LA: MIA-JNB r/t in J for ~$2,300
Jan 10, 2018, 8:59 pm
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LA: MIA-JNB r/t in J for ~$2,300
Anyone looking for a flight to South Africa from US? There's this sub 2.5k fare from MIA to JNB which I think is a great deal! You can route within S.America for even more miles as long MPM allows.
LATAM (JJ) ZEEEV58Q
https://goo.gl/flights/9aFjC
LATAM (JJ) ZEEEV58Q
https://goo.gl/flights/9aFjC
Jan 10, 2018, 9:25 pm
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Solid mileage earning with AS; I didn't play around with routes to add some internal South America flights (i.e. I'd try to avoid GRU-MIA on the angle flat 777's but instead try and build in GRU-SCL-MIA which are served by the 767 and 787s with lie flats), but the MIA-SCL-GRU-JNB-GRU-MIA gets you about 43K RDM w/o MVP bonus and 24K elite miles.
Jan 11, 2018, 7:57 am
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Solid mileage earning with AS; I didn't play around with routes to add some internal South America flights (i.e. I'd try to avoid GRU-MIA on the angle flat 777's but instead try and build in GRU-SCL-MIA which are served by the 767 and 787s with lie flats), but the MIA-SCL-GRU-JNB-GRU-MIA gets you about 43K RDM w/o MVP bonus and 24K elite miles.
Jan 11, 2018, 10:26 am
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Looks like there are dates for Feb - early June, then mid-August thru Mid-Oct...best prices range from $2100 - $2700 (before shooting back up to $4k+).
Jan 11, 2018, 5:48 pm
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Of course. LATAM is part of OW. However the tricky part is how the flight is coded. LATAM still markets their flights under the different carrier codes. Thus if it's marketed as LATAM (JJ) it'll earn one way, and if marketed with the older TAM code a different method. Thus be careful how it's coded.
Jan 11, 2018, 6:31 pm
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Of course. LATAM is part of OW. However the tricky part is how the flight is coded. LATAM still markets their flights under the different carrier codes. Thus if it's marketed as LATAM (JJ) it'll earn one way, and if marketed with the older TAM code a different method. Thus be careful how it's coded.
On the way back it looks like a code share JNB-GRU and a code share flight to MIA. Both are in the LA8xxx range.
Jan 11, 2018, 10:32 pm
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This fare is also available to CPT, but sadly even at 25M it is at least 150 miles short of the MPM allowance if to be routed via MAD. Maybe there are other cities that are possible to route via Europe. There are 2 similar fares, LA and JJ btw.
Jan 13, 2018, 12:25 pm
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OW carrier flt operated by non OW carrier credit to AA??
On the way to JNB it looks like the MIA-SCL and SCL-GRU segments are LA and the GRU-JNB leg may be legacy JJ. The GRU-JNB flight is LA8162 and with that high a number may be a code share.
On the way back it looks like a code share JNB-GRU and a code share flight to MIA. Both are in the LA8xxx range.
On the way back it looks like a code share JNB-GRU and a code share flight to MIA. Both are in the LA8xxx range.
Jan 13, 2018, 1:12 pm
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Sorry, if not the right place, but the GRU-JNB-GRU segments on this is flown by SA, though carries LATAM flight #s . Do these segments count towards AA EQM and EQDs? Thanks.
Jan 13, 2018, 10:54 pm
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Sorry, if not the right place, but the GRU-JNB-GRU segments on this is flown by SA, though carries LATAM flight #s . Do these segments count towards AA EQM and EQDs? Thanks.
The other LA8xxx flights are within the Americas and these cannot be SA flights..
