AV: JFK - EZE J $755 Scattered Dates Mai, April, June
Jan 21, 2019, 9:53 am
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AV: JFK - EZE J $755 Scattered Dates Mai, April, June
Jan 21, 2019, 10:32 am
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Jan 21, 2019, 10:47 am
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Did anyone actually get this to book? This is the third time I've seen phantom J availability on AV.
Last summer took almost 6 hours to book a $350 RT JFK-CTG in J, but everywhere was repricing me up to $900.. Got it to ticket, then had to cancel it.
Last summer took almost 6 hours to book a $350 RT JFK-CTG in J, but everywhere was repricing me up to $900.. Got it to ticket, then had to cancel it.
Jan 21, 2019, 11:28 am
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I had it all priced out in Expedia and put my credit card information in but by the time 45min later my SO got back with which dates she can get off work it was gone. But it was live and possible to price out on Expedia etc. for at least 45min to an hour.
Jan 21, 2019, 11:30 am
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Couldn't coordinate in time and you snooze you lose...
Jan 21, 2019, 11:34 am
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While doing searches for this deal in GF, I ran into a scenario I've run into before that's maddening, and I wonder if you could give me your insights. I clicked on an outbound date in the calendar that shows $756 and then chose a return with the same price. I saw $756 next to the DONE button in the lower right corner of the calendar window, confirming I'd chosen a good date pair. After I clicked on DONE, it started showing possible flights in descending price order as usual, starting with $756. Cool. Before I could even click on one of the $756 flights, it changed to a significantly higher price. Or, a couple of times I got lucky enough to snag a $756 outbound, but the return was well over $2K (even though I chose a date paring of $756). It happened over and over. This scenario doesn't happen often, but when it does it drives me nuts. Is it just that so many people are going after a deal that GF can't keep up, or what gives?
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Last edited by melrowgo; Jan 21, 2019 at 11:43 am
Jan 21, 2019, 11:35 am
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Disappeared before my very eyes, while I was trying to get the best times, best aircraft and least layovers, up she went to $1386.... Going down included TACA, for $755 yes, for $1386, no way Jose.
Jan 21, 2019, 1:24 pm
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While doing searches for this deal in GF, I ran into a scenario I've run into before that's maddening, and I wonder if you could give me your insights. I clicked on an outbound date in the calendar that shows $756 and then chose a return with the same price. I saw $756 next to the DONE button in the lower right corner of the calendar window, confirming I'd chosen a good date pair. After I clicked on DONE, it started showing possible flights in descending price order as usual, starting with $756. Cool. Before I could even click on one of the $756 flights, it changed to a significantly higher price. Or, a couple of times I got lucky enough to snag a $756 outbound, but the return was well over $2K (even though I chose a date paring of $756). It happened over and over. This scenario doesn't happen often, but when it does it drives me nuts. Is it just that so many people are going after a deal that GF can't keep up, or what gives?
(Mods, feel free to move this to a more appropriate forum)
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I was pretty quick and was not able to get to a ticket.. I'm asking to see if anyone ACTUALLY got a ticket, and I'm not seeing anyone. I struggle to think that this was even fully bookable.
Jan 21, 2019, 1:29 pm
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Isn't $1400 still a great price for JFK-EZE RT in business class? Especially if it's available for December as this is high season in BsAs.
Jan 21, 2019, 1:53 pm
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Consider that at best you get a recliner seat, and at worst, you get a domestic-US type F seat for segments lasting 5++ hours.