Star Alliance: CDG-North America-Auckland-Asia-CDG 2735€ biz
#601
this is possible in Z/D but not A as A doesnt allow stopovers
#602
Would the whole itinerary be protected in the event of a misconnect on Leg 1, as it's all on the same booking? If we misconnect on leg one (AMS-FRA-XXX) and therefore miss leg two (XXX-AKL), is that on us or the airline?
Found a fantastic fare including two first class segments, but with only 1 hour connection in FRA on leg one, I'm slightly hesitant to pull the trigger on it. Adding a day's buffer in XXX increases the price and downgrades the segment to Business.
Found a fantastic fare including two first class segments, but with only 1 hour connection in FRA on leg one, I'm slightly hesitant to pull the trigger on it. Adding a day's buffer in XXX increases the price and downgrades the segment to Business.
#603
#604
Wondering if someone can help suggest a routing and even a ballpark on pricing. Originally was thinking as LAX based we would route ex-AMS via Atl/Pac routing w stopover both ways in LAX but now we have an extra flight coupon back LAX-LHR and I think the crew has had enough European, ME and North Africa travel for a while. So I am thinking we burn the final segment to get back to London, the pick up AMS-XXX-YYY-SYD w the cheaper siberian/Asian routing w no stopover and fly back via Atl/PAc routing w/ a stopover in LAX on the return (and then hold the last segment for a future trip to Europe).
That should allow me to get the cheaper fare on the outbound and only have one stopover charge, plus it would be effectively a RTW which would be fun. Anyone have a ballpark on lowest business class pricing I might be able get that for?
That should allow me to get the cheaper fare on the outbound and only have one stopover charge, plus it would be effectively a RTW which would be fun. Anyone have a ballpark on lowest business class pricing I might be able get that for?
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Thank you nufnuf for your answer. Next question then, can we check our bags all the way through from AMS to AKL?
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If it was my question you were referring to, it’s just eight hours between arriving in SFO (or LAX) on leg one (LH) and departing on leg two (NZ). Somebody upthread mentioned that they got different PNRs for LH and NZ, hence why I wasn’t sure if the “connection” would be protected.
Thank you nufnuf for your answer. Next question then, can we check our bags all the way through from AMS to AKL?
Thank you nufnuf for your answer. Next question then, can we check our bags all the way through from AMS to AKL?
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I am new to this party and absolutely flabbergasted that it seems nothing other than Matrix can price this fare. It looks like people have been using TAs to professionally assemble tickets for this, but I was academically curious why on earth it seems like no other search engine is capable of pricing?
My best guess is that it seems like the routing tables are really persnickety about marketing carrier and so the solutions I get on Matrix are a careful combination of codeshares where primes would not route...
My best guess is that it seems like the routing tables are really persnickety about marketing carrier and so the solutions I get on Matrix are a careful combination of codeshares where primes would not route...
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I am new to this party and absolutely flabbergasted that it seems nothing other than Matrix can price this fare. It looks like people have been using TAs to professionally assemble tickets for this, but I was academically curious why on earth it seems like no other search engine is capable of pricing?
My best guess is that it seems like the routing tables are really persnickety about marketing carrier and so the solutions I get on Matrix are a careful combination of codeshares where primes would not route...
My best guess is that it seems like the routing tables are really persnickety about marketing carrier and so the solutions I get on Matrix are a careful combination of codeshares where primes would not route...
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My guess is that it's badly hampered by the routing table which requires things like the LX fare in order to fly that outbound on LX, and specifically SFO-AMS marketed by LH on the LH fare to route (don't think you can get it UA marketed).
If you're getting fancy and routing this via both oceans and stopovers, etc. then I can understand that difficulty. Buy annoying that e.g. it might be too much to get even the above on IAP now.