OW/*A: SFO-Milan, Venice, Other Italy Cities $1,865 in J (BA $1,665 after AARP)
May 8, 2021, 7:48 am
#31
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If you do end up finding any decent fares there, especially Switzerland or Austria, I'd be very curious to hear.
May 10, 2021, 12:13 pm
#32
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https://www.google.ca/travel/explore...Cs_j8&hl=en-US
May 10, 2021, 1:24 pm
#33
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Looks like Vienna and Geneva are both still on sale (at ~$2100, unless you want to fly TAP)
https://www.google.ca/travel/explore...Cs_j8&hl=en-US
https://www.google.ca/travel/explore...Cs_j8&hl=en-US
Hmm, HUGE difference between flight originating from SEA and SFO.
For instance, SFO to ZRH round trip on *A in August.
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...__8BQAFIA5gBAQ
Around $3000 but $2100 for SEA-ZRH.
May 10, 2021, 3:15 pm
#34
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Just had the rather unpleasant experience of trying to book one of these tickets on any OW carrier and seeing them literally increase 400% or more in front of my very eyes – to every destination in Italy (as well as MAD & BCN, which were also discounted).
As I was typing the above sentence, nearly all of the *A fares have disappeared as well.
Sigh.
As I was typing the above sentence, nearly all of the *A fares have disappeared as well.
Sigh.
May 11, 2021, 7:09 am
#35
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Just had the rather unpleasant experience of trying to book one of these tickets on any OW carrier and seeing them literally increase 400% or more in front of my very eyes – to every destination in Italy (as well as MAD & BCN, which were also discounted).
As I was typing the above sentence, nearly all of the *A fares have disappeared as well.
Sigh.
As I was typing the above sentence, nearly all of the *A fares have disappeared as well.
Sigh.
May 11, 2021, 9:27 am
#36
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Which dates did you check? The fare sale started on 5/24, and my planned departure was that day – OW tickets are ~$7500 (roundtrip) on that day at this writing (more like 440%, actually).
May 11, 2021, 9:40 am
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I didn’t look at close in dates, perhaps you’re inside of the advance purchase window. I didn’t read all the fare rules for this particular fare. I was focusing more in September and October as I think as a US passport holder home is fully vaccinated I’ll have a better opportunity beginning entrance then.
May 11, 2021, 10:21 am
#38
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I just checked Barcelona on 0W and Star. I typically use Google flights, and it seems to be a 14 day advance purchase. Inside that window round trips are about $5500 on 0W an outside that window it drops down to the low 3000s
May 11, 2021, 12:56 pm
#39
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Yeah, it seems that *A has a sale from some US cities to Portugal, Spain and Italy. Book on/before May 11th if the fare rules are correct.
Here are the routes I could find:Boston (BOS) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,601
Boston (BOS) – Madrid (MAD) $1,649
Boston (BOS) – Porto (OPO) $1,880
Chicago (ORD) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,633
Chicago (ORD) – Madrid (MAD) $1,659
Chicago (ORD) – Venice (VCE) $1,667
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -Milan (MXP) $1,663
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Lisbon (LIS) $1,692
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Naples (NAP) $1,688
Miami (MIA) – Naples (NAP) $1,665
Miami (MIA) – Venice (VCE) $1,667
Miami (MIA) – Milan (MXP) $1,669
Miami (MIA) – Lisbon (LIS) $1,692
New York (EWR) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,841*
New York (EWR) – Milan (MXP) $1,848*
New York (EWR) – Rome (FCO) $1,856
San Francisco (SFO) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,633
San Francisco (SFO) – Madrid (MAD) $1,659
San José (SJC) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,655
San José (SJC) – Madrid (MAD) $1,663
*Non-stop
Here are the routes I could find:Boston (BOS) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,601
Boston (BOS) – Madrid (MAD) $1,649
Boston (BOS) – Porto (OPO) $1,880
Chicago (ORD) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,633
Chicago (ORD) – Madrid (MAD) $1,659
Chicago (ORD) – Venice (VCE) $1,667
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -Milan (MXP) $1,663
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Lisbon (LIS) $1,692
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Naples (NAP) $1,688
Miami (MIA) – Naples (NAP) $1,665
Miami (MIA) – Venice (VCE) $1,667
Miami (MIA) – Milan (MXP) $1,669
Miami (MIA) – Lisbon (LIS) $1,692
New York (EWR) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,841*
New York (EWR) – Milan (MXP) $1,848*
New York (EWR) – Rome (FCO) $1,856
San Francisco (SFO) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,633
San Francisco (SFO) – Madrid (MAD) $1,659
San José (SJC) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,655
San José (SJC) – Madrid (MAD) $1,663
*Non-stop
May 21, 2021, 12:35 pm
#40
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Has anyone had problems getting the $200 AARP discount on BA J seats? I am only getting $60 off J seats. $60 is supposed to be the discount for economy, but the AARP-BA website is not pricing $200 off J.
May 21, 2021, 1:44 pm
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May 21, 2021, 2:17 pm
#44
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It's only $10 or so per year for AARP, and you can be any age. The discount is for BA only. I believe it has to be on BA metal. The discount is supposed to be $200 for J. You have to log into AARP site and then access the BA site through the AARP link. However, I'm not currently getting the $200 discount.
May 21, 2021, 7:16 pm
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It's only $10 or so per year for AARP, and you can be any age. The discount is for BA only. I believe it has to be on BA metal. The discount is supposed to be $200 for J. You have to log into AARP site and then access the BA site through the AARP link. However, I'm not currently getting the $200 discount.
David