2kind

with that said, anyone find man - las for july?

jclover213

Anything to SFO?

DLATL777

Finding tons of availability from Europe, especially Italy including MXP and FCO. In fact, longer routing seems to make cheaper Ex: MXP-ATL-LAX or MXP-ATL-JFK-LAX is cheaper then MXP-JFK or MXP-ATL. As I mentioned, found MXP-ATL-LAX-SAN-ATL-MXP for 345 all in, 13,848 miles.

redtailshark

What are you waiting for? This can't last! $98 base fare!

$98.00
$261.81 Total Price »
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Wed, Jun 10 DL logo Delta Air Lines 9 Equipment: 767
Booking class: T/Coach
Fare basis code: TLXSSG1
Depart: 1:50 PM London (LHR)
Meal: Lunch
Arrive: 6:30 PM Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Approx. flight miles: 4,209
Duration: 9 hr 40 min
Time between flights: 2 hr 45 min
Wed, Jun 10 DL logo Delta Air Lines 1079 Equipment: 757
Booking class: T/Coach
Fare basis code: TLXSSG1
Depart: 9:15 PM Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Meal: None
Arrive: 11:32 PM San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Approx. flight miles: 2,135
Duration: 5 hr 17 min
Total duration: 17 hr 42 min
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Wed, Jun 17 DL logo Delta Air Lines 1068 Equipment: 757
Booking class: U/Coach
Fare basis code: ULXSSG1
Depart: 11:30 AM San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Meal: Food for purchase
Arrive: 7:09 PM Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Approx. flight miles: 2,135
Duration: 4 hr 39 min
Time between flights: 3 hr 21 min
Wed, Jun 17 DL logo Delta Air Lines 10 Equipment: 767
Booking class: U/Coach
Fare basis code: ULXSSG1
Depart: 10:30 PM Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Meal: Dinner
Arrive: 12:00 PM London (LHR)
Approx. flight miles: 4,209
Duration: 8 hr 30 min
This flight arrives 1 day after departure
Total duration: 16 hr 30 min

WBurcham

Hmm... never thought of that but then don't you end up spending more total miles? I guess I don't totally understand it.

Would I do:
Award ticket MCO-LON (Friday night)
Paid cheap ticket: LON-SFO (Saturday day)
Paid cheap ticket: SFO-LON (Saturday night)
Award ticken LON-MCO (Sunday day)

jclover213

That's a really great fare although quite possibly the worst time of the year for me to go. Is there something a little bit later? Perhaps in July?

Thanks for the help.

redtailshark

Yes, you spend more miles. But you receive lots more back, defend PE status etc. No time to rationalize the ins and outs on this - must book more of them while they're still here.

You can do:
TUS-LON (award), LON-US rtn, LON-US rtn, MAN-US rtn, EDI-US rtn, LON-US rtn., LON-TUS (award return). Over a nine month span. Or more. Why be modest?

This paid fare appears to be less than the taxes charged on a DL award ticket on the exact same flights with EU origination.

WBurcham

I could also book it to have a break between the segments (i.e. go LON-US on 1/1 but US-LON on 9/1 (depends on the fare rules)...

Ok ideas, ideas.

DLATL777

Okay this is getting ridiculous . Just found Europe-Key West, FL for 338.50 all in for a weekend.

fti

Exactly. As was stated, yes you burn some miles but your overall cost is low and your overall net gain is great.

I am doing an 11-day MR Jan 1-11 using three DXB-YYZ fares with SU from the mistake months ago and using a positioning flight from MN to DXB round trip. Just the miles I earn on the flights will be worth what I paid for the flights, figuring 2 cents/mile. Then I also get PE status for two years, free domestic upgrades, free award ticket changes (just saved $126 today on that by being able to take advantage of the elimination of the fuel surcharge on award tickets), great service from NW's PE people, etc.

Go for it but calculate the cost/benefit. I did a spreadsheet and saw there was no reason not to do it.

WBurcham

Hmm... let's see if I can work this into a multi-weekend MR and not have my boss pissed at me (unfortunately small office so I can't just run away without asking/telling).

Blank Sheet

You still need a city near you that qualifies for the great fare to be able to string this out. No such luck here for the surrounding CVG area. Can get reasonable fares UK-DAY/CMH/SDF/LEX/IND but nothing worth multiple cycles. Still maybe a one time shot if the fares to the UK get sub $550. That's a gamble you have to take.

WBurcham

I'm not getting it to work with an afternoon/evening departure from MLB

There's a 5pm flight with avails too! :-( :-(

I'll keep trying.

2kind

thanks to all for the PM help.
I am in the middle of strangling my girlfriend in the UK via phone

sds1493

Has anyone found availability for late December from LON-US?