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Tracking Down a Difficult Fare
Hi all,
Long-time flyertalk lurker, first-time poster. Am in the midst of booking a rather unusual LHR - EZE - ORD - EZE route for this winter, and am wondering if anyone might have more success than I've had in tracking down a fare that I found on ITA Matrix, but can't (after quite a bit of research, consultation with other flyertalk members, etc) seem to find on my own. Here's the fare I'm trying to find: London (LHR) to Buenos Aires (EZE) - Sat, Dec 7 Air Canada London (LHR) to Toronto (YYZ) - Sat, Dec 7 Air Canada 859 Dep: 6:00PM Arr: 9:15PM 8h 15m Boeing 767 Economy (K) Layover in YYZ 2h 30m Air Canada Toronto (YYZ) to Santiago (SCL) - Sat, Dec 7 Air Canada 92 Dep: 11:45PM Arr: 12:05PM 10h 20m Boeing 777 Economy (K) Stop in SCL Sun, Dec 8 1h 30m Air Canada Santiago (SCL) to Buenos Aires (EZE) - Sun, Dec 8 Air Canada 92 Dep: 1:35PM Arr: 3:30PM 1h 55m Boeing 777 Economy (K) Buenos Aires (EZE) to Chicago (ORD) - Mon, Dec 23 United Airlines, Inc. Buenos Aires (EZE) to Houston (IAH) - Mon, Dec 23 United Airlines, Inc. 818 Dep: 10:30PM Arr: 6:00AM 10h 30m Boeing 767 Economy (V) Layover in IAH Tue, Dec 24 1h 10m United Airlines, Inc. Houston (IAH) to Chicago (ORD) - Tue, Dec 24 United Airlines, Inc. 1160 Dep: 7:10AM Arr: 9:46AM 2h 36m Boeing 737 Economy (V) Chicago (ORD) to London (LHR) - Thu, Jan 9 United Airlines, Inc. United Airlines, Inc. 938 Dep: 9:00PM Arr: 11:05AM 8h 5m Boeing 767 Economy (V) Fri, Jan 10 Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $1,233.32 Total cost for 1 passenger $1,233.32 How to buy this ticket Tickets cannot be purchased directly from ITA Software. Provide this information to a travel agent to help them match the fares found. Make sure to provide the exact booking and fare codes shown. Fare 1: Carrier AC KLES LON to BUE (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code K Covers LHR-YYZ (Economy), YYZ-EZE (Economy) $224.61 Fare 2: Carrier UA VL4NCWL BUE to LON (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code V Covers EZE-IAH (Economy), IAH-ORD (Economy), ORD-LHR (Economy) $244.66 (YQ) $235.90 Toronto Airport Improvement Fee (SQ) $3.90 Canadian Harmonized Sales Tax (ON) (RC) $0.50 United Kingdom Air Passengers Duty (GB) $150.80 United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge (UB) $63.80 US September 11th Security Fee (AY) $5.00 USDA APHIS Fee (XA) $5.00 US Immigration Fee (XY) $7.00 US Customs Fee (YC) $5.50 Argentina Airport Tax (XR) $37.32 Argentina Immigration Tax (QO) $10.00 Argentina Security Tax (TQ) $10.00 US International Arrival Tax (US) $17.20 (YQ) $191.70 US International Departure Tax (US) $17.20 US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) $4.50 Subtotal per passenger $1,233.32 Number of passengers x1 TOTAL AIRFARE & TAXES $1,233.32 This ticket is non-refundable. Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee. Fare construction (can be useful to travel agents) LON AC X/YTO AC BUE 216.20KLES UA X/HOU UA CHI UA LON 235.50VL4NCWL NUC 451.70 END ROE 0.647533 XT 150.80GB 63.80UB 0.50RC 3.90SQ 10.00QO 10.00TQ 37.32XR 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 34.40US 5.00AY 427.60YQ 4.50XF ORD4.50 If anyone has a tip for locating that fare, I'd be in your debt! |
I can get what looks like the same fare by entering the details into http://www.google.co.uk/flights (which is ITA by another name), then clicking through to United. Comes out as £822.40.
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Thanks, Stut. I guess the only issue is that I am not a UK buyer. Are there any tricks to getting this fare from the US? I did try to purchase the fare through United, but was rejected for that reason.
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Actually, try opodo.co.uk - there's a cheaper AA fare on there, unless you're particularly wedded to those airlines and that routing.
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Originally Posted by idontfitinairplanes
(Post 21507466)
Thanks, Stut. I guess the only issue is that I am not a UK buyer. Are there any tricks to getting this fare from the US? I did try to purchase the fare through United, but was rejected for that reason.
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