BLR-LAX AA R fare $1450 (one way)
Jul 20, 2018, 9:47 am
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BLR-LAX AA R fare $1450 (one way)
Not a crazy good fare, but if you want something more flexible than your run of the mill super discount "I" fare this could be good, also good where I class is sparse and you want to book 3-4 passengers on the same flight as AA is much more generous with the R bucket. I know that at times you can get a roundtrip for roughly this price from India/Sri Lanka to the US, but at times you might not.
About a week ago AA filed a number of R bucket fares from various India cities to LAX, with BLR-LAX seemingly the lowest at just under $1500. But you can find the same fare class for CCU, DEL, HYD, etc
Fare basis is RNE00YN3 and key terms are $150 cancel, $75 change, no HIP exception and 75% child fare.
As for routing rules, it only allows one transfer in area 3, so that limits what you can do. It does have a broader list of permitted carriers beyond OW carriers, but it still can be tough to do anything more than India-HKG-LAX. I did get some routings to work though NRT and then JL metal on the was to LAX. Also looks like you can route through DFW but I think that starts to hit you with an MPM charge and so the fare would be higher.
About a week ago AA filed a number of R bucket fares from various India cities to LAX, with BLR-LAX seemingly the lowest at just under $1500. But you can find the same fare class for CCU, DEL, HYD, etc
Fare basis is RNE00YN3 and key terms are $150 cancel, $75 change, no HIP exception and 75% child fare.
As for routing rules, it only allows one transfer in area 3, so that limits what you can do. It does have a broader list of permitted carriers beyond OW carriers, but it still can be tough to do anything more than India-HKG-LAX. I did get some routings to work though NRT and then JL metal on the was to LAX. Also looks like you can route through DFW but I think that starts to hit you with an MPM charge and so the fare would be higher.
Jul 20, 2018, 11:12 am
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It's also available for BOS. Unfortunately, the single Area 3 transfer (and prohibition against surface sectors) makes it impossible to use any Area 3 gateway except HKG. Otherwise, flying the most direct route nearly blows up the MPM.
Don't even get me started on the DEL-BOS version of this fare. The MPM is so comically low it also forces HKG and LAX transits.
That said, it's a decent fare for earning TPs on BA. Routing through HKG, LAX and JFK nets 480 TPs.
Don't even get me started on the DEL-BOS version of this fare. The MPM is so comically low it also forces HKG and LAX transits.
That said, it's a decent fare for earning TPs on BA. Routing through HKG, LAX and JFK nets 480 TPs.
Jul 20, 2018, 3:51 pm
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It's also available for BOS. Unfortunately, the single Area 3 transfer (and prohibition against surface sectors) makes it impossible to use any Area 3 gateway except HKG. Otherwise, flying the most direct route nearly blows up the MPM.
Don't even get me started on the DEL-BOS version of this fare. The MPM is so comically low it also forces HKG and LAX transits.
That said, it's a decent fare for earning TPs on BA. Routing through HKG, LAX and JFK nets 480 TPs.
Don't even get me started on the DEL-BOS version of this fare. The MPM is so comically low it also forces HKG and LAX transits.
That said, it's a decent fare for earning TPs on BA. Routing through HKG, LAX and JFK nets 480 TPs.
Jul 20, 2018, 5:12 pm
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Apologies for the perhaps obvious question, but I'm still new to this. How does the $75 change work on a fare like this? If I were to buy this fare, pick my dates, and later have to change one of them, would I pay only $75, or $75 plus the difference between the fare I paid and whatever the fare has risen to at the moment I need to make the change? Thanks in advance for any clarification you can give.
Jul 21, 2018, 5:43 pm
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That said, here are the rules (pardon the formatting):
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Fare rules & restrictions American (AA) RNE00YN3 BLR to LAX General notes BUSINESS ONE WAY SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES R FOR ONE WAY FARES FOR ADULT Category 4: Flight restrictions IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL FROM/TO/VIA HNL THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST NOT BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL. AND IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL WITHIN AREA 3 THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JQ ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY CX ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY GK ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY KA ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY MH ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY QF ANY CX FLIGHT OPERATED BY CX ANY CZ FLIGHT OPERATED BY CZ ANY MF FLIGHT OPERATED BY MF ANY GK FLIGHT OPERATED BY GK ANY JL FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL ANY JQ FLIGHT OPERATED BY JQ ANY KA FLIGHT OPERATED BY KA ANY KE FLIGHT OPERATED BY KE ANY MH FLIGHT OPERATED BY MH ANY NU FLIGHT OPERATED BY NU ANY PR FLIGHT OPERATED BY PR ANY QF FLIGHT OPERATED BY QF ANY VN FLIGHT OPERATED BY VN ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY CZ ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY MF. AND THE FARE COMPONENT MUST INCLUDE TRAVEL VIA EACH TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY AA. AND IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL WITHIN NORTH AMERICA THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY AA. AND 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 ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY 4M ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JJ ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY LA ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY XL ANY 4M FLIGHT ANY JJ FLIGHT ANY LA FLIGHT ANY XL FLIGHT. IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL FROM/TO/VIA HNL THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST NOT BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL. AND IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL WITHIN AREA 3 THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JQ ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY CX ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY GK ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY KA ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY MH ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY QF ANY CX FLIGHT OPERATED BY CX ANY GK FLIGHT OPERATED BY GK ANY JL FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL ANY JQ FLIGHT OPERATED BY JQ ANY KA FLIGHT OPERATED BY KA ANY MH FLIGHT OPERATED BY MH ANY NU FLIGHT OPERATED BY NU ANY QF FLIGHT OPERATED BY QF. AND THE FARE COMPONENT MUST INCLUDE TRAVEL VIA EACH TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY AA ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JL. AND IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL WITHIN NORTH AMERICA THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY AA. AND 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 ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY 4M ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY JJ ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY LA ANY AA FLIGHT OPERATED BY XL ANY 4M FLIGHT ANY JJ FLIGHT ANY LA FLIGHT ANY XL FLIGHT. Category 5: Advanced reservation/ticketing restrictions RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH SECTOR. WAITLIST AND STANDBY NOT PERMITTED. TICKETING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 3 DAYS AFTER RESERVATIONS ARE MADE. NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. RESERVATIONS BOOKED 3 DAYS OR LESS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE MUST BE TICKETED WITHIN 24 HOURS. RESERVATIONS BOOKED 24 HOURS OR LESS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE MUST BE TICKETED WITHIN 3 HOURS. Category 8: Stopover restrictions UNLIMITED FREE STOPOVERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT NONE IN CUBA UNLIMITED IN AREA 1/AREA 3. Category 9: Transfer restrictions 1 TRANSFER PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE FREE IN AREA 3 IN EACH DIRECTION. 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NOTE - ----- THE CHANGE FEE APPLIES PER TRANSACTION AND PERSON. A CHANGE IS A ROUTING / OR DATE / OR FLIGHT / OR FARE MODIFICATION. CHANGE IS PERMITTED WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY OF ORIGINAL TICKET. THE ORIGINAL NON-REFUNDABLE AMOUNT REMAINS NON-REFUNDABLE. -------------------------------------------------- WHERE THIS FARE IS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER FARE AND ONLY ONE FARE COMPONENT IS CHANGED THE PENALTY CONDITIONS OF THE CHANGED FARE COMPONENT WILL APPLY. WHEN MORE THAN ONE FARE COMPONENT IS BEING CHANGED THE HIGHEST PENALTY OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS WILL APPLY. -------------------------------------------------- IF THE ITINERARY RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE COLLECTED -AND- THE CHANGE FEE WILL BE APPLIED. -------------------------------------------------- WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A LOWER FARE A REFUND TO THE ORIGINAL FORM OF PAYMENT OF THE RESIDUAL AMOUNT LESS THE APPLICABLE PENALTY WILL BE MADE. -------------------------------------------------- REISSUE/REVALIDATION MUST BE MADE AT THE SAME TIME THE RESERVATION IS CHANGED. -------------------------------------------------- CALCULATION FOR REISSUES //CHANGES BEFORE OUTBOUND DEPARTURE// WHEN THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT IS CHANGED THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE DATE THE TICKET IS REISSUED. ----- WHEN THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT BUT OTHER FARE COMPONENTS ARE CHANGED THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE OR CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF TICKET REISSUE WHICHEVER IS LOWER. -------------------------------------------------- THE NEW ITINERARY MUST MEET ALL RULE PROVISIONS OF THE NEWLY TICKETED FARE - I.E. ADVANCE RESERVATIONS/TICKETING DEADLINE/MINIMUM/MAXIMUM STAY/BOOKING CLASS/SEASONALITY ETC. ------------------------------------------------ REISSUES / EXCHANGES NOT ALLOWED TO EOU/ERU FARE TYPES. AFTER DEPARTURE CHARGE USD 75.00. NOTE - ----- THE CHANGE FEE APPLIES PER TRANSACTION AND PERSON. A CHANGE IS A ROUTING / OR DATE / OR FLIGHT / OR FARE MODIFICATION. CHANGE IS PERMITTED WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY OF ORIGINAL TICKET. THE ORIGINAL NON-REFUNDABLE AMOUNT REMAINS NON-REFUNDABLE. -------------------------------------------------- WHERE THIS FARE IS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER FARE AND ONLY ONE FARE COMPONENT IS CHANGED THE PENALTY CONDITIONS OF THE CHANGED FARE COMPONENT WILL APPLY. WHEN MORE THAN ONE FARE COMPONENT IS BEING CHANGED THE HIGHEST PENALTY OF ALL CHANGED FARE COMPONENTS WILL APPLY. -------------------------------------------------- IF THE ITINERARY RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE COLLECTED -AND- THE CHANGE FEE WILL BE APPLIED. -------------------------------------------------- WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A LOWER FARE NO REFUND WILL APPLY HOWEVER THE PASSENGER WILL RECEIVE A VOUCHER TRANSPORTATION ON AA FOR THE RESIDUAL AMOUNT LESS THE APPLICABLE PENALTY WILL BE MADE. -------------------------------------------------- REISSUE/REVALIDATION MUST BE MADE AT THE SAME TIME THE RESERVATION IS CHANGED. -------------------------------------------------- CALCULATION FOR REISSUES //CHANGES AFTER DEPARTURE// THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE. -------------------------------------------------- THE NEW ITINERARY MUST MEET ALL RULE PROVISIONS OF THE NEWLY TICKETED FARE - I.E. ADVANCE RESERVATIONS/TICKETING DEADLINE/MINIMUM/MAXIMUM STAY/BOOKING CLASS/SEASONALITY ETC. ------------------------------------------------ REISSUES / EXCHANGES NOT ALLOWED TO EOU/ERU FARE TYPES. Category 18: Endorsements THE ORIGINAL AND THE REISSUED TICKET MUST BE ANNOTATED - FEE FOR CHANGE/REFUND - IN THE ENDORSEMENT BOX. Category 19: Discounts ACCOMPANIED CHILD 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 ADULT 16 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 ADULT 16 OR OLDER OR - INFANT UNDER 2 WITHOUT A SEAT - CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF THE FARE. TICKETING CODE - BASE FARE CODE PLUS IN. MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN SAME COMPARTMENT BY ADULT 16 OR OLDER OR - UNACCOMPANIED CHILD 5-14 - CHARGE 100 PERCENT OF THE FARE. 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Jul 23, 2018, 4:24 am
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Or MH/JL for $1369 one way also. Cheap O Air has an interesting MH codeshare of the JL NRT-BOS flight, which makes this better for EQD's as well as RDM's.
https://www.cheapoair.com/fpnext/Pay...1-bd124409c608
(if JL flight number, possibly 70% RDM's and 14% EQD's, assuming it books into I.)
RDM's: 22072
EQM's: 17777
EQD's: 2370 ( only a 1.73x but still better than an AA flight number on an AA ticket stock.)
https://www.cheapoair.com/fpnext/Pay...1-bd124409c608
(if JL flight number, possibly 70% RDM's and 14% EQD's, assuming it books into I.)
RDM's: 22072
EQM's: 17777
EQD's: 2370 ( only a 1.73x but still better than an AA flight number on an AA ticket stock.)
Jul 23, 2018, 7:36 am
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If you don't mind a night's stay in Tokyo, also works to JFK on MH/JL for ~$1,400.
https://www.google.com/flights#flt=B...;sd:1;t:f;tt:o
https://www.google.com/flights#flt=B...;sd:1;t:f;tt:o
Jul 23, 2018, 9:23 am
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Just got this for BLR-KUL-NRT/HND-JFK for next Jan, so it's still bookable. I was seeing availability in the $1367 price range to both BOS and ORD as well, but everything but cheapO was throwing an error when I went through to purchase. JFK booked cleanly on the MH site and into a flex D fare with a $75 cancel, if I read the fare correctly. Got the JL codeshare to NRT as well. Solid EQD and earnings. I've done better, but it's also just a good flight with long haul on JL.
Jul 23, 2018, 10:09 am
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Just got this for BLR-KUL-NRT/HND-JFK for next Jan, so it's still bookable. I was seeing availability in the $1367 price range to both BOS and ORD as well, but everything but cheapO was throwing an error when I went through to purchase. JFK booked cleanly on the MH site and into a flex D fare with a $75 cancel, if I read the fare correctly. Got the JL codeshare to NRT as well. Solid EQD and earnings. I've done better, but it's also just a good flight with long haul on JL.
Earning on AA:
EQD: 2974 (2.17x)
EQM: 17841
RDM: 29140
Jul 23, 2018, 10:20 am
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For an AA EXP, it's even better on the RDM- 11,894 base + .25 cabin bonus x 120% status bonus = 32,708 RDM if I'm doing the cabin bonus right (or is it not subject to the 120% multiplier?). It's like the good old days of earnings either way.
Jul 23, 2018, 11:07 am
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yup, the MH fare has been there a long time and there are many other ex-India ONeworld partner fares that get you more miles or dollars. But the AA fare is a solid way to land a large group up in F in first if you have SWUs to burn.
Jul 23, 2018, 11:59 am
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BTW- Gone. Too bad, before I could book. It was in the GDS yesterday, but now only shows up if I look for historical fares for yesterday.
And the order of all of the AA fare basis codes is now more correct, meaning that R fares are not cheaper than I as they were since the "xNE00YN3" family of fares were out of order since these were filed on July 13. RNE00YN3 ($1084 base) was cheaper than INE00YN3 ($2302 base) and R is always more expensive than I with AA fares in the same family. But now if you look the DNE00YN3 ($3099 base) and INE00YN3 ($2332 base) are there but the R variant is missing. A possible sign of fat fingers on entering the R variant of this family of fares.
And the order of all of the AA fare basis codes is now more correct, meaning that R fares are not cheaper than I as they were since the "xNE00YN3" family of fares were out of order since these were filed on July 13. RNE00YN3 ($1084 base) was cheaper than INE00YN3 ($2302 base) and R is always more expensive than I with AA fares in the same family. But now if you look the DNE00YN3 ($3099 base) and INE00YN3 ($2332 base) are there but the R variant is missing. A possible sign of fat fingers on entering the R variant of this family of fares.
