Lh (a/j): Cdg-(j)-muc-(j)-fra-(a)-bog-(a)-fra-(j)-muc-(j)-cdg 2800€/US$3121

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Jul 30, 2019, 2:05 pm

#61

Viper35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaenks

NCE-ZRH-GRU-BOG-EZE-FRA-NCE for 2788€

Also a nice routing:
Strasbourg (XER) to Sao Paulo (GRU)
Lufthansa 3759 Dep: 2:15PM Arr: 5:00PM 2h 45m Bus Business (J)
Lufthansa 1198 Dep: 6:25PM Arr: 7:20PM 55m Airbus A319 Business (J)
Lufthansa 5898 Dep: 10:40PM Arr: 5:30AM 11h 50m Boeing 777 First (A) OPERATED BY SWISS

Sao Paulo (GRU) to Bogota (BOG)
Avianca 86 Dep: 6:55AM Arr: 11:05AM 6h 10m Airbus A330 Business (C) OPERATED BY AVIANCA

Bogota (BOG) to Miami (MIA)
Avianca 6 Dep: 6:45AM Arr: 11:30AM 3h 45m Airbus A330 Business (C) OPERATED BY AVIANCA

Miami (MIA) to Strasbourg (XER)
Lufthansa 463 Dep: 4:55PM Arr: 8:00AM 9h 5m Airbus A380 First (A)
Lufthansa 3758 Dep: 5:30PM Arr: 8:00PM 2h 30m Bus Business (J)

BOOKED for 2.589,- EUR in September

Jul 30, 2019, 3:00 pm

#62

more4less

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper35

Interesting routing, did you book through a TA?

Avianca A330 is fully flat?

Thanks,

Jul 30, 2019, 3:35 pm

#63

Viper35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by more4less

Interesting routing, did you book through a TA?

Avianca A330 is fully flat?

Thanks,

Yes, i needed a TA. No OTA was able to book it (even LH wasn't able to quote the correct price). It's a bit tricky: XER to FRA is by bus and you need to make sure to get the LH codeshare on the ZRH to GRU leg (otherwise in will be in fare bucket F instead of A and it will price 24k+)

AV metal is still the old angle lie flat, but thats just daytime flights. But you can route through JFK to get the new hardware on AV.

There are a lot of other routings possible, i will just do a quick turn around over the weekend.

Jul 31, 2019, 12:54 am

#64

more4less

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper35

Thanks Viper35 and welcome to FT!

Jul 31, 2019, 4:06 am

#65

alp67

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Quote:

Originally Posted by more4less

Interesting routing, did you book through a TA?

Avianca A330 is fully flat?

Thanks,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper35

You mean something like this:

Used ITA powertools to get to Cheapoair
I couldn't route through JFK though, price went up to + 8'k.

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Last edited by alp67; Jul 31, 2019 at 5:01 am

Jul 31, 2019, 4:25 am

#66

alp67

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Quote:

Originally Posted by El Puerco Volante

Thanks. I remembered LX was used to fly 77W to EZE, looks like this changed then.

So my routing would be NCE-FRA-EZE-BOG-GRU-ZRH-CDG then. I'll try with a TA

Thanks & regards,

El Puerco Volante

You will need to route through FRA on the inbound as well, just ZRH-CDG won't work (at least not for this low price tag).
Your routing could be like CDG/NCE-FRA-EZE-BOG//BOG-GRU-ZRH-FRA-CDG/NCE

Last edited by alp67; Jul 31, 2019 at 4:30 am

Jul 31, 2019, 4:41 am

#67

Jaenks

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper35

Good find! 8100 miles less(3x2700) vs BOG-EZE-FRA,even a little more when flying ZRH-GRU instead of FRA-EZE, no AV A320 segment and 200€ cheaper. What I like is that one can choose a multiply airports to start in France, add intra EU segments and North America when GRU and EZE does not suite for connecting twice.

Jul 31, 2019, 4:59 am

#68

Viper35

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If you use CDG, its possible to price via OTA, with XER as starting point i was not able to get a quote

Jul 31, 2019, 5:02 am

#69

Viper35

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Originally Posted by Jaenks

its shorter, but you still get aprox. 45k status miles and i don't have to take a day off from work because flight times are better

Jul 31, 2019, 5:04 am

#70

Viper35

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Originally Posted by Jaenks

Yes, a redeye on the AV A320 would be painful

Jul 31, 2019, 8:10 am

#71

GetSetJetSet

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Is the LX F seat much nicer? Would this get your to *G w just this roundtrip on any carrier? thx!

Jul 31, 2019, 8:47 am

#72

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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet

Is the LX F seat much nicer? Would this get your to *G w just this roundtrip on any carrier? thx!

with eurobonus from SAS I think so yes

Jul 31, 2019, 9:10 am

#73

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Originally Posted by unusualtravelblog

with eurobonus from SAS I think so yes

very interesting, might be worth a quick jaunt then.

Jul 31, 2019, 10:25 am

#74

alp67

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet

Is the LX F seat much nicer? Would this get your to *G w just this roundtrip on any carrier? thx!

You can find it HERE; needs perhaps a few adjustments to your actual routing.
TBO, I'd rather try to achieve another ~2'k miles with TK M&S and you'll get *Gold for two instead of one year.

Or do 2 of these lovely scenic flights

and hit LH SEN, where the second run could be the straight forward and simple one (CDG-FRA-GRU rt.)
After you hit 80'k EQM you may use the so-called Select Benefit and convert up to 20'k RDM into 10'k EQM with a 2:1 ratio

Last edited by alp67; Jul 31, 2019 at 10:38 am

Jul 31, 2019, 2:16 pm

#75

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Is there a routing allowing stopovers in one or both of GRU and/or EZE? I wouldn’t mind a few days at the beach and a steak in Buenos Aires on my way to/from Bogota