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Old Apr 17, 2016, 11:13 am
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(EXPIRED) AA: FRA-HNL & MUC-HNL 1466 Euro BIZ (I/P) R/T

Booking via Expedia Germany you can get American Airlines business class flights via DFW and LAX from FRA and MUC to HNL. Price is 1466 Euro. From Munich it also works a bit cheaper. Flight books into I class full flat configuration towards LAX via DFW, then from LAX in P class towards HNL. Wide open July and August no minimum stay. Seems that no other routings possible. But I am sure the experts here can advise.

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Old Apr 17, 2016, 11:26 am
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 11:34 am
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BUSINESS CLASS NON-DISCOUNTABLE FARES     I
 APPLIES 
FOR ROUND TRIP FARES
FOR ADULT
Category 3
Seasonal restrictions
  PERMITTED 01JUL 16 THROUGH 31AUG 16 ON THE OUTBOUND
  TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR
.
Category 4Flight restrictions
  
IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL WITHIN AREA 1
      THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON
      ONE 
OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
        ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY AA
.
  AND
  
THE FARE COMPONENT MUST INCLUDE TRAVEL VIA EACH
  TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR ON
      ONE 
OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
        AA FLIGHTS 704 THROUGH 705
        AA FLIGHTS 70 THROUGH 71
        AA FLIGHTS 700 THROUGH 701
        AA FLIGHTS 716 THROUGH 717.
Category 5
Advanced reservation/ticketing restrictions
  RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED 
FOR ALL SECTORS.
  
TICKETING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 3 DAYS AFTER
  RESERVATIONS ARE MADE
.
Category 6Minimum stay requirements
  TRAVEL FROM INBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR MUST COMMENCE NO
  EARLIER THAN THE FIRST SUN AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND
  TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR
.
Category 7Maximum stay requirements
  TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 3
  MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN
.
Category 8Stopover restrictions
  2 STOPOVERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
     LIMITED TO 1 FREE 
AND 1 AT EUR 75.00.
       
1 FREE IN THE UNITED STATES/CANADA
       1 IN THE UNITED STATES
/CANADA AT EUR 75.00.
     
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
Category 9Transfer restrictions
  2 FREE TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
    ONLINE ON THE PRIMARY CARRIER
      FREE IN NORTH AMERICA IN EACH DIRECTION
    FARE 
BREAK SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED AND EMBEDDED
     SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT
.
Category 10Combinability
   END
-ON-END NOT PERMITTEDSIDE TRIPS PERMITTED.
   
APPLICABLE ADD-ON CONSTRUCTION IS ADDRESSED IN
   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
CATEGORY 23.
  OPEN JAWS
/ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS
    FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
    
-TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS WITH AA FARES.
    
FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
    
-TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS
    
-TO FORM ROUND TRIPS WITH AA FARES
    
-TO FORM CIRCLE TRIPS EXCEPT FOR AROUND-THE-WORLD FARES.
   
PROVIDED -
     
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER AA IN RULE
      JB50 IN TARIFF
      ATAAR   
BETWEEN AREA 1-AREA 2/3 VIA ATLANTIC.
Category 12Surcharges
  
IF INFANT UNDER 02 WITHOUT A SEAT.
  OR - 
CONTRACT BULK INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT UNDER 02.
  
OR - MILITARY INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT UNDER 02.
  
OR - INE UNDER 02.
  
OR - INCLUSIVE TOUR INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT UNDER 02.
    THERE IS NO CHARGE 
FOR TRAVEL PER COUPON.
         
NOTE -
          
SURCHARGES DO NOT APPLY TO INFANT PASSENGERS
          NOT OCCUPYING A SEAT
.
  
THE PROVISIONS BELOW APPLY ONLY AS FOLLOWS -
  
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA OR US.
  OR - 
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA OR BA.
  OR - 
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA OR IB.
  OR - 
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA OR AY.
  OR - 
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA OR JL.
  OR - 
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA OR QF.
    
AN AIRPORT/TERMINAL SURCHARGE OF USD 1.75 PER COUPON
    WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE 
FOR DEPARTURE FROM
    MEXICO
.
    AND - 
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR TRAVEL PER COUPON.
         
NOTE -
          
YR FEE MAY APPLY
  OTHERWISE
    AN AIRPORT
/TERMINAL SURCHARGE OF USD 1.75 PER COUPON
    WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE 
FOR DEPARTURE FROM
    MEXICO
.
    AND - 
ORIGINATING EUROPE -
      
A SURCHARGE OF EUR 238.00 PER COUPON WILL BE ADDED TO
      THE APPLICABLE FARE 
FOR TRANSATLANTIC SECTORS.
Category 15Sales restrictions
  TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON
/BEFORE 19APR 16.
Category 15
Sales restrictions
  TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AA 
AND MAY NOT BE SOLD IN
  VENEZUELA 
AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN AREA 2
  TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED BY ELECTRONIC TICKETING
.
Category 16Penalties
  CANCELLATIONS
    BEFORE DEPARTURE
      CHARGE EUR 180.00 
FOR CANCEL/REFUND.
      
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
      
WAIVED FOR SCHEDULE CHANGE/DEATH OF PASSENGER OR
        
FAMILY MEMBER.
         
NOTE -
          OR 
TRAVELING COMPANION.
          
NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE BY AMERICAN AIRLINES TO
          THE PASSENGER
.  REFUNDS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE
          ISSUING AGENCY THROUGH THE APPLICABLE BANK
          SETTLEMENT PLAN
.
    
AFTER DEPARTURE
      TICKET IS NON
-REFUNDABLE IN CASE OF NO-SHOW.
      
WAIVED FOR SCHEDULE CHANGE/DEATH OF PASSENGER OR
        
FAMILY MEMBER.
         
NOTE -
          
WAIVER ALSO APPLIES TO TRAVELING COMPANION.
  
CHANGES
    ANY TIME
      CHARGE EUR 180.00
.
      
CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
      
WAIVED FOR SCHEDULE CHANGE/DEATH OF PASSENGER OR
        
FAMILY MEMBER.
         
NOTE -
          
REROUTING NO CHANGE TO ORIGIN/DESTINATION
          PERMITTED
          NAME CHANGES ARE NOT PERMITTED 
AND IF SHOWN THE
          RESERVATION WILL BE CANCELLED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE
          CHANGES ARE SUBJEXT TO AVAILIBILITY 
AND MUST MEED
          ALL PROVISIONS OF THE 
NEW FARE RULES AND CONDITION
          ALL TICKET COUPONS MUST BE USED IN SEQUENCE 
AS
          
ORIGINALLY ISSUEDANY SECTOR NOT TRAVELLED WILL
          INVALIDATE THE TICKET 
AND THE REST OF THE
          ITINERARY WILL BE CANCELLED
.
Category 19Discounts
  CNE 2
-11 CHARGE 75 PERCENT OF THE FARE.
        
TICKETING CODE BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH.
    
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN SAME COMPARTMENT
      BY NEG 12 
OR OLDER
      
OR BY ADULT 12 OR OLDER
  
OR - INFANT UNDER 2 WITH A SEAT CHARGE 75 PERCENT OF THE
         FARE
.
             
TICKETING CODE BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH.
         
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN SAME
           COMPARTMENT
           BY NEG 12 
OR OLDER
           
OR BY ADULT 12 OR OLDER
  
OR - INE UNDER 2 CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF THE FARE.
             
TICKETING CODE BASE FARE CODE PLUS IN.
         
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN SAME
           COMPARTMENT
           BY NEG 12 
OR OLDER
           
OR BY ADULT 12 OR OLDER.
  
ACCOMPANIED CHILD 2-11 CHARGE 75 PERCENT OF THE FARE.
             
TICKETING CODE BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH
  
OR - INFANT UNDER 2 WITH A SEAT CHARGE 75 PERCENT OF THE
         FARE
.
             
TICKETING CODE BASE FARE CODE PLUS CH
  
OR - INFANT UNDER 2 WITHOUT A SEAT CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF
         THE FARE
.
             
TICKETING CODE BASE FARE CODE PLUS IN.
Category 20Tour Discounts
         NOTE 
-
          
DISCOUNTS APPLYINFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE
          AT THIS TIME
...CONTACT CARRIER FOR DETAILS.
          
THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY FOR TRAVEL ON OTHER
          AIRLINE OPERATED CODE SHARE FLIGHTS
.
Category 21Agent Discounts
         NOTE 
-
          
DISCOUNTS APPLYINFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE
          AT THIS TIME
CONTACT CARRIER FOR DETAILS.
          
THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY FOR TRAVEL ON OTHER
          AIRLINE OPERATED CODE SHARE FLIGHTS
.
Category 22Other Discounts
  THE PROVISIONS BELOW APPLY ONLY 
AS FOLLOWS -
  
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON AASALE IS RESTRICTED TO
  SPECIFIC AGENTS
.
  
FARES MAY ONLY BE SOLD BY AA AND MAY NOT BE SOLD BY TRAVEL
  AGENTS
.
  
PASSENGER OCCUPYING TWO SEATSID REQUIRED CHARGE 100
    PERCENT OF THE FARE
.
        
TICKET DESIGNATOR SEAT.
         
NOTE -
          
APPLICATION---
          
FARES APPLY TO A PASSENGER PERMITTED THE
          EXCLUSIVE 
USE OF TWO ADJACENT SEATS.
  
SENIOR CITIZEN 65 OR OLDERID REQUIRED NO DISCOUNT.
         
NOTE -
          
RULE 1810 SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT DOES NOT APPLY
Category 35
Negotiated Fares
  SALE IS RESTRICTED TO SPECIFIC AGENTS
  SALE IS RESTRICTED TO SPECIFIC AGENTS 
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 11:42 am
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I can't get expedia or ITA to price a FREE stopover as per fare rules. Has anyone had success with stopovers?
thanks!!
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 12:11 pm
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No. However, I doubt that you wanna take the 777 from FRA-DFW and back, looks like the old configuration on AA's website. Only nice part would be the 763 DFW-HNL. Also, if you fly from Munich you get the A330, but also get the same flight number on the PHL-LAX leg with all the implications for mileage and tp earning.
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 1:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Shl
Booking via Expedia Germany you can get American Airlines business class flights via DFW and LAX from FRA and MUC to HNL. Price is 1466 Euro. From Munich it also works a bit cheaper. Flight books into I class full flat configuration towards LAX via DFW, then from LAX in P class towards HNL. Wide open July and August no minimum stay. Seems that no other routings possible. But I am sure the experts here can advise.
A rookie here regarding searching for this type of flights. How does one do it?
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 2:03 pm
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Originally Posted by toastedcafe
A rookie here regarding searching for this type of flights. How does one do it?
Just use Expedia use as starting point FRA/ MUC and as end point HNL. Then the fares should show up (depending on availability of course). Caveat - only 780 TP with BA due to I bookings and older configurations as per @cvision However great starting point TP runs HNL-PTY.

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Old Apr 17, 2016, 2:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Shl
Just use Expedia use as starting point FRA/ MUC and as end point HNL. Then the fares should show up (depending on availability of course)
One thousand thanks!
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Shl
Caveat - only 780 TP with BA due to I bookings and older configurations as per @cvision However great starting point TP runs HNL-PTY.
I only count 700TP with 2x(210+140) and while you could do the HNL-PTY run, you could also do many other west-coast cities and make e.g. 20 segments work. Basically done that in reverse last year. Would end up being way cheaper regarding the cheap ex-EUs to the west coast.

I think the old configurations are the killer for this deal. If you'd want some comfort and routing flexibility take the DUB or OSL fares.
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 2:50 pm
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Originally Posted by cvision
If you'd want some comfort and routing flexibility take the DUB or OSL fares.
Sorry to bother again; which are the OSL fares?
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 2:53 pm
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Oslo is among the cheapest places to get flights to the east- and west-coast to. There's some seasonality, but you can easily get flights for sub 400€ easily on *A/OW.
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Originally Posted by cvision
Oslo is among the cheapest places to get flights to the east- and west-coast to. There's some seasonality, but you can easily get flights for sub 400€ easily on *A/OW.
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 3:14 pm
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Originally Posted by cvision
I only count 700TP with 2x(210+140) and while you could do the HNL-PTY run, you could also do many other west-coast cities and make e.g. 20 segments work. Basically done that in reverse last year. Would end up being way cheaper regarding the cheap ex-EUs to the west coast.

I think the old configurations are the killer for this deal. If you'd want some comfort and routing flexibility take the DUB or OSL fares.
There should be 40 DFW to LAX return. Unfortunately no business ex EU DUB or OSL deals OW to HNL since December. Best deal I saw was the ex MAD flights around same price than what FRA-HNL is. Economy is about 400 GBP cheapest to East Coast from my knowledge earning almost 0 TP.

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Old Apr 17, 2016, 4:36 pm
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good fare for the German market. Very similar to the DUB-HNL fares last year. Some booking sited (like Fluege.de) show the TATL in coach and only the domestic portion in C/F ... will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Old Apr 17, 2016, 4:51 pm
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Originally Posted by cfischer
good fare for the German market. Very similar to the DUB-HNL fares last year. Some booking sited (like Fluege.de) show the TATL in coach and only the domestic portion in C/F ... will be interesting to see how this plays out.
On Expedia the 1466 Euro show also up for the whole trip in eco booking class S.
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