AA: DCA-MIA $260 first
Apr 10, 2020, 1:26 pm
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AA: DCA-MIA $260 first
Don't recommend booking this for travel anytime soon obviously, but DCA-MIA flights are available through November or so for $260 in first. You can route DCA-RDU-MIA-PHL-DCU and earn 160 tier points, which makes this a nifty TP run if you were trying to qualify for BA status (like me) and had a bunch of your flights cancelled (also like me).
Apr 10, 2020, 5:46 pm
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Don't recommend booking this for travel anytime soon obviously, but DCA-MIA flights are available through November or so for $260 in first. You can route DCA-RDU-MIA-PHL-DCU and earn 160 tier points, which makes this a nifty TP run if you were trying to qualify for BA status (like me) and had a bunch of your flights cancelled (also like me).
Apr 10, 2020, 9:58 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2018
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Interesting, I could only get the price to show up as a same day turn. I wonder if it's because of a bug in the faring, perhaps the fare basis used is DCA-RDU or DCA-PHL and it allows the "connection" in miami, but not a stopover, hence the requirement to not spend much time on the ground in miami..
Edit: DCA-RDU does price at around $260-270 almost every day round trip in first, so I think this is a DCA-RDU fare that allows routing through miami.
Edit: DCA-RDU does price at around $260-270 almost every day round trip in first, so I think this is a DCA-RDU fare that allows routing through miami.
Apr 11, 2020, 2:41 am
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You can also route DCA-RDU-MIA-DFW-DCA sample same.day turn in November (MIA-DFW on a 777)
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Apr 11, 2020, 3:46 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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Cracking fare for the TPs!
Any idea if it can be married up with connections on transcontinental legs? I've noticed LAX-MIA earns 210 BAEC TPs but adding it causes a huge price increase.
Edit: potentially not everyone's cup of tea but fare drops to $138 with the 777 component still included if you go IAD-DFW-MIA-RDU: https://flights.app.goo.gl/Fd3iU
Any idea if it can be married up with connections on transcontinental legs? I've noticed LAX-MIA earns 210 BAEC TPs but adding it causes a huge price increase.
Edit: potentially not everyone's cup of tea but fare drops to $138 with the 777 component still included if you go IAD-DFW-MIA-RDU: https://flights.app.goo.gl/Fd3iU
Last edited by AI93; Apr 11, 2020 at 4:37 pm Reason: new info
Apr 11, 2020, 9:04 pm
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Apr 12, 2020, 4:59 am
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Also looks like it works from BOS-DFW-MIA-RDU for an extra $20 or so.
Tempted by it, although is the RDU area worth visiting (without a car)?
I'd originally planned to visit Charleston and/or Savannah later in the year but they don't look very easily accessible from RDU.
Tempted by it, although is the RDU area worth visiting (without a car)?
I'd originally planned to visit Charleston and/or Savannah later in the year but they don't look very easily accessible from RDU.
Apr 12, 2020, 5:55 am
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My FFP is on QF, so I'm not sure if the status earning on BA is similar.
But it sure does get a ton of status credits.
From BOS-DFW-MIA-RDU-MIA-BOS same day return $328 - (280 Status Credits)
From IAD-DFW-MIA-RDU-MIA-DCA same day return $270 - (260 Status Credits)
But it sure does get a ton of status credits.
From BOS-DFW-MIA-RDU-MIA-BOS same day return $328 - (280 Status Credits)
From IAD-DFW-MIA-RDU-MIA-DCA same day return $270 - (260 Status Credits)
Apr 12, 2020, 11:08 am
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I've been able to get it up to six segments at the same price. DCA-ORD-CLT-RDU-CLT-ORD-DCA. That's 240 TP at £0.89 per point.
Apr 12, 2020, 12:34 pm
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