[Premium Fare Gone]: Cathay J: ORD - MLE/CMB RT ~$2,600
#78
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
#80
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: san francisco
Posts: 236
It appears to be available closer in, but nothing farther out in the schedule. Example https://goo.gl/flights/SLfyP
#81
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
#82
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,013
Just an FYI:
For those who are trying to use the MasterCard promo to add on to this fare:
The MC promo is "up to" 25% discount. It is run by a third party travel company (not MC)...
I priced out an itinerary Chicago-India-Chicago roundtrip using CX.....I got a 5% discount from the "base fare"....worked out to about 100$ discount in total
(did not buy ticket...just wanted to see what they offer).
I also asked the agent to price out the same ORD-India-ORD itinerary with a one-day stopover at HKG.
In this case, they (the travel agency) priced it as "USA-HKG-USA" plus "HKG-India-HKG" !! This way, the price obviously went way up (thousands of dollars higher).
So, in my case, the MC program only worked for a round trip fare.
Also, the MC discount was only 5%.
The agent on the phone was not exactly very competent though....she was struggling to find the one single CX non-stop from ORD to HKG!!! Then, she had to disconnect the phone and get back couple hours later as the flight "did not show in their "GLOBAL" System".
I highly doubt I would buy from the MC travel agency...unless I actually get the 25% discount. Not confident I will get reasonable after-sales service.
Another annoying thing was that she would not answer any of my questions without getting me to be a "member" (which means, name, phone, address, etc).
For those who are trying to use the MasterCard promo to add on to this fare:
The MC promo is "up to" 25% discount. It is run by a third party travel company (not MC)...
I priced out an itinerary Chicago-India-Chicago roundtrip using CX.....I got a 5% discount from the "base fare"....worked out to about 100$ discount in total
(did not buy ticket...just wanted to see what they offer).
I also asked the agent to price out the same ORD-India-ORD itinerary with a one-day stopover at HKG.
In this case, they (the travel agency) priced it as "USA-HKG-USA" plus "HKG-India-HKG" !! This way, the price obviously went way up (thousands of dollars higher).
So, in my case, the MC program only worked for a round trip fare.
Also, the MC discount was only 5%.
The agent on the phone was not exactly very competent though....she was struggling to find the one single CX non-stop from ORD to HKG!!! Then, she had to disconnect the phone and get back couple hours later as the flight "did not show in their "GLOBAL" System".
I highly doubt I would buy from the MC travel agency...unless I actually get the 25% discount. Not confident I will get reasonable after-sales service.
Another annoying thing was that she would not answer any of my questions without getting me to be a "member" (which means, name, phone, address, etc).
#83
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Florida, USA
Programs: AA PPRO (OW Emerarld), BA Silver, DL PM
Posts: 491
I will bet you $1 that that he will receive fare based EQD. It's happened to me twice that I've been awarded fare based EQD on partner carrier marketed flights when AA knows the fare that I paid. Hopefully for him I'm wrong and it just seems that this whole fare/distance-based EQD is a real crapshoot unless you are sure the ticket is issued by a separate carrier. When I buy BA or QF tickets with AA segments the purchase price shows up in my AA itineraries.
#86
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Connecticut/NY
Posts: 182
I just got off the phone with the AA EXP desk and they called Advantage CS. I was told that for sure my flight would earn the .25 EDQ based on miles flown. I asked for something in writing but was unable to get it however the agent gave me her name and location and said she would make a note of our conversation. I know this is skimpy but better then nothing.
#88
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: PVD, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,664
I just got off the phone with the AA EXP desk and they called Advantage CS. I was told that for sure my flight would earn the .25 EDQ based on miles flown. I asked for something in writing but was unable to get it however the agent gave me her name and location and said she would make a note of our conversation. I know this is skimpy but better then nothing.
CX Flights (LAX-HKG-MLE-HKG-ORD):
31,500 EQM + 5,200 EQD + 51,450 RDM (includes EXP bonus)
AA Flight (ORD-LAX):
3,400 EQM + unknown EQD + unknown RDM
Note: If I had to guess, I'd say you'll earn something like 100-400 EQD for that single AA flight.
I will bet you $1 that that he will receive fare based EQD. It's happened to me twice that I've been awarded fare based EQD on partner carrier marketed flights when AA knows the fare that I paid. Hopefully for him I'm wrong and it just seems that this whole fare/distance-based EQD is a real crapshoot unless you are sure the ticket is issued by a separate carrier. When I buy BA or QF tickets with AA segments the purchase price shows up in my AA itineraries.
I've flown on AA tickets (purchased from aa.com) where I had a single segment on a partner marketed flight (e.g. JL) with the rest on AA marketed flights. I earned per the partner table for the partner marketed segment and the AA table for the AA marketed flights.
That said, the AA segment on this itinerary is only ORD-LAX. The bulk of the earnings will come from the CX flights, so it's not a big loss.
Last edited by swingaling; Apr 2, 2018 at 1:16 pm
#89
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Connecticut/NY
Posts: 182
Are you referring to the AA segments or the non-AA segments? The AA-marketed flights will probably credit EQD on a fare basis (not distance). But any partner-marketed flights will credit EQDs on a distance basis.
That said, the AA segment on this itinerary is only ORD-LAX. The bulk of the earnings will come from the CX flights, so it's not a big loss.
That said, the AA segment on this itinerary is only ORD-LAX. The bulk of the earnings will come from the CX flights, so it's not a big loss.