AA/BA: INV-LAX/SFO/LAS, sub $1400 RT
Jan 7, 2019, 4:04 pm
#16
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver, AA Gold, A3 Gold, Honors Diamond, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,251
If you wanted to access any OneWorld First lounges (for example the Qantas First lounge in LAX) you would need BA Gold though.
Jan 7, 2019, 4:08 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Westchester Co, NY or Rio Grande Valley, TX or ???
Programs: BAEC G, WN A-, Hyatt G, HH G, MAR T, Hz PC, was [UA2P, FL A+Elite, BD G]
Posts: 2,269
Actually (unless things have changed recently), just having BAEC Silver (600 Tier Pts) will allow access into AA Flagship lounges (as well as Admirals Clubs); so you only need to do one r/t to be able to access these lounges (for the rest of your current BA year and all of the following year). Of course, if you fly this trip twice, you will have Gold for the above length of time plus Silver for an additional year after (via soft landing)...
Jan 7, 2019, 6:46 pm
#19
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
Jan 7, 2019, 9:28 pm
#20
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SFO
Posts: 273
You can still get similar routings for a few hundred more starting in late March: https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...7*2.USD.153757
Jan 8, 2019, 8:11 am
#26
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 973
A dumb question here. How does one go about booking an ITA itinerary with specific routing (more than 2 stops) for the displayed fare? - I know, not with ITA. But can it be booked by calling AA or BA - even if the itin is not shown on AA or BA website? Or do you use an online travel agency? Which one(s)?
An extra question: GF will not show itin / routing with more than 2 stops. Is there a trick / tip around this?
An extra question: GF will not show itin / routing with more than 2 stops. Is there a trick / tip around this?
Jan 8, 2019, 8:13 am
#27
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
A dumb question here. How does one go about booking an ITA itinerary with specific routing (more than 2 stops) for the displayed fare? - I know, not with ITA. But can it be booked by calling AA or BA - even if the itin is not shown on AA or BA website? Or do you use an online travel agency? Which one(s)?
An extra question: GF will not show itin / routing with more than 2 stops. Is there a trick / tip around this?
An extra question: GF will not show itin / routing with more than 2 stops. Is there a trick / tip around this?
For Google Flights, you can sometimes force it by doing multi-city, but I've found that to be much less reliable than ITA.
Jan 8, 2019, 8:15 am
#28
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: EC Silver FC Silver
Posts: 34
My better half and I managed 2 x INV-LHR-JFK- LAX-BOS-LHR-INV in early April for a little over 1,000GBP pp (thanks to OP and TLFL blog).
Not the optimum TP route, but it suits our travel plans. Some of my multi-city routes repriced after hitting the payment button on AA - e.g. 2,262GBP became "new price = 4,278GBP". Interestingly when I tried the paypal payment route it didn't seem to reprice on AA, though I'd already chickened out and booked the simpler itinerary by that point.
Our late-night turnaround in JFK T8 looks near impossible with Checked Baggage mind (1 hr 20 minutes). So a sizeable delay on the LHR to JFK leg would be very convenient. Also a pity to be travelling before the new Caledonian Sleeper trains to Inverness are introduced (May'19).
Not the optimum TP route, but it suits our travel plans. Some of my multi-city routes repriced after hitting the payment button on AA - e.g. 2,262GBP became "new price = 4,278GBP". Interestingly when I tried the paypal payment route it didn't seem to reprice on AA, though I'd already chickened out and booked the simpler itinerary by that point.
Our late-night turnaround in JFK T8 looks near impossible with Checked Baggage mind (1 hr 20 minutes). So a sizeable delay on the LHR to JFK leg would be very convenient. Also a pity to be travelling before the new Caledonian Sleeper trains to Inverness are introduced (May'19).
Jan 8, 2019, 8:51 am
#29
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 973
The easiest possible way to book complex itineraries from ITA is to use BookWithMatrix. Just follow the instructions on there - you can also use ITA PowerTools if you want to book through a specific carrier's regional website or try your luck with an OTA.
For Google Flights, you can sometimes force it by doing multi-city, but I've found that to be much less reliable than ITA.
For Google Flights, you can sometimes force it by doing multi-city, but I've found that to be much less reliable than ITA.
Jan 8, 2019, 8:58 am
#30
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
Thanks, nickohrn, for your reply. I tried to play around with bookwithmatrix and selected AA as the booking interface. Problem was that AA website did not show the itin (so I could be sure that it was the one I selected from ITA - and it remarked that "The class of service you requested is not available on one or more of your flights." ). It only showed the total USD price and asked for pax details. I did not want to enter pax details and found out the itin was not what I was after.
ITA PowerTools work, too as sometimes the different AA regional sites will show the itinerary on clicking through. You just have to play around with it a bit to get comfortable with what is showing up.
In regards to this message:
> The class of service you requested is not available on one or more of your flights
That shows up literally every time I click through to AA whether the itinerary is all business or not. I have no idea what triggers that.
