs. HypnoticSpector to ticket.
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Thanks for your advice. I tried next March and am glad to report back I can find either east bound or west to start with, from ICN to SCL. Choice of airlines are many, with LA code I could get AA operated flights, but not AA marketed so I couldn't apply my SWU. Via Hong Kong is my thing and I was able to find a layover in outbound (ICN-SCL) and a stopover in the inbound (SCL-Japan). Again, many options with the inbound, I had AKL/SYD/MEL/BNE/SIN all possible, connecting to HKG.
My final leg is CX HKG-CTS, it's a better place for travel IMHO plus it's over 2000 miles from HKG. I credit to BA and I was able find an itinerary at least 6 segments with 140 tier points, for me BA Gold is more important than RDM. For those who are not interested with OWE, you can do HKG-CTS with a good stopover in Korea (BUS/SEL both OK at least).
All of them can be done as low as 1,700,000 Korean Won around 1600 USD. Prices go up when you add stopover, not by much though, most expensive would be Australian taxes in my itineraries. I found using MINCONNECT option in matrix is better then adding a segment, I did something like 48:00. Bookwithmatrix should work for my itinerary and I am waiting for final approval from Mrs. HypnoticSpector to ticket.
My final leg is CX HKG-CTS, it's a better place for travel IMHO plus it's over 2000 miles from HKG. I credit to BA and I was able find an itinerary at least 6 segments with 140 tier points, for me BA Gold is more important than RDM. For those who are not interested with OWE, you can do HKG-CTS with a good stopover in Korea (BUS/SEL both OK at least).
All of them can be done as low as 1,700,000 Korean Won around 1600 USD. Prices go up when you add stopover, not by much though, most expensive would be Australian taxes in my itineraries. I found using MINCONNECT option in matrix is better then adding a segment, I did something like 48:00. Bookwithmatrix should work for my itinerary and I am waiting for final approval from Mrs. HypnoticSpector to ticket.
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Thanks for your advice. I tried next March and am glad to report back I can find either east bound or west to start with, from ICN to SCL. Choice of airlines are many, with LA code I could get AA operated flights, but not AA marketed so I couldn't apply my SWU. Via Hong Kong is my thing and I was able to find a layover in outbound (ICN-SCL) and a stopover in the inbound (SCL-Japan). Again, many options with the inbound, I had AKL/SYD/MEL/BNE/SIN all possible, connecting to HKG.
My final leg is CX HKG-CTS, it's a better place for travel IMHO plus it's over 2000 miles from HKG. I credit to BA and I was able find an itinerary at least 6 segments with 140 tier points, for me BA Gold is more important than RDM. For those who are not interested with OWE, you can do HKG-CTS with a good stopover in Korea (BUS/SEL both OK at least).
All of them can be done as low as 1,700,000 Korean Won around 1600 USD. Prices go up when you add stopover, not by much though, most expensive would be Australian taxes in my itineraries. I found using MINCONNECT option in matrix is better then adding a segment, I did something like 48:00. Bookwithmatrix should work for my itinerary and I am waiting for final approval from Mrs. HypnoticSpector to ticket.
My final leg is CX HKG-CTS, it's a better place for travel IMHO plus it's over 2000 miles from HKG. I credit to BA and I was able find an itinerary at least 6 segments with 140 tier points, for me BA Gold is more important than RDM. For those who are not interested with OWE, you can do HKG-CTS with a good stopover in Korea (BUS/SEL both OK at least).
All of them can be done as low as 1,700,000 Korean Won around 1600 USD. Prices go up when you add stopover, not by much though, most expensive would be Australian taxes in my itineraries. I found using MINCONNECT option in matrix is better then adding a segment, I did something like 48:00. Bookwithmatrix should work for my itinerary and I am waiting for final approval from Mrs. HypnoticSpector to ticket.
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Mrs.HypnoticSpector's calculation is a little north of $1.5, and argued that Mr.HypnoticSpector's trip will not be approved as that wasn't as good as QR Pho Fare or ex-Cai RTW DONEx last year.
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I was just playing
and found it
640 Tier
but s7 segment doh-mle could not count to BA so more expensive alternative
I couldn't found reasonable price for HKG-CTS for 100 Tier more.....
crazy
and found it
640 Tier
but s7 segment doh-mle could not count to BA so more expensive alternative
I couldn't found reasonable price for HKG-CTS for 100 Tier more.....
crazy