Star Alliance: MIA-Italy-Brazil $1,300 in Business
Apr 21, 2022, 12:39 am
#1
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Star Alliance: MIA-Italy-Brazil $1,300 in Business
This is a combination of business (P) fares on Star Alliance airlines. A double open-jaw from MIA to FCO, and then from elsewhere in Italy to Brazil, is available for around $1,300. It seems to be bookable through OTAs as well as Lufthansa directly.
Example
MIA-FRA-FCO/ NAP-ZRH-GRU -- $1,299
Example
MIA-FRA-FCO/ NAP-ZRH-GRU -- $1,299
Apr 21, 2022, 2:19 am
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Is fare comes and goes depending on how much LH is filling the planes. It is always a combination of East Coast-South Europe-South America (Brazil). I think last time the fare was via Spain. I would like the thread but I can't get the correct keywords to pull it up from last year.
Apr 21, 2022, 8:16 am
#3
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Does not need to be OJ in Europe: https://www.google.com/travel/flight...rciaFUR4KANEH6
If only there was a matching cheap deal from Brazil back to the US. (Can't route this back through US, unfortunately)
If only there was a matching cheap deal from Brazil back to the US. (Can't route this back through US, unfortunately)
Apr 21, 2022, 9:13 am
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Got excited thinking it was a roundtrip. Been looking for flights to Brazil for a couple weeks. The only cheaper options are on Avianca/Copa which are basically premium economy 
Apr 22, 2022, 12:31 am
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Return does not need to be to Brazil. Most of SA seems to be pricing out to between $1,300 and $1,400. I'm not sure if that is helpful, but I think it could allow for a cheaper OW back to the US (and some routings route through MIA/USA...).
EX:
MIA-FCO 07/12 J LX
FCO-MIA 08/02 J LX
MIA-SCL 08/27 J LA
~$1,500
EX:
MIA-FCO 07/12 J LX
FCO-MIA 08/02 J LX
MIA-SCL 08/27 J LA
~$1,500
Last edited by Fly2Connect; Apr 22, 2022 at 12:47 am
Apr 22, 2022, 1:04 am
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Works for a few hundred more to SCL, which also allows for some interesting routings back to the US.
For instance: MIA - ZRH - FCO on LX / MXP - ZRH - JFK [28h Layover] - SCL for $1592, similar dates. (You have to construct the search in ITA with ZRH-SCL as its own leg with a high minimum connection time.) This would allow you to ditch the last leg if you wanted to make this a cheap return (and weren't angling for all the miles), or you could use it to take a quick break in NYC on the way to Santiago.
For instance: MIA - ZRH - FCO on LX / MXP - ZRH - JFK [28h Layover] - SCL for $1592, similar dates. (You have to construct the search in ITA with ZRH-SCL as its own leg with a high minimum connection time.) This would allow you to ditch the last leg if you wanted to make this a cheap return (and weren't angling for all the miles), or you could use it to take a quick break in NYC on the way to Santiago.
Apr 22, 2022, 1:10 am
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Works for a few hundred more to SCL, which also allows for some interesting routings back to the US.
For instance: MIA - ZRH - FCO on LX / MXP - ZRH - JFK [28h Layover] - SCL for $1592, similar dates. (You have to construct the search in ITA with ZRH-SCL as its own leg with a high minimum connection time.) This would allow you to ditch the last leg if you wanted to make this a cheap return (and weren't angling for all the miles), or you could use it to take a quick break in NYC on the way to Santiago.
For instance: MIA - ZRH - FCO on LX / MXP - ZRH - JFK [28h Layover] - SCL for $1592, similar dates. (You have to construct the search in ITA with ZRH-SCL as its own leg with a high minimum connection time.) This would allow you to ditch the last leg if you wanted to make this a cheap return (and weren't angling for all the miles), or you could use it to take a quick break in NYC on the way to Santiago.
Apr 22, 2022, 2:00 am
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You don’t even need to have a connection in the US on the return. It prices identically even if the USA-SCL flight is weeks after the EU-USA leg. Simply construct a multi city search as noted in my above comment. Flying EU-NYC and MIA-SCL seems to be okay and flying to BOG and LIM also work. Could be a nice way to turn this into two trips.
Apr 22, 2022, 10:55 am
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