Star Alliance: CDG-North America-Auckland-Asia-CDG 2735€ biz
Mar 16, 22, 7:21 am
#46
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: USA
Posts: 31
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...WPrVNRqL5ZwRh8
So for me it went from 'cool' to 'amazing!'
Mar 16, 22, 11:55 am
#47
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVP Gold, BA Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,613
I'm finding the PAR - SYD PNCFR fare very difficult to strategize with, and therefore the mixture of the two PNCFR fares, PAR - AKL with PAR - SYD, very difficult as well. One combination results in the same fare as the PAR - AKL alone, while the next adds ~500 EUR YQ. I can't comprehend whether the discrepancies are routing related, marketing carrier related, or something else. Insights would be very much appreciated.
Mar 17, 22, 1:48 am
#48
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 26
I should have been more precise:
Let's say I'm flying from Seattle to Auckland, and the actuall routing is SEA -> SFO -> AKL. Can I spent a few days in SFO?
Haven't been able to find the ~2700 EUR rates for such a stopover.
Let's say I'm flying from Seattle to Auckland, and the actuall routing is SEA -> SFO -> AKL. Can I spent a few days in SFO?
Haven't been able to find the ~2700 EUR rates for such a stopover.
Mar 17, 22, 2:22 am
#49
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: LAX/OTP
Programs: TK C+, AA/AS nothing, BA nothing
Posts: 1,189
Probably not, since you're probably not flying CDG-SEA and then immediately on to SFO-AKL. So if SEA is your stopover in North America, you can't also stop in SFO...
Mar 17, 22, 4:23 am
#51
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Location: London
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But beware the difference between "status miles" and "award miles" for some programmes. Status miles generally follow the expected distance and fare-class rules, but award miles can be related to the ticketing carrier and the fare paid.
Mar 17, 22, 7:38 am
#52
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: USA
Posts: 31
CDG-FRA: (P)
FRA-SEA: (P)
SEA-SFO: (P)
SFO-AKL: (J)
SYD-SIN: (D)
BKK-MUC: (P)
MUC-CDG: (P)
Mar 17, 22, 7:45 am
#53
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: USA
Posts: 31
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...D83ibwejBjRzU8
However the itinerary is no longer bookable on united.com, only through OTAs or LH over the phone.
Mar 17, 22, 11:00 am
#54
Join Date: Jul 2021
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 84
I'm attempting to book next January CDG-TYO-AKL-SFO-CDG but can only find a ZNCFR fare for ~3490 euro. Included in this, there seems to be a 260 euro YQ coming from somewhere. Anyone else able to get this routing to work at the advertised price?
Mar 17, 22, 6:23 pm
#55
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it's a Z fare here ... you need to find P availability. Change dates/flights to get that.
Mar 18, 22, 3:59 am
#56
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: BAEC, M&M, VA Flying Club
Posts: 93
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...z09EgYIARAAGAA
Mar 23, 22, 10:15 pm
#57
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVP Gold, BA Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,613
NZ's newly announced nonstop from JFK - AKL fits nicely into this fare. Apparently only the flights to/from Paris need to be in P class; ITA Matrix shows the new NZ flights (flight numbers 1 and 2) in J.
Mar 24, 22, 12:02 am
#58
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Muscat
Programs: Flying Blue, IHG plat, GHA Black, HH Gold
Posts: 25
It seems this one works from AMS as well, but more expensive ~3400 euros --> manage to get it down to about 3250 euro, anyone found cheaper?
AMS-SEA-AKL-HKG-AMS
AMS-SEA-AKL-HKG-AMS
Last edited by MrML; Mar 24, 22 at 6:57 am
Mar 24, 22, 5:27 am
#59
Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 6
Booked CDG-HNL-AKL / SYD-BKK-CDG for late November via Kilroy for 2874 EUR. Didn't ticket for 3 days but after I got in touch with their (very responsive) CS the tickets were sent to me within half an hour. Was able to select seats for all sectors 
