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Please post you departure dates and routes below: March MARCH 07 BCN - FCO - LAX Madeiraportugal MARCH 11 PacificTwo MARCH 11 BCN-FCO-JFK UAPremierGuy MARCH 14 LAX - CDG - FCO - BCN Madeiraportugal MARCH 19 BCN-FCO-CDG GlennHaak MARCH 19 MAD-FCO-JFK beyounged MARCH 20 CDG-LAX GlennHaak MARCH 25 BCN-FCO-JFK JonEJacobs MARCH 25 JFK-FCO-MAD beyounged MARCH 28 LAX-FCO-BCN GlennHaak April APRIL 01 BCN-FCO-LAX - idiosyncrasy APRIL 04 BCN - FCO - CDG (+1) - LAX Mister Miles APRIL 05 JFK-FCO-BCN JonEJacobs APRIL 08 BCN - FCO - LAX - honzeek_cz APRIL 08 FCO-CDG JNLentertainment APRIL 09 CDG-LAX - JNLentertainment APRIL 09 LAX - JFK - FCO - BCN Mister Miles APRIL 23 LAX-CDG honzeek_cz APRIL 24 CDG-FCO-BCN honzeek_cz APRIL 25 MAD-LIN honzeek_cz APRIL 25 LAX-CDG-FCO-BCN idiosyncrasy APRIL 26 LIN-CDG-LAX honzeek_cz APRIL 29 LAX-FCO honzeek_cz APRIL 30 FCO-MAD honzeek_cz APRIL 30 MAD-FCO Maayan May MAY 01 FCO-LAX Maayan MAY 01 BCN-FCO-JFK ramalair MAY 02 BCN-FCO-JFK e30st MAY 02 BCN-FCO / MAY 03 FCO-LAX Travel-Quinten MAY 02 BCN-FCO-LAX Wildwater MAY 02 BCN-FCO / MAY 03 FCO-LAX bmibaby737 MAY 06 JFK-FCO-BCN (+1) e30st MAY 06 LAX-FCO-BCN (+1) Travel-Quinten MAY 06 LAX-FCO-BCN Wildwater MAY 06 LAX-JFK-FCO / MAY 07 FCO-BCN bmibaby737 MAY 08 LAX-FCO-MAD Maayan MAY 09 JFK-FCO-BCN ramalair MAY 09 LAX- FCO JNLentertainment MAY 09 FCO-BCN JNLentertainment September October November Nov 7 BCN - FCO - JFK ExpatSomchai Nov 11 JFK - FCO - BCN (+1) ExpatSomchai
[PREM FARE GONE] AZ: BCN - LAX £456 in J....
#212
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: England - UK
Posts: 512
And I booked it through the Amex website for protection if anything went wrong! I understand now I should have gone through another online travel agency using my amex card. Another agency would ticket immediately. Thanks CDKing that's really helpful.
#213
Join Date: May 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, Turkish Gold, Hilton Honours Diamond,Club Carlson Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 43
I thought about this risk as well but still decided to go with Amex travel for two reasons 1) History with AZ and how long AZ took to refund in the past 2) Being an Amex Platinum member, Amex (should at least in theory) treat this situation better in issuing refund should things go belly up as my contract of purchase is with Amex and not with AZ or any other third party OTA.
With these fares, you win some and you lose some. I'm keeping fingers crossed with this fare but AZ has a terrible history with such deals and the odds of this fare being honoured is rather slim as it did not involve AZ alone but also flights on Delta and AF which were marketed by AZ. In that case, the financial implication could be a bit more brutal than if it involved AZ alone I would suspect.
Best way with these fares is to book them and fly asap before the airline could cancel because you have commenced your journey then the airline has to let you complete the journey and cannot unilaterally downgrade you or cancel the ticket.
#214
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: TLV
Posts: 522
Sheesh, has it really been six years already?!
#215
Join Date: May 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, Turkish Gold, Hilton Honours Diamond,Club Carlson Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 43
I clearly remember LX only allowed people to fly Y when they presented themselves at ZRH for the final leg to YUL of the RGN3 deal some six years ago. It was a take it or don't fly offer. So evidently they think they can - and do - unilaterally downgrade mid-journey.
Sheesh, has it really been six years already?!
Sheesh, has it really been six years already?!
#216
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: London Stratford, E7
Programs: BAEC Gold! Thanks to FT
Posts: 3,381
Booked BCN FCO-LAX/JFK-CDG-BCN just had cancellation email from Expedia as airline has made a fare class error. Should be basic economy fare. Options of reprising in Business, refund or travel as booked in Y.
#217
Join Date: May 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, Turkish Gold, Hilton Honours Diamond,Club Carlson Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 43
That is quicker than what we expected. Was your ticket issued and you were able to change details on AZ website previously as regards to the cabin details etc? I thought AZ would take a few days before deciding whether to cancel or honour the ticket
#218
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
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I have Expedia BCN-FCO-LAX-FCO-LAX and no email so far. Mine is all Alitalia. Maybe it's that you have other carriers in there?
#219
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AMEX often does not show pending charges in other currencies. This fare was ex-Spain and likely issued by Alitalia in Spain in Euros. Not seeing a pending charge would be expected.
#221
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: FRA
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Also got it from Alitalia US website, got confirmation and tkt# immediately, charged USD (not EUR as I thought because the flight will departure from Spain), then I tried to choose seat on Alitalia website, yes it's biz seats, now waiting for AZ's updates, considering AZ's black history it's very difficult to confirm it, well , let's wait~
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#222
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#224
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#225
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