AZ / FB italy from Europe Business from 199 RT
Nov 12, 2019, 2:02 am
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AZ / FB italy from Europe Business from 199 RT
For those based around CDG chasing miles on Flying blue, Alitalia has got a sale on its business fares on direct flights until November 16th for flights until january 31st.
Just Booked CDG-FCO-BCN-FCO-CDG for 396 for 60 XP. i could have added a BCN-FCO-BCN for a total of 90XP for 595 , but didn't feel like hopping around airports all weekend. Only caveat is that these fares seem to be only available if you buy each segment separately (I tried feeding Matrix segment by segment and it came out at 850 for the same journey).
I know there are slightly better options in Europe, but frankly, none that I found starting from CDG at this price.
Cheers,
Just Booked CDG-FCO-BCN-FCO-CDG for 396 for 60 XP. i could have added a BCN-FCO-BCN for a total of 90XP for 595 , but didn't feel like hopping around airports all weekend. Only caveat is that these fares seem to be only available if you buy each segment separately (I tried feeding Matrix segment by segment and it came out at 850 for the same journey).
I know there are slightly better options in Europe, but frankly, none that I found starting from CDG at this price.
Cheers,
Nov 12, 2019, 3:59 am
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Nov 12, 2019, 4:38 am
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For those based around CDG chasing miles on Flying blue, Alitalia has got a sale on its business fares on direct flights until November 16th for flights until january 31st.
Just Booked CDG-FCO-BCN-FCO-CDG for 396 for 60 XP. i could have added a BCN-FCO-BCN for a total of 90XP for 595 , but didn't feel like hopping around airports all weekend. Only caveat is that these fares seem to be only available if you buy each segment separately (I tried feeding Matrix segment by segment and it came out at 850 for the same journey).
I know there are slightly better options in Europe, but frankly, none that I found starting from CDG at this price.
Cheers,
Just Booked CDG-FCO-BCN-FCO-CDG for 396 for 60 XP. i could have added a BCN-FCO-BCN for a total of 90XP for 595 , but didn't feel like hopping around airports all weekend. Only caveat is that these fares seem to be only available if you buy each segment separately (I tried feeding Matrix segment by segment and it came out at 850 for the same journey).
I know there are slightly better options in Europe, but frankly, none that I found starting from CDG at this price.
Cheers,
Nov 12, 2019, 5:55 am
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Presumably this is on Alitalia via Rome? Would net 42XPs if so, similar to the Malta deal last Summer (MIL-MLA).
Nov 12, 2019, 6:22 am
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Nov 12, 2019, 6:40 am
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So it seems you need to Nest tickets to get the deal CDG-FCO and then FCO-BCN as two tickets instead of one...
Still it's XPs at a value of 6.5-7 each... Not as great as the 4 per XP on the earlier sales to BEG/MLA but still decent...
Still it's XPs at a value of 6.5-7 each... Not as great as the 4 per XP on the earlier sales to BEG/MLA but still decent...
Nov 16, 2019, 1:22 pm
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But this was effectively the same last summer with my trip to Malta, where the BGY-FCO segment was Economy. It still booked into I-class and I earned the appropriate miles and XPs. Anyway, there is no « Business « on those domestic Italian flights.
Nov 16, 2019, 2:31 pm
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so even with the segment in economy you got the miles and xp for business ? If so it would effectively return better /xp than my option !
Nov 16, 2019, 7:08 pm
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For those based around CDG chasing miles on Flying blue, Alitalia has got a sale on its business fares on direct flights until November 16th for flights until january 31st.
Just Booked CDG-FCO-BCN-FCO-CDG for 396 for 60 XP. i could have added a BCN-FCO-BCN for a total of 90XP for 595 , but didn't feel like hopping around airports all weekend. Only caveat is that these fares seem to be only available if you buy each segment separately (I tried feeding Matrix segment by segment and it came out at 850 for the same journey).
I know there are slightly better options in Europe, but frankly, none that I found starting from CDG at this price.
Cheers,
Just Booked CDG-FCO-BCN-FCO-CDG for 396 for 60 XP. i could have added a BCN-FCO-BCN for a total of 90XP for 595 , but didn't feel like hopping around airports all weekend. Only caveat is that these fares seem to be only available if you buy each segment separately (I tried feeding Matrix segment by segment and it came out at 850 for the same journey).
I know there are slightly better options in Europe, but frankly, none that I found starting from CDG at this price.
Cheers,
Nov 16, 2019, 8:10 pm
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In my opinion, it's part of the sale, if you look over longer periods of time, I believe there are 199 fares... I haven't pulled up the fare rules but felt it was a shorter term sale... Still 30 XPs for those who need in them without any hassle...
Nov 17, 2019, 2:32 pm
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Well, put it this way, the whole itinerary had the same booking subclass, including the domestic flights (which was I-class, AFAIR). But there was no difference of cabin or service on the domestic flights. It was an economy only cabin.