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Old May 13, 2022, 5:57 pm
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AA: South Africa to BOG in Full-Fare Biz $1,760 o/w or $3,750 r/t

AA has a Business Flexible (J) fare from South Africa to South America starting at around $1,760 one-way or $3,750 round-trip. I can only make it work to destinations in Colombia. Routing via DOH is possible, at least on the outbound, but adds about $200 to the base fare per direction.

Changes/cancellations:
Code:
Category 16: Penalties

  CANCELLATIONS
    ANY TIME
      CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED FOR CANCEL/NO-SHOW.
         NOTE -
          CANCELLATIONS ARE PERMITTED WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY
          OF ORIGINAL TICKET.
          FOR CANCELLATION AFTER DEPARTURE THE REFUND WILL
          BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FARE PAID AND FARE FOR
          JOURNEY TRAVELLED.
          -----
          FOR TRAVEL AGENCY BOOKINGS MADE IN MEXICO / THE
          CARIBBEAN / CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA - AA WILL
          ASSESS A USD 50.00 FEE ON ANY UNTICKETED
          RESERVATION NOT CANCELLED BEFORE DEPARTURE.
  CHANGES
    ANY TIME
      CHANGES PERMITTED FOR NO-SHOW/REISSUE/REVALIDATION.
         NOTE -
          A CHANGE IS A ROUTING / OR DATE / OR FLIGHT
          MODIFICATION.
          CHANGE IS PERMITTED WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY OF
          ORIGINAL TICKET.
          TICKETS MUST BE REISSUED FOR ALL VOLUNTARY
          CHANGES.
          --------------------------------------------------
          WHERE THIS FARE IS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER FARE THE
          PENALTY CONDITIONS OF THE CHANGED FARE COMPONENT
          WILL APPLY.
          --------------------------------------------------
                     CALCULATION OF REISSUES
          //CHANGES BEFORE OUTBOUND DEPARTURE//
          WHEN THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT IS CHANGED THE
          ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING CURRENT FARES
          IN EFFECT ON THE DATE THE TICKET IS REISSUED.
          -----
          WHEN THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FIRST FARE
          COMPONENT BUT OTHER FARE COMPONENTS ARE CHANGED
          THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL
          FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE OR
          CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF TICKET
          REISSUE WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
          --------------------------------------------------
          //CHANGES AFTER DEPARTURE//
          THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL
          FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE.
          -----
          WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE
          THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE COLLECTED.
          -----
          WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A LOWER FARE A
          REFUND OF THE RESIDUAL AMOUNT LESS THE APPLICABLE
          PENALTY WILL BE MADE.
          -----
          REISSUES/EXCHANGES NOT ALLOWED TO EOU/ERU FARE
          TYPES.
Stopovers:
Code:
Category 8: Stopover restrictions

  UNLIMITED STOPOVERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION
       NONE IN CUBA.
Examples:
One way -- DUR-JNB-LHR-MIA-BOG -- $1,760
Round trip -- JNB-LHR-MIA-BOG and back -- $3,750
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Old May 13, 2022, 6:47 pm
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Available to various Colombian cities.

Is this fully refundable?

Last edited by nk15; May 13, 2022 at 6:56 pm
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Old May 13, 2022, 7:32 pm
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Fare basis is J1NFFMN5 and looks like it was filed in Jan ‘21. Fully refundable, but no HIP exception so must be flow straight through.
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Old May 13, 2022, 7:47 pm
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JNB available at $1850 for one way, goes up to $1900 with a stopover in JFK/MIA. Including December holidays.
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Old May 17, 2022, 3:38 pm
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it seems this deal is dead. Very unfortunate since I was playing with it last night and i was serious about booking it. The routings were generous and stopovers in the US were possible without a price increase. Fare even worked to GRU and EZE.
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Old May 17, 2022, 7:43 pm
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Originally Posted by atcanobbio
it seems this deal is dead. Very unfortunate since I was playing with it last night and i was serious about booking it. The routings were generous and stopovers in the US were possible without a price increase. Fare even worked to GRU and EZE.
Yup. Updated the fare.
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 J1NFFMN5 J‡X 5070.00 ---- -/‡ ‡‡/ - AT01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-JNB TO-BOG CXR-AA TVL-01AUG22 RULE-A201 IPRSAA2/27
FARE BASIS-J1NFFMN5 NORMAL FARE DIS-N VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BU OW-BUSINESS CLASS UNRESTRICTED
ZAR 81880.00 MPM E17MAY22 D-INFINITY FC-J1NFFMN5 FN-
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 16MAY22/1114 EXPIRES INFINITY

PUBLISHED RTG JNB-BOG/AA EF-17MAY22 DIS-INDEF

/VIA THE ATLANTIC/ MPM 9950
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES BETWEEN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION
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Old May 17, 2022, 9:11 pm
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Originally Posted by skunker
Yup. Updated the fare.
what do you think made AA update the fare, too generous? mistake?

I wonder if they honored the any of the bookings made.
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Old May 18, 2022, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by atcanobbio
what do you think made AA update the fare, too generous? mistake?

I wonder if they honored the any of the bookings made.
Yes, they will honor the fare. AA generally is very lenient when it comes to discounted fares and this wasn't especially cheap. The most generous part was that it was full J.
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