AA: HKG-SLC r/t ~$2300 - I - purch by 30-JUN
Jun 14, 2017, 10:26 am
#1
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AA: HKG-SLC r/t ~$2300 - I - purch by 30-JUN
FOOTNOTE RULE
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 30JUN17.
Looks like decent availability through Q1 2018
sample: https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE.
For an AA EXP routed through DFW: ( AA 125/126 ):
(EQMs) (EQDs) Total AMs w/ Bonus
36,396 2,182 24,002
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 30JUN17.
Looks like decent availability through Q1 2018
sample: https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE.
For an AA EXP routed through DFW: ( AA 125/126 ):
(EQMs) (EQDs) Total AMs w/ Bonus
36,396 2,182 24,002
Jun 14, 2017, 10:53 am
#2
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If you book it through a third party so it is classified as a special fare, it will cost a little more, but provide 3640 EQD (20% of flown miles per chart, assuming booked in I).
Last edited by roundtree; Jun 14, 2017 at 11:00 am Reason: Corrected EQD calculation
Jun 14, 2017, 7:40 pm
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OCT 17 - NOV 13 were the dates I was using but lots of dates.
$1926 Sichuan
$2045 Philippine
$2163 China Eastern (ST)
$2164 Air China (*A)
$3397 Cathay Pacific (OW)
Jun 15, 2017, 10:57 am
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If you book it through a third party so it is classified as a special fare, it will cost a little more, but provide 3640 EQD (20% of flown miles per chart, assuming booked in I).
Jun 15, 2017, 1:17 pm
#9
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 29
There are many:
Using TYP/UR/MRs have occasionally triggered special fares as well.
More here.
From AA Special Fares:
- Bulk fares
- Cruise fares
- Consolidator fares
- Discounted or inclusive tour packages
- Vacation packages, including select American Airlines Vacations® packages. For Vacations, special fares are marked with an asterisk (*) after the booking code in the AAVacations.com booking path.
- Other tickets where the fare isn't disclosed, excluding bookings made through priceline.com or hotwire.com where the carrier isn't disclosed before buying
More here.
Jun 17, 2017, 12:04 am
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When planning for renewal of status, I'd rather have certainty. Do you know one place where one would be guaranteed it would be considered a special fare? For the Amex as an example again, the "insider fare" deals will guarantee it. Do you have any example of guaranteed mileage based earnings omn THIS fare? AA vacation for example?
Jun 17, 2017, 6:55 pm
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This is good in theory. But it won't work in practice unless Amex (just as an example, not advocating them) has a bulk discount on the fare or you are lucky.
When planning for renewal of status, I'd rather have certainty. Do you know one place where one would be guaranteed it would be considered a special fare? For the Amex as an example again, the "insider fare" deals will guarantee it. Do you have any example of guaranteed mileage based earnings omn THIS fare? AA vacation for example?
When planning for renewal of status, I'd rather have certainty. Do you know one place where one would be guaranteed it would be considered a special fare? For the Amex as an example again, the "insider fare" deals will guarantee it. Do you have any example of guaranteed mileage based earnings omn THIS fare? AA vacation for example?
Thanks
Jun 17, 2017, 8:51 pm
#12
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However, there are insider fares shown online for domestic tickets. I've used insider fares on domestic AA tickets where, if you use points only, they give you between about 5% and 35% off. In my experience, those have always posted based on distance. When the business Platinum card was refunding 50% of the points used, they were worth it. Now that they refund only 35%, only the better discount insider fares are worth it in my opinion because you can't use partial points and partial cash and only the bigger discount will give you more than two cents per point.
Last edited by DeltaFlyingProf; Jun 17, 2017 at 8:58 pm
Jun 19, 2017, 5:08 am
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Jun 19, 2017, 7:49 am
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$3347 on CX is widely available throughout the schedule.
$1931 on Sichaun is widely available throughout the schedule.
(Other airlines similar throughout the schedule with similar minium stay.)
Jun 19, 2017, 12:02 pm
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This is good in theory. But it won't work in practice unless Amex (just as an example, not advocating them) has a bulk discount on the fare or you are lucky.
When planning for renewal of status, I'd rather have certainty. Do you know one place where one would be guaranteed it would be considered a special fare? For the Amex as an example again, the "insider fare" deals will guarantee it. Do you have any example of guaranteed mileage based earnings omn THIS fare? AA vacation for example?
When planning for renewal of status, I'd rather have certainty. Do you know one place where one would be guaranteed it would be considered a special fare? For the Amex as an example again, the "insider fare" deals will guarantee it. Do you have any example of guaranteed mileage based earnings omn THIS fare? AA vacation for example?