JL ORD/JFK to BKK around $2500 in business
#1
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JL ORD/JFK to BKK around $2500 in business
Found some JL flights on Google flights priced around $2800 searching March - May. Have to book through AA to get this price. Checked AA vacations added the cheapest hostel and price dropped to just under $2500. Can add some additional legs for a few more $. Books into I* qualifying for AA special fares. I booked ORD - BOS - NRT - BKK - NRT - ORD.
39,126 EQM
$3912 EQD
Also saw NRT - DFW - ORD which adds 950 miles to the trip.
39,126 EQM
$3912 EQD
Also saw NRT - DFW - ORD which adds 950 miles to the trip.
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So my question is the same as when this fare showed up from LAX: How do you get a website to add the stopover in one direction in Tokyo without the fare going crazy; i.e., how to do it for just a "few more $" as you say?
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
#3
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So my question is the same as when this fare showed up from LAX: How do you get a website to add the stopover in one direction in Tokyo without the fare going crazy; i.e., how to do it for just a "few more $" as you say?
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
Example: ORD - BKK 2/14-2/19 from $2494.
https://book.aavacations.com/apps/sh...yzj/outbound/1
#5
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It might be possible to call aa vacations and a stop over. According to this thread you can call to do some more complex routings.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1712489-aa-reduced-j-prices-europe-when-purchasing-via-aa-vacations.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1712489-aa-reduced-j-prices-europe-when-purchasing-via-aa-vacations.html
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So my question is the same as when this fare showed up from LAX: How do you get a website to add the stopover in one direction in Tokyo without the fare going crazy; i.e., how to do it for just a "few more $" as you say?
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
And I also am keen to book a week in NRT, if I could start from Europe, even better.
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I found it in this forum but it doesn't seem to be here any more. I am getting a $2800 fare on the JAL web site in J for next August with the routing SFO-TYO-BKK or KUL-TYO-SFO but no stopover allowed in TYO. Also requires transfer between NRT and HND.
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Published fare: https://flights.app.goo.gl/3Ed3d
For EQD hounds, similar pricing on bulk fares can be had as well.
For EQD hounds, similar pricing on bulk fares can be had as well.
#10
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So my question is the same as when this fare showed up from LAX: How do you get a website to add the stopover in one direction in Tokyo without the fare going crazy; i.e., how to do it for just a "few more $" as you say?
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
So far, I've tried it on the JAL website, ITA, and google flights and none works.
#11
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Thanks, definitely not autopricing, I add in the stopover and it goes from $2800 to $4800 or higher! Google flights and ITA don't even see JAL (at least not for me) so I guess there is a feud going on. Expert flyer doesn't see the fare either so I can't easily see the rule there. The AA site doesn't show the fare, it only appears on the JL site.
Last edited by RichardInSF; Feb 7, 2019 at 12:25 pm
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#14
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What would have happened if I just stayed in Japan for a month? Book this fare on AAvacations including a cheap hotel in BKK for 3-4 nights but get off in Narita and (possibly) go to Thailand much later, chill in Japan for a month and catch a returning flight either from BKK as originally intended or Narita. Would they ban me from flying forever?
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What would have happened if I just stayed in Japan for a month? Book this fare on AAvacations including a cheap hotel in BKK for 3-4 nights but get off in Narita and (possibly) go to Thailand much later, chill in Japan for a month and catch a returning flight either from BKK as originally intended or Narita. Would they ban me from flying forever?