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Old Oct 21, 2017, 12:48 pm
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DL: China-Brazil Biz $1400 ow/$3000 rt (60k VS ew)

Not a fare for everybody, but Delta has a full fare, unrestricted Business, 15,000+ MPM filed from several cities in China to most of Brazil.

VS earns 400% in C class: https://wheretocredit.com/dl/c

Fare basis: CEB
Origins: DLC/CSX/CTU/CKG/CGQ/CGO/FOC
Destinations: GIG/UDI/GRU/CWB/CGB/POA/FLN/CGR/IGU/CNF

15,000 mi @ 400% ≅ 60k VS ow or 120k VS rt

Code:
STOPOVERS
    UNLIMITED FREE STOPOVERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING
   UNIT.
TRANSFERS
    UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
     ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING -
      UNLIMITED ONLINE ON DL.
   AND - 2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION
           ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING -
            2 INTERLINE INCLUDING DL.
         FARE BREAK SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED AND
         EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED ON THE FARE
         COMPONENT.
PENALTIES
    CANCELLATIONS
     CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED.
   CHANGES
     CHANGES PERMITTED.
Sample with some fun routing:


Bookable on Priceline:
https://www.priceline.com/m/fly/sear...0&num-youths=0
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 12:59 pm
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Remember that both Brazil and China require visas for many passports, including USA. It's an expensive hassle ($160 visa fee plus visa service fees, photos, etc. for USA).
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 1:02 pm
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funny seeing 66k VS enhanced into 7k DL miles
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 1:11 pm
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Whoah. It's like getting back half of the money.

(would love to see this ticketed as not 001)

Does ` UNLIMITED FREE STOPOVERS PERMITTED.` mean one could technically stopover in every airport in the US that DL flies?

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Old Oct 21, 2017, 2:33 pm
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Originally Posted by tomasdev
Whoah. It's like getting back half of the money.

(would love to see this ticketed as not 001)

Does ` UNLIMITED FREE STOPOVERS PERMITTED.` mean one could technically stopover in every airport in the US that DL flies?
Isn't 001 stock number for AA, or do you mean 006 for DL?
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 2:38 pm
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Originally Posted by tomasdev
Whoah. It's like getting back half of the money.

(would love to see this ticketed as not 001)

Does ` UNLIMITED FREE STOPOVERS PERMITTED.` mean one could technically stopover in every airport in the US that DL flies?
Would it even be possible to construct such a fare? Like I could spend a week flying around doing nothing next May. Is there a limit on how long the stopover can be? Could it be 6 months?
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 2:56 pm
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How do I change the dates?
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 3:54 pm
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Originally Posted by hockeyinsider
Would it even be possible to construct such a fare? Like I could spend a week flying around doing nothing next May. Is there a limit on how long the stopover can be? Could it be 6 months?
The ticket validity is one year, so the stopover couldn't be more than that. Besides this, it could last as long as you want, check the fare rules below:

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Old Oct 21, 2017, 4:20 pm
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No penalties for cancellation on this fare?

Works pretty well as an ex-China TPAC o/w.
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 4:24 pm
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This is crazy good.

So what's the most extreme routing someone can come up with for me? I'm game. I'd need a positioning flight to one of the cities in China. I'd like to do a couple days in Tokyo and Hawaii on the way back. I'm up for crazy routing.


Originally Posted by psbaj
The ticket validity is one year, so the stopover couldn't be more than that. Besides this, it could last as long as you want, check the fare rules below:

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Old Oct 21, 2017, 6:02 pm
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I see no HIP exception in the fare rules so any stopover would trigger a higher fare check
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 6:40 pm
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Foc to shanghai to pek to dtw then loooong stopover then from jfk to sao. Still prices at 1440. Almost 13h on a350...
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Old Oct 21, 2017, 7:41 pm
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Originally Posted by sony2012
Foc to shanghai to pek to dtw then loooong stopover then from jfk to sao. Still prices at 1440. Almost 13h on a350...
struggling to price that one, do you have an example?
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Old Oct 22, 2017, 3:21 am
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Originally Posted by ristasm
struggling to price that one, do you have an example?
departure May 16 from FOC and May 21 from JFK:
https://www.priceline.com/m/fly/sear...=1438&cents=56
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Old Oct 22, 2017, 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by tomasdev
Whoah. It's like getting back half of the money.

(would love to see this ticketed as not 001)

Does ` UNLIMITED FREE STOPOVERS PERMITTED.` mean one could technically stopover in every airport in the US that DL flies?
Normally your stopover(s) must be at connecting airports such as a hubs along the way. You can't do a side excursion and call it a connection unless the route is legal for your fare rules.
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