CX: FRA-PEK MNL-LAX double open jaw; business £2082
Oct 4, 2020, 10:34 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2020
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CX: FRA-PEK MNL-LAX double open jaw; business £2082
With Cathay Pacific being so expensive lately compared to Qatar, these fares are actually amazing value. This is booked as a MULTI CITY and can offer great deals.
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...;sd:1;t:f;tt:m
Business class here costs only 2070 GBP, and the best part here is that this fare is multi city so you can get even cheaper fares for a variety of routes with a huge lot of flexibility on dates. So you can use a one-way out to Asia, and a return to/from the USA.
These flights are also relatively long too, so the amount of ALASKA MILES credited is amazing
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...;sd:1;t:f;tt:m
Business class here costs only 2070 GBP, and the best part here is that this fare is multi city so you can get even cheaper fares for a variety of routes with a huge lot of flexibility on dates. So you can use a one-way out to Asia, and a return to/from the USA.
These flights are also relatively long too, so the amount of ALASKA MILES credited is amazing
Oct 4, 2020, 12:12 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
With Cathay Pacific being so expensive lately compared to Qatar, these fares are actually amazing value. This is booked as a MULTI CITY and can offer great deals.
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...;sd:1;t:f;tt:m
Business class here costs only 2070 GBP, and the best part here is that this fare is multi city so you can get even cheaper fares for a variety of routes with a huge lot of flexibility on dates. So you can use a one-way out to Asia, and a return to/from the USA.
These flights are also relatively long too, so the amount of ALASKA MILES credited is amazing
https://www.google.com/flights?hl=en...;sd:1;t:f;tt:m
Business class here costs only 2070 GBP, and the best part here is that this fare is multi city so you can get even cheaper fares for a variety of routes with a huge lot of flexibility on dates. So you can use a one-way out to Asia, and a return to/from the USA.
These flights are also relatively long too, so the amount of ALASKA MILES credited is amazing
Are there other routes that have bigger value?
For another $400 you can go RT ORD to BKK. And get over 1000 more miles.
Seems like the standard CX fares from ORD to Asia have more value and of more use for most folks.
But neither appears to be 'amazing'.
(I guess is one needed to get from Europe to Asia and then the USA from another country, I guess this has some value, but it is not cheap.)
Oct 4, 2020, 12:18 pm
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 17
Help me understand the value here. This is a one-way open jaw for ~$2700, correct?
Are there other routes that have bigger value?
For another $400 you can go RT ORD to BKK. And get over 1000 more miles.
Seems like the standard CX fares from ORD to Asia have more value and of more use for most folks.
But neither appears to be 'amazing'.
(I guess is one needed to get from Europe to Asia and then the USA from another country, I guess this has some value, but it is not cheap.)
Are there other routes that have bigger value?
For another $400 you can go RT ORD to BKK. And get over 1000 more miles.
Seems like the standard CX fares from ORD to Asia have more value and of more use for most folks.
But neither appears to be 'amazing'.
(I guess is one needed to get from Europe to Asia and then the USA from another country, I guess this has some value, but it is not cheap.)
Oct 4, 2020, 12:48 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
More miles than the OW, open jaw you listed for $2700. And much more useful to the vast majority of flyers.
Oct 4, 2020, 3:27 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 205
Help me understand the value here. This is a one-way open jaw for ~$2700, correct?
Are there other routes that have bigger value?
For another $400 you can go RT ORD to BKK. And get over 1000 more miles.
Seems like the standard CX fares from ORD to Asia have more value and of more use for most folks.
But neither appears to be 'amazing'.
(I guess is one needed to get from Europe to Asia and then the USA from another country, I guess this has some value, but it is not cheap.)
Are there other routes that have bigger value?
For another $400 you can go RT ORD to BKK. And get over 1000 more miles.
Seems like the standard CX fares from ORD to Asia have more value and of more use for most folks.
But neither appears to be 'amazing'.
(I guess is one needed to get from Europe to Asia and then the USA from another country, I guess this has some value, but it is not cheap.)
Oct 4, 2020, 6:09 pm
#6
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
Now you are arguing semantics. Even saying "It's essentially two one-way flights" eludes to what it is... a one-way fare with an open jaw. It is the definition of a one-way fare with an open jaw.
However, if you prefer to call it essentially two one way flights, so be it. It is still not very useful, nor is it very cheap. How many people need a one-way ticket that starts in Europe, stops in North Asia, picks up in South Asia, and finishes in North America?
Seems much more valuable to buy the standard round trip on CX to fly from North America to South Asia for $400 more, leaving/arriving from the same cities. (And over 1000 more flight miles.)
But, as I mentioned, if one finds themselves in Germany and needs to get to China, then has their own transportation to South Asia, then needing to get to the USA, it might have some value. But, probably not too many people (on Earth) are in such a situation.
However, if you prefer to call it essentially two one way flights, so be it. It is still not very useful, nor is it very cheap. How many people need a one-way ticket that starts in Europe, stops in North Asia, picks up in South Asia, and finishes in North America?
Seems much more valuable to buy the standard round trip on CX to fly from North America to South Asia for $400 more, leaving/arriving from the same cities. (And over 1000 more flight miles.)
But, as I mentioned, if one finds themselves in Germany and needs to get to China, then has their own transportation to South Asia, then needing to get to the USA, it might have some value. But, probably not too many people (on Earth) are in such a situation.
Oct 4, 2020, 6:21 pm
#7
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Long Island, NY
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Posts: 732
great fare too!
Oct 4, 2020, 6:29 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
No problem. As an FYI, CX has 2 later (scheduled) flights that they can put you on to BKK when they are back to a full schedule. And I am sure you know, a 50-minute connection in HKG is very doable.
Oct 4, 2020, 6:58 pm
#9
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,477
If someone were to travel the proposed itin, they would also need to travel PEK-MNL. When I compared separate airfares vs a single fare approach, then the former seems to save at least $500. So perhaps that's the real value here. If you take a middle segment from your travel plan, and move it to a separate itin -- you can save on your total airfare. There may be even better examples for this concept.
Oct 5, 2020, 1:38 pm
#10
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 205
Now you are arguing semantics. Even saying "It's essentially two one-way flights" eludes to what it is... a one-way fare with an open jaw. It is the definition of a one-way fare with an open jaw.
However, if you prefer to call it essentially two one way flights, so be it. It is still not very useful, nor is it very cheap. How many people need a one-way ticket that starts in Europe, stops in North Asia, picks up in South Asia, and finishes in North America?
Seems much more valuable to buy the standard round trip on CX to fly from North America to South Asia for $400 more, leaving/arriving from the same cities. (And over 1000 more flight miles.)
But, as I mentioned, if one finds themselves in Germany and needs to get to China, then has their own transportation to South Asia, then needing to get to the USA, it might have some value. But, probably not too many people (on Earth) are in such a situation.
However, if you prefer to call it essentially two one way flights, so be it. It is still not very useful, nor is it very cheap. How many people need a one-way ticket that starts in Europe, stops in North Asia, picks up in South Asia, and finishes in North America?
Seems much more valuable to buy the standard round trip on CX to fly from North America to South Asia for $400 more, leaving/arriving from the same cities. (And over 1000 more flight miles.)
But, as I mentioned, if one finds themselves in Germany and needs to get to China, then has their own transportation to South Asia, then needing to get to the USA, it might have some value. But, probably not too many people (on Earth) are in such a situation.
Oct 5, 2020, 1:56 pm
#11
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
I think there was a miunderstanding. I thought you were under the impression that this was just a one way flight, as in Europe to Asia, which I then pointed out that it's actually TWO one way flights. But now I see that that's not what you were referring to. I wasn't arguing semantics.