[PREM FARE GONE] MH: DEL - JFK $1300 oneway.
 

I found a good deal with MH
DEL-NRT-JFK for $1300 in J. Found dates in November.

So, slightly cheaper than the fares in this existing thread - https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prem...s-1-382-a.html

Good catch Pandaperth!
I checked if there was anything recently and couldn't find. Thanks!

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Found for about USD $1270 in december (selected dates)...3 hours 45 mins connection betweeen NRT & HND? Seriously possible?
Let's not forget to factor in MH frequent delays. What if we reach NRT late...the whole plan will be gone!

If you made it, it will be 400 BA TP per way. Good deal!

Yes, works for me.. I have a business meeting in Tokyo so have to stay for the night.. fits very well my plans ! :D

How are you able to add a day layover without getting fare change?

Used to be that they sold a NRT-NRT-JFK connection on JL. The layover was long, but for the price it was great. Now, that DEL-KUL-NRT-JFK fare comes out to be more than three times the DEL-KUL-NRT-HND-JFK price.

I've flown it with the long layover last year. I doubt if I'll ever have the courage to take a chance with the NRT to HND transfer in that short period of time.

Does anyone know if I miss the flight (given that it's the same ticket), whether or not they will rebook me on the next flight? Thanks.

I'm seeing BLR as an additional gateway for most dates in November, MAA is roughly $100 more.

Can't speak for everyone, but I sure wouldn't take the chance, being that you might have to deal with MH to rebook.

I'd say 3 hours 45 min is doable, in spite of the increase in traffic at NRT immigration.
(I did this transfer one month ago, at around 7am- it took around two hours.)

MH codeshares on QR with Doh connections are now possible- however price isnt really attractive, NRT-JFK is possible via a TA provided the booking classes are available.

What routing are you suggesting here, and what is the not "really attractive" price?

India-kul-doh- usa~ Rs 150k one way.

Something familiar with this thread, this fare was posted before, in April this year: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1905171-mh-jl-one-way-del-kul-nrt-jfk-ord-bos-business-1-382-a.html

When that thread was started it was pointed out there was already a thread from 2 years ago: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1758725-mh-india-jfk-bos-ord-1369-o-w.html

Mod alert - merge?

OK, but where do you fit in the NRT-JFK segment in that itinerary?

The language is crisp and clear, nothing earned on AA on the MH coded JL TPAC segment. As I had another matter for the EXP desk I checked with the agent, who at first said an OW Partner Business flight would earn, but after looking more closely into the matter, she was surprised to find this flight not qualified for earning.

Hadn't thought of that, thanks for checking for us all ^ . That will kill the deal for me, this fare would have been a good earning to keep the EXP on AA. The same routing with TYO-JFK on JL prefix is $8K+ :eek:

Have definitely heard of miles being posted, the language is outdated. Also back in 2013 my MH operated kul-nrt-Lax flights posted without any problems.

This is 100% incorrect in spite of what the agent told you. Most AA agents have no idea about this kind of stuff and will just look at aa.com like anyone else.

The "Earn and Redeem Miles Between..." language you're referring to is only meant as a rough guide of where each partner carrier operates their own metal, not as a hard and fast list of flights that do or do not earn miles on AA. MH does not operate any of it's own metal to North America, so North America is not listed there.

Any flights that will not earn AA miles are specifically called out under the "Exceptions" area below. For MH, it lists the following:

An MH coded JL operated TPAC flight has always earned AA miles according to the MH table.

The language is not a 100% correct. It simply implies the regions MH flies their own metal to. I got full credit for my MH ticketed JL metal flight NRT-JFK post to AA. It took some time and a couple of calls, but there was never any resistance to getting full credit and whatever bonuses were due.

You'll definitely get the EQD, EQM and RDM for your MH coded, JL operated TPAC flights (even on TPE/HKT-NRT flights which MH codeshares on). You'll get MH's Z class points (0.20 EQD, 1 EQS, 150% EQM and 220% RDM for EP).

I don't know of any restrictions on mileage earning for a OW-coded and OW-operated flight on AA. You'll just earn whatever the OW-coded flight earns according to AA's OW charts as long as it's operated by OW carriers.

Round trip is @ $2,400 which is very attractive! ^

Ok guys, I'd be happy to have the agent corrected, I was merely quoting the EXP agent, as very clearly stated. So please don't shoot the messenger :p

After reading the first post implicating I might have been provided with incorrect information, I called the EXP desk again. This agent also interpreted the rules as non-earning, as neither being intraasian nor Asia to Europe, Middle East or South Pacific. After quoting statements of other pax actually earning, she talked to her supervisor, who was unsure, but probably would earn, and told her to refer me to Aadvantage CS.

They opened an hour later, and initial response again was no. After consulting with her supervisor, he said it would earn. To be on the safe side, he had it confirmed by his superior.

To have anything in writing to quote and post here, I was referred back to the EXP desk, with an agent again saying NO. She offered to make a mock reservation and came up with DEL-KUL(MH)-NRT(MH)-JFK (AA code-share/JL metal) where, unsurprisingly, all segments earned (!). She took her mock booking and my intended flight numbers and consulted with her supervisor, who was very distinct in that the all-MH-coded journey definitely would earn. Nobody could/would provide me with the writing for this, the agent, who previously read the initial paragraph on AA earning on MH on the AA website together with me, now tried to convince me she didn't have access to the internet (!!!).

So, an unnecessary waste of time, and with nothing written to back it up, the 'consensus' among supervisors today means I'll continue with plans for using this fare early next year.

Oh, and can you guess what the mock reservation priced out at? $10K+ ! :eek:

No shooting the messenger, but this aa.com language has been this way forever, and it's not surprising at all that most EXP agents also don't have a clue as they receive zero training on this type of question. Many AA agents these days can barely book a paid domestic trip from A to B, so trying to get clarification on a complex partner earning question will be a complete waste of time as you said. They are just reading that aa.com page (probably for the first time) and trying to interpret it on the fly.

Again, that section is only a rough guide of where AA and each partner airline operate their own metal flights. If you look at the AA page, for example, it doesn't list the Middle East, because AA doesn't fly it's own metal to the Middle East. By this line of thinking, then an AA codeshare flight on BA from say LHR-DXB wouldn't earn any miles because AA didn't list the ME in that section. We all know that's not true.

for what its worth, I have taken this route
twice now and have earned no miles on AA.

Curious if you called AA customer service to see if they'll credit you?

HUCA if you have called and didn't get the miles. You should.

Yes, there's a big difference between a flight not posting automatically due to a system glitch (who knows, happens from time to time especially on partner flights) and a flight not posting because it's not eligible for mileage accrual by policy.

To clarify the above, you need to call AAdvantage Customer Service, not the normal reservations number, and they will be able to credit those segments.

Can't agree more. I've recently found the normal DL service line was better than the AA EXP line.

I will be flying this route in a month - will see what happens.

i did call and submit copies of boarding passes as well but didnt get the credit. Admittedly I didnt follow up again as I have moved all of my flying spend to Star Alliance.

So I have one of these booked for Dec. Have been trying and trying to get it changed. There is C and D inventory on the flights and expert flyer shows the fare as existing into March. But the call center is useless. I have been emailing customer support and they are claiming it will be $5000 (even on dates where I see the fare buckets). So I guess I just cancel and give up?

If you haven't flown the first leg they will reprice the ticket if the fare (not the booking class) is not available. Can you book it at the new date at the same fare? If not, you can't rebook at the same price.

Just stumbled over this thread again, and thought I'd report on the miles credit.

Having registered my AA FFP #, I actually was surprised to find the DEL-KUL and HND-JFK segments credited within a week and a half. Calling the EXP desk, transfered to CS that could see my registration and said they would "work on it". Immediately recieved an email saying process could take up to 30 working days (!).
Two days later, however, the KUL-NRT segment was also in my account, in good time to have my requalification for EXP 2019 done.

Has anyone any news of this fare has been permanently pulled? For some months now, I'm only getting prices of $10.000+, which doesn't seem like any deal to me :eek:

Flew this a bit ago, and as another data point for anyone still flying it (or if it comes back) had no issues with the miles for all segments posting to AA easily. Glitches were only an international (CMB) to international (KUL) transit in BLR that confused airport staff but worked out in the end, and having a NRT-HND train transfer, which was fine, just took some doing. For a trip report, almost finished putting together the video series if it helps anyone: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...34uFUZk2fDVxeq

Pretty sure this one wont come back anytime soon. Due to safety downgrading, MH cannot code share to the US. This fare requires that and so i think was pulled as a result.