Star Alliance: MIA-Italy-Brazil $1,300 in Business
Apr 22, 2022, 11:32 am
#16
Formerly doc4science
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: CMH/DSM
Programs: United Airlines Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 561
As far as I can tell it also does not work with departures past October. The biggest issue with the fare for me is the required time in FCO. If anyone knows how to get a <2week turn around in Italy please let me know 
Apr 22, 2022, 5:39 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: United 1kMM; AA EX Plat, Hilton Diamond and SPG Plat
Posts: 2,012
Sample SFO oubound to FCO retun to NYC or SCL
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...fJu44SCHgcRT29
$1600 AI
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...fJu44SCHgcRT29
$1600 AI
Apr 23, 2022, 7:04 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2022
Posts: 2
It is possible, as yesterday I was able to book all on LH (in P) for Apr 2023. MIA-FRA-FCO / FCO-FRA-GRU. I booked direct with airline and staying for 7 days in Italy.
Apr 23, 2022, 12:47 pm
#21
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA 1K3M, Marriott(SPG) Lifetime Plat
Posts: 230
Did you actually call and book? I found some good fares from SFO-FCO, MXP-GRU or other points in South America (GIG, SCL, LIM) but they all said you have to call the airline...
Apr 23, 2022, 1:32 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAS, ZQN
Programs: UA PP (2MM), BA gold
Posts: 2,195
This is interesting as 2 different fare rules -both round trip that can be combined and used as 1/2 r/t fares. Does show up sometimes on ITA- so should be bookable using Power Tools. I wanted to split into another trip but JFK-SCL max showed 3 months from outbound (MXP-JFK) so did not work for me.
Fare 1: Carrier LH PNA86KNC SFO to ROM
Fare 2: Carrier LH PNC30IA MIL to SCL
Which clicked to LH:
Friday, 08/26/2022 19:25 PM
San Francisco International, CA (SFO)
Rome - Leonardo Da Vinci (FCO)
Tuesday, 09/13/2022 06:00 AM
Milan Malpensa (MXP)
New York - JFK International, NY (JFK)
Saturday, 11/26/2022 18:55 PM
New York - JFK International, NY (JFK)
Santiago - Arturo Merino Benitez (SCL)
1 Passenger(s)
USD 1,839.87
Total price:
USD 1,839.87
Fare 1: Carrier LH PNA86KNC SFO to ROM
Fare 2: Carrier LH PNC30IA MIL to SCL
Which clicked to LH:
Friday, 08/26/2022 19:25 PM
San Francisco International, CA (SFO)
Rome - Leonardo Da Vinci (FCO)
Tuesday, 09/13/2022 06:00 AM
Milan Malpensa (MXP)
New York - JFK International, NY (JFK)
Saturday, 11/26/2022 18:55 PM
New York - JFK International, NY (JFK)
Santiago - Arturo Merino Benitez (SCL)
1 Passenger(s)
USD 1,839.87
Total price:
USD 1,839.87
Last edited by zebranz; Apr 23, 2022 at 1:38 pm Reason: Added Fare Basis
Apr 23, 2022, 1:59 pm
#23
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: NYC / MIA / AMS
Programs: UA 1k
Posts: 499
Apr 23, 2022, 2:15 pm
#24
Join Date: Apr 2022
Posts: 2
Apr 23, 2022, 2:35 pm
#25
Formerly doc4science
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: CMH/DSM
Programs: United Airlines Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 561
Never call. You should be able to build it directly on the airlines website or book via an OTA, but never call.
Apr 24, 2022, 1:26 pm
#27
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: KATL
Programs: DL DM/2MM
Posts: 2,032
I've always had good luck booking with Priceline using the tampermonkey/greasemonkey userscript after finding the routing on matrix.itasoftware.com. It's not very easy to find your preferred routing using the search tools at priceline.com, but the link created by the userscript has never failed me.
Apr 24, 2022, 6:55 pm
#28
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA 1K3M, Marriott(SPG) Lifetime Plat
Posts: 230
Thank you all. I remembered from a post from long ago 'not to call' - ever.
I will experiment a bit and see what I can find booking online.
Sadly UA's website doesn't offer this... but I suppose I could still earn lifetime miles in UA flights.
I will experiment a bit and see what I can find booking online.
Sadly UA's website doesn't offer this... but I suppose I could still earn lifetime miles in UA flights.
Apr 24, 2022, 8:56 pm
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio
Programs: DL DM, Former AA EXP now AY Plat, AC 75K, NW Plat, Former CO Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 27,040
Some people think that calling in is how these get found out. This ignores the fact these get find out by a computer. Plus that not all of these are "errors." Calling in is less likely to result in fare going away, then computer that detects these all the time.
Apr 25, 2022, 1:13 pm
#30
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: New York, USA / London, UK
Posts: 34
Have you guys had any luck building a NYC-EU-NYC-South America pricing under $2200? Have tried many combos and no luck for anything near $1800.
any help would be appreciated (I’m probably searching incorrectly on ITA)
any help would be appreciated (I’m probably searching incorrectly on ITA)
