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Note: There is a known miscoding on ITA and elsewhere, where fares on EI (Aer Lingus) are showing as being in first class. This is not correct, as Aer Lingus does not offer first class. If you see this fare, please ignore it and do not post it here as it is completely unbookable in every sense of the term. The mods are summarily deleting these posts in order to unclutter the thread.

Note: There is a known miscoding on ITA and elsewhere, where Z fares on EY (Etihad) are showing as being in first class. This is not correct, as Z fares are discount business on EY. These fares will not receive chaffeur service. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etihad-airways-etihad-guest/1622229-removal-chauffeur-service-some-business-class-passengers.html

List of known, active deals:

JNB-DXB-SFO in EK F, $4k-ish one-way
MLE-HKG-US (various) in C, $1400 +/- available only on CX's website.
CMB-MIA, other US cities, for about $4400 in F, round-trip/return

BA AARP $400 discount for J/F bookings is now valid again for booking until 31 Oct 2014 but departure to EOS seems to get the discount. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1435816-ba-fare-discounts-aarp-4.html

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Mar 19, 2014, 3:38 am

#946

hellosweets

Join Date: Mar 2014

Location: KRK

Programs: HHonors Diamond, IHG Spire, OZ Diamond

Posts: 238

WAW-IST-KUL-IST-WAW 990$ TA J booking class

Warsaw (WAW) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Tue, Jun 10
Turkish Airlines Inc. Warsaw (WAW) to Istanbul (IST) - Tue, Jun 10
Turkish Airlines Inc. 8141 Dep: 12:55PM Arr: 4:35PM 2h 40m Boeing 737 Business (J)

OPERATED BY LOT - POLISH AIRLINES Layover in IST 8h 40m

Turkish Airlines Inc. Istanbul (IST) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Wed, Jun 11
Turkish Airlines Inc. 60 Dep: 1:15AM Arr: 4:50PM 10h 35m Airbus A330 Business (J)

Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Warsaw (WAW) - Tue, Jun 17
Turkish Airlines Inc. Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Istanbul (IST) - Tue, Jun 17
Turkish Airlines Inc. 61 Dep: 11:15PM Arr: 5:35AM 11h 20m Airbus A330 Business (J)

Layover in IST Wed, Jun 18 6h 50m

Turkish Airlines Inc. Istanbul (IST) to Warsaw (WAW) - Wed, Jun 18
Turkish Airlines Inc. 1765 Dep: 12:25PM Arr: 1:50PM 2h 25m Airbus A321 Business (J)

Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $989.90
Total cost for 1 passenger $989.90

How to buy this ticket
Tickets cannot be purchased directly from ITA Software.
Provide this information to a travel agent to help them match the fares found.
Make sure to provide the exact booking and fare codes shown.
Fare 1: Carrier TK JN2BX WAW to KUL (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J
Covers WAW-IST (Business), IST-KUL (Business)
$255.15
Fare 2: Carrier TK JN2BX KUL to WAW (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code J
Covers KUL-IST (Business), IST-WAW (Business)
$255.15
Turkish Int'l Airport Service Charge (TR) $14.00
TK YR surcharge (YR) $426.00
Poland Airport Tax (XW) $19.80
Poland Passenger Service Charge (ND) $0.30
Malaysia Passenger Service & Security Charge (MY) $19.80

Subtotal per passenger $989.90
Number of passengers x1

Total airfare & taxes $989.90

Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee.

Definitely error fare possible flights from APR to DEC

Last edited by hellosweets; Mar 19, 2014 at 4:00 am

Mar 19, 2014, 3:50 am

#947

nzthunderboy

Join Date: Sep 2011

Location: Brisbane

Programs: Velocity Platinum, Qantas Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Etihad Gold

Posts: 116

you may want to update the heading WAW-KUL-WAW via IST.

thanks.

Mar 19, 2014, 3:59 am

#948

cobolus

Join Date: Mar 2014

Posts: 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by hellosweets

where did you find this fare as I don't find it on matrix ?

Mar 19, 2014, 4:07 am

#949

zagy

Join Date: Jun 2013

Programs: SPG Plat 100, A3*G

Posts: 678

You can see it on ITA and book it on turkishairlines.com

Mar 19, 2014, 4:08 am

#950

RTW1

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Between AMS and BRU

Posts: 8,852

Simply use WAW-KUL and you should find it... also on Kayak, books on the TK website.

Mar 19, 2014, 4:14 am

#951

danger

Join Date: Apr 2007

Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott

Posts: 3,784

Welcome, hellosweets.

Hell of a way to make an entrance!

Mar 19, 2014, 4:18 am

#952

RTW1

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Between AMS and BRU

Posts: 8,852

Quote:

Originally Posted by danger

Hell of a way to make an entrance!

It's a repeat of: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...s-j-900-a.html

Mar 19, 2014, 4:20 am

#953

hellosweets

Join Date: Mar 2014

Location: KRK

Programs: HHonors Diamond, IHG Spire, OZ Diamond

Posts: 238

thx for correcting my header mistake

yes I found it on matrix just make WAW-KUL RT with advanced routing in IST ,
rules for the fare are
Turkish Airlines Inc. TK JN2BX WAW to KUL
General notes

BUSINESS EXCURSION FARES J
FOR ROUND TRIP FARES
FOR ADULT

Flight restrictions

ORIGINATING WAW -
THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
ANY TK FLIGHT OPERATED BY TK
ANY TK FLIGHT OPERATED BY LO.
Yes it's a repeat but i didn't see that post at the time I was posting, sorry for double posting then

Mar 19, 2014, 4:49 am

#954

Lack

Join Date: Mar 2008

Posts: 4,859

Gone? That was fast.

Mar 19, 2014, 4:55 am

#955

cxclub

Join Date: Dec 2003

Location: Berlin

Programs: LH SEN CX GOLD SPG PLT Hyatt Diamond IC PLT Royal Ambassador

Posts: 96

Good Deal Premium Fares 2014

It always prices out at 3207 euros.

Gone?

Mar 19, 2014, 4:56 am

#956

RTW1

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Between AMS and BRU

Posts: 8,852

Yep it's gone already.... damn, I had the booking screen in front of me when the fare vanished :-(.

Mar 19, 2014, 5:02 am

#957

Epicura

Join Date: Jan 2014

Posts: 1,265

Deal is dead. Could be because there was also a fair deal in coach, which was already on some blogs this morning.

I was searching Kayak for an OTA to make a reservation and could see the fare changes in seconds. I was just in time for a reservation (tickets not yet available) but I don't know if it will be honored.

Was anyone else able to buy?

Mar 19, 2014, 5:11 am

#958

Lack

Join Date: Mar 2008

Posts: 4,859

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTW1

Yep it's gone already.... damn, I had the booking screen in front of me when the fare vanished :-(.

I was fighting with my card issuer to have the transactional limits increased and was on the payment page for a couple minutes. Seems like I managed to diffuse a bomb at the 10 sec counter mark!