never see good CO MR deals....
Sep 29, 2008, 5:14 pm
#1
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never see good CO MR deals....
i'm in CLL, but easily can do MR out of IAH or AUS.... never never see great MRs from here...
why oh why is CO not more competitive with pricing? just sayin'..
why oh why is CO not more competitive with pricing? just sayin'..
Sep 29, 2008, 6:21 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2000
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CO IMHO is a very conservative airline. They would prefer to sell all seats at a fair price, than sells some seats at a high price, and some seats at a lower price.
Thus you have to MR fares.
CO usually has one of the cheapest business fares (last minute, no saturday stay requirement fares around) compared to UA or NW
Thus you have to MR fares.
CO usually has one of the cheapest business fares (last minute, no saturday stay requirement fares around) compared to UA or NW
Sep 29, 2008, 6:24 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2008
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Actually, I've been able to get a fairly low cost/mile from IAH to GUM, but that involves 4 digits for an MR.
Sep 29, 2008, 9:03 pm
#4
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AUS - SEA or AUS - PDX.
Tomorrow I depart on aus-iah-pdx-iah-mco-iah-pdx-iah-aus. There were some really great fares PDX-MCO ($231 a/i) hence the run. I probably could have done better if I played with more flight combos. This will button up platinum for next year. Done and done.
I sometimes have good luck with SEA but the fares seem to have jumped lately.
I am notoriously bad at math but I think this nets me ($500 a/i) about .05 eqm and .023 rdm (with plat status) No, not fabulous but hey - I've been upgraded on everything but the last iah-aus leg.
Tomorrow I depart on aus-iah-pdx-iah-mco-iah-pdx-iah-aus. There were some really great fares PDX-MCO ($231 a/i) hence the run. I probably could have done better if I played with more flight combos. This will button up platinum for next year. Done and done.
I sometimes have good luck with SEA but the fares seem to have jumped lately.
I am notoriously bad at math but I think this nets me ($500 a/i) about .05 eqm and .023 rdm (with plat status) No, not fabulous but hey - I've been upgraded on everything but the last iah-aus leg.
Sep 30, 2008, 12:58 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 3,169
you get penalized leaving out of IAH. my same trip just to IAH was $500+. once i added the two IAH-AUS-IAH segment, it dropped almost $400.
if you leave from IAH try connecting through CLE oor EWR to a city that's not served from IAH. or always leave from AUS.
Sep 30, 2008, 1:02 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 3,169
AUS - SEA or AUS - PDX.
Tomorrow I depart on aus-iah-pdx-iah-mco-iah-pdx-iah-aus. There were some really great fares PDX-MCO ($231 a/i) hence the run. I probably could have done better if I played with more flight combos. This will button up platinum for next year. Done and done.
I sometimes have good luck with SEA but the fares seem to have jumped lately.
I am notoriously bad at math but I think this nets me ($500 a/i) about .05 eqm and .023 rdm (with plat status) No, not fabulous but hey - I've been upgraded on everything but the last iah-aus leg.
Tomorrow I depart on aus-iah-pdx-iah-mco-iah-pdx-iah-aus. There were some really great fares PDX-MCO ($231 a/i) hence the run. I probably could have done better if I played with more flight combos. This will button up platinum for next year. Done and done.
I sometimes have good luck with SEA but the fares seem to have jumped lately.
I am notoriously bad at math but I think this nets me ($500 a/i) about .05 eqm and .023 rdm (with plat status) No, not fabulous but hey - I've been upgraded on everything but the last iah-aus leg.
I got a trip on NW (only 50% EQM), but it came out to $.03 a mile at 148 AI. that will get me to where i need to be this year.
Sep 30, 2008, 1:29 pm
#7
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CO IMHO is a very conservative airline. They would prefer to sell all seats at a fair price, than sells some seats at a high price, and some seats at a lower price.
Thus you have to MR fares.
CO usually has one of the cheapest business fares (last minute, no saturday stay requirement fares around) compared to UA or NW
Thus you have to MR fares.
CO usually has one of the cheapest business fares (last minute, no saturday stay requirement fares around) compared to UA or NW
Quite a few cheap fares (PHL-SMF, routing through Houston) for $217 A/I.
Nets you 5,868 miles. That's about 3.7 cents per mile. For me, it's worth it, as it's close enough to wine country.
Oct 1, 2008, 9:49 am
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