Even less to PEK. € 183,78 AI

I can get it for 151.77€ if I pay in a different currency and 169€ if I pay in Euro with 1x.

Good job, but 1x is not needed in my case.

Just to make sure: mine to HKG is mainly on an A380. Are we talking about the same? Perhaps we are but is your point of departure more south.

Interesting: the only C2 departures to HKG with the A380 are BA and AF..
No 1x possible to get 151.77 EUR All-in? I'll search again..@:-)

151.77€ was to PEK, not HKG.

So Just a 3x?

Interesting: what about ME carriers in general?

these were the first on my mind (if you don´t mean Montenegro by ME :-) )

A quick question to the experts

I am planning to fly from USA to Asia, and am wondering whether AA fares such as these can be dumped, either by a 3x or a 1x in Europe (as I will be going to the USA from Europe). I checked the fare rules, and most of the AA fares (even those including codeshare with JAL) allow end-on-end combinations.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-4-46-cpm.html

I appreciate if you could let me know if AA fares in general from USA to Asia can be dumped. If yes, then I will continue further exploration.

I see there are many cheaper/convenient options with JAL, but I would like 100% EQM, hence I prefer to fly with AA (+ AA codeshares).

Thanks in advance

Let's make this a mental exercise for all. Paying attention to detail is critical here at this game.
@alex100i made a flawed assumption here.

What was it?

This is not to bash Alex100i, but to highlight how one LITTLE assumption can lead to complete misssion failure. With the information he is working on he will never find the deal.

He assumed the flight was non-stop...

you got it.

While an understandable assumption, the Op did not mention non-stop, just A380.

As a result, Alex100i would have searched for hours or days to get a deal on BA or AF and it would have been a thankless endeavour.

Epicura gave a blatant hint which clears up the routing as well as limits the carriers to three.

Oh Boys, you guys made me feel dizzy.......camels, elephants, horses, hotpot, stop, non-stop, ME, Montenegro, +/- 4 days., add, subtract, OZ 40K.......!!~~ :)

there´s only one such carrier curently. Maybe they relaxed fare rules as they were, or it´s the only forgotten departure point in the land of her wine:-)

you don´t need to feel dizzy about OZ, it´s probably on very obscure south-european server, bought with the special card and even so it´s unbookable in 99% of cases. No practical use of it. And Montenegro airlines don´t fly to C3 :-)

Dear boys,
 

Just a few thoughts, instead of commenting quote by quote.

First things first; yes, I'm having a Chateau Gree Laroque 2010, which is a Bordeaux I can highly recommend, but there is no relation between this particular dump and my wine. Some people tend to hide their inability to find a dump beneath my alcohol consumption.

As DH already mentioned, Alex100i made a few assumptions, and thereby risking to exclude certain options. He indeed easily assumed that the dump could only involve 2 EU carriers, altough there are much more options to get from C2 to HKG, mainly on an A380. It was for this very reason that I replied about the ME carriers in general.

Alex100i also assumed that the HKG deal was the same deal as the PEK deal. Altough there was no response on the board, I'm pretty sure that we are talking about a different deal. I did find that other deal yesterday evening, on a different carrier with destinations such as HKG and PEK, for 174 euro but could not replicate it today. Furthermore, that particular deal does not depart from my doorstep.

As DH clearly pointed out: do not make hasty and easy assumptions. Neither be distracted by the destination ;).

Camels, horses, elephants: all related to prior posts. They should only tell you something about where not to look.

And now let's head to HKG. Do they have good hair dressers over there?

Six days. 139 for PEK with 1.1x.

From my experience I've been able to cut that airline's YQ down about 75% using a simple 3x. But the higher base fares have always been my issue. Usually when I price an AA US to Asia on ITA w/ 3x it ends up dropping *A lower than AA... I have yet to find a 3x that drops 100% for OW, but I'm sure someone reading this has or maybe its a 1x that I need?

Hi all!

I am fairly new to this forum (been around for a short while but just registered). I have browsed through a not insignicant part of this thread and have started to understand some things.

I have managed to find (and also find a place to book!) the AB JFK-WAW fare with the $4 3x, I have a question though:
I have taken a look at the fare spec of the 3x to try to understand why this trick works, but nothing obvious jumped at me, could someone give me a hint on what to look for? (I would like to understand why it works with the specific AB flights it does work for..)

Welcome to FT.

Have a look at the fare rules for the RT (combinality, ...). And sometimes a dump is just a matter of a very "friendly" OTA.

Is it possible to cut 100%? I am also only seeing 488 but would love to remove the remaining ~260.

Different deal, not with your airline, no 380s involved. :) Departure point is in fact more south.

Still working on the C2-HKG. I thought I'd narrowed down the departure for the A380 to four cities, and the arrival to one. I also thought I had the airline correct, but every time I plug it in, I get BFs that are higher than the AI...

EDIT: Maybe a RT search is the way to go before I continue building?

Horse, sand, 380's. I got an Idea but I find it better not to watch and read much into this. I just roll solo finding my own deals. IAH(home base, no 1x's to screw with)-SIN $430. For those that can do more, great. I'm happy with this. Now I need to decide if I head to Bali or Phuket for my beach vacation. If I can OJ that out of HKG then even better. If not, I may just use that as a one way and book J class points home. Going back to dumping.

What is a 1.1x? 1x in C1?

A little more than a 1x. 129 for your location.

You mean 1x and special OTA?

I mean what I said. :) But indeed: the 1.1x only works with a certain ...uhm... family.

Uff

Well I don't grasp that. But at least the airlines won't understand either ;)

If I were to pull a joke on you for not reading what I almost explicitly wrote, I'd say: the trick might utter similar sounds. :p

Ah, maybe my first thought was not too bad. Will PM you to check if I got it now :)
Thx

Consistency?

So I found a tricked fare which is showing up on ita.matrix and showing up on google.com/flights. The flights are Delta/KLM/AirFrance mostly if it matters, and the 4-segment (each segment having zero or one connection) includes me hopping from C1 to C2 to MidEast to C1 etc.

But I can't seem to book it on any of the main OTAs (kayak, priceline, expedia, vayama, momondo, orbitz), and not on the main airlines either.

Can someone please suggest to me some other OTAs I can try, I'll be much appreciative.

Thanks!

Logically these two remarks don't contradict each other at all. 40k could be to Africa. Or not from C2. Or after May. Or he doesn't have the +-4 days time available.
Just saying...

40k are in C2 on A3 IMO.

hipmunk, flugladen...

AB to KEF
 

Does anyone see a chance to reduce the YQ on the AB $4.50 BF on FRA-KEF with a 3x?

Thanks for any hints.