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Jan 4, 12, 8:31 am

#46

abdon

Join Date: Feb 2011

Posts: 196

Quote:

Originally Posted by derpierreder

curry?

NO.

Jan 4, 12, 12:30 pm

#47

frank_10b

Join Date: Mar 2003

Location: EWR Ionosphere Club, LAX Clipper Club, Still Traveling Global, yearly BIS miles

Programs: EAL Silver Wings, I-Club, Flying Colonels DL, WorldPass PLat from the olde Meatball and PE SMARTbank

Posts: 1,869

Booking nightmare

Pulling my hair out the last 24 hours, trying to book LAS-MIA-LHR-MAD-MIA-DFW-FLL; LAS-MIA-DFW-MAD-MIA-ORD-FLL
My outbound (LAS-BCN) ITA shows availability in O class (and S for the LHR-BCN) most ambitiously for LAS-MIA-DFW-LHR-BCN and also LAS-MIA-LHR-BCN or LAS-DFW-LHR-BCN, which at this point I would fairly happily settle for.
Trying aa and Orbitz and even if I can get them to offer the right flights (not easy!) it still books in the wrong class (L, N, all S, etc) and/or doesn't dump correctly.

For example working on LAS-MIA-LHR-BCN:
ITA has aa1842(1/11) and aa56(1/12) with O, then aa6287 or 6292 in S but then on expertflyer, these combos show nothing in O or S on any of the flights, but expertflyer does list 1842, 214 (showing O in both) with s in 6292. (ITA does that combo as all-S) Putting in later dates just to try it out, it all works fine

Also will not accept MAD-MIA-ORD/DFW-FLL-PBI at any dates

I am in way over my head. . Does anyone understand what is going on ?

Last edited by frank_10b; Jan 4, 12 at 4:34 pm

Jan 4, 12, 2:30 pm

#48

FaCeOff

Join Date: May 2011

Location: MUC

Programs: M&M,M&B

Posts: 121

Quote:

Originally Posted by derpierreder

curry?

Curry is available for about 200€, even through June!

Jan 4, 12, 3:39 pm

#49

skunker

Join Date: May 2006

Location: SAN

Programs: Lots of faux metal

Posts: 6,058

Quote:

Originally Posted by frank_10b

I am in way over my head. Putting in later dates just to try it out, it all works fine. Does anyone understand what is going on on these dates?
Thanks!

Check the fare construction on ITA and make sure it is pricing as one fare and not two. Sometimes ITA does screwy things with multiconnect fares that I cannot replicate on booking sites.

Last edited by skunker; Jan 4, 12 at 3:51 pm

Jan 4, 12, 3:53 pm

#50

giggy

Join Date: Mar 2006

Location: SEA

Programs: AA Executive PLatinum CO Platinum DL Gold Hyatt Diamond Hilton no more :)

Posts: 1,958

this guy's dangerous

Jan 4, 12, 3:57 pm

#51

janetdoe

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: DFW

Programs: AS, BA, AA

Posts: 3,670

Quote:

Originally Posted by frank_10b

For example working on LAS-MIA-LHR-BCN

rookie mistake ;-)

Last edited by janetdoe; Jan 4, 12 at 4:56 pm Reason: wrong answer

Jan 4, 12, 4:05 pm

#52

janetdoe

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: DFW

Programs: AS, BA, AA

Posts: 3,670

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrankTalk

One more TaKedown. This was far the trickiest of the tricky...

Hence the birth of a new method that shall be known as "Double Confusion" (which has nothing to do with strikes, stacks or virgins).

SWEET!!!

Jan 4, 12, 8:35 pm

#53

hogo74

Join Date: Feb 2002

Location: RDU

Posts: 697

apple - galangal $399.- base

Jan 4, 12, 8:37 pm

#54

khanbaba

Join Date: Dec 2007

Programs: aerplan elite

Posts: 107

Hi Guys,
planning a trip C1 to C3, on maple air using 13 miler 3X but still 250 lb fat left from 594lb, any help or hint?

Jan 5, 12, 7:26 am

#55

dohko8

Join Date: Dec 2005

Location: Silver Spring, MD

Programs: Delta Gold Medallion, American Advantage, Continental Onepass

Posts: 192

Did ITA stop displaying DL fareS?

Jan 5, 12, 7:39 am

#56

Avnu

Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: BRU

Posts: 134

Quote:

Originally Posted by dohko8

Did ITA stop displaying DL fareS?

Still seeing plenty of DL fares when looking for C2-C1 trips.

Jan 5, 12, 9:38 am

#57

michael_v

Join Date: May 2006

Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA

Posts: 2,912

Quote:

Originally Posted by khanbaba

Hi Guys,
planning a trip C1 to C3, on maple air using 13 miler 3X but still 250 lb fat left from 594lb, any help or hint?

What is your exact origin and destination?

Jan 5, 12, 10:17 am

#58

dohko8

Join Date: Dec 2005

Location: Silver Spring, MD

Programs: Delta Gold Medallion, American Advantage, Continental Onepass

Posts: 192

I was looking at WAS-HKG
any hints on dumping that 333 YQ?

Jan 5, 12, 11:47 am

#59

EWRHomeBase

Join Date: Jan 2012

Posts: 1

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaCeOff

Curry is available for about 200€, even through June!

Is this *A? from c2-west or east? I'm looking at city where Duggan was shot a few months ago, to Queens necklace or curry capital, but not getting these. Is this through a 3x?