Ethiopian: DUB-LAX in Biz, 1382 euros / $1543
#1
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Join Date: May 2006
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Ethiopian: DUB-LAX in Biz, 1382 euros / $1543
Found this on Google Flights and then verified it on Ethiopian's site. Sample dates: June 14-18. It prices lower on Ethiopian's site than on Google Flights. It seems they have DUB departures Sun/Tue/Wed/Fri and returns from LAX on the same days.
#3
Join Date: Dec 2006
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that's not out of the ordinary for ET biz fares from time to time. I didn't look it up but will assume it's a P fare as well which *A frequent flyers don't like for obvious reasons. People looking for a cheap trip in C will buy them but no mileage runners are snapping them up.
#4
Join Date: Apr 2016
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that's not out of the ordinary for ET biz fares from time to time. I didn't look it up but will assume it's a P fare as well which *A frequent flyers don't like for obvious reasons. People looking for a cheap trip in C will buy them but no mileage runners are snapping them up.
Wondering is something changed, because I also have looked it up before and P fare didn't get any credit.
#5
Join Date: Nov 2005
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ET P gets 100% on CA's PhoenixMiles (besides ET's own ffp). Not on others afaik.
#6
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Still does not earn on Mileage Plus as of their Feb 2017 update. I have tried to contact Ethiopian about this before but they never answer. It seems silly to have a revenue business fare not earn miles outside their own program (aside from Phoenix Miles which is a super odd one) when all of their economy fares earn miles in most programs.
#7
Join Date: Feb 2017
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haha after the bangkok fare, i dont think i will ever be purchasing any fare with ethiopian which straddles the border between "real" and "error". there's nothing stopping them from selling your seat to another passenger with a higher yield and then telling you when you get to check in that your fare was wrong and that your ticket is a no fly..
#9
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Still does not earn on Mileage Plus as of their Feb 2017 update. I have tried to contact Ethiopian about this before but they never answer. It seems silly to have a revenue business fare not earn miles outside their own program (aside from Phoenix Miles which is a super odd one) when all of their economy fares earn miles in most programs.
Contacting ET about the earning rates of other programmes is a total waste of time. ET doesn't dictate to the Star Alliance partners how each of their fare classes should earn in each of those other programmes. The airline that runs each programme determines how their own programme operates - not ET.
#10
Join Date: Dec 2006
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This is common in Star Alliance - look at Lufthansa P class, for example.
Contacting ET about the earning rates of other programmes is a total waste of time. ET doesn't dictate to the Star Alliance partners how each of their fare classes should earn in each of those other programmes. The airline that runs each programme determines how their own programme operates - not ET.
Contacting ET about the earning rates of other programmes is a total waste of time. ET doesn't dictate to the Star Alliance partners how each of their fare classes should earn in each of those other programmes. The airline that runs each programme determines how their own programme operates - not ET.
Agree each program does determine how they operate, but they don't determine which fares another carrier will pay for.
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28174203-post333.html
The response from ET is classic, "Your fare is too cheap". Perhaps they're too cheap to honor it.
#12
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
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This
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28174203-post333.html
The response from ET is classic, "Your fare is too cheap". Perhaps they're too cheap to honor it.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28174203-post333.html
The response from ET is classic, "Your fare is too cheap". Perhaps they're too cheap to honor it.
It is in no way comparable to the recent ET error fares (which clearly were errors, despite what some might say)
There is no risk in booking this fare.
#13
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Completely irrelevant. As has been stated numerous times upthread, this is a standard fare that comes and goes on this route.
It is in no way comparable to the recent ET error fares (which clearly were errors, despite what some might say)
There is no risk in booking this fare.
It is in no way comparable to the recent ET error fares (which clearly were errors, despite what some might say)
There is no risk in booking this fare.
I'm off in a couple of weeks on a Skyteam fare to SFO that is a couple of hundred Euro cheaper than the rate discussed in this thread