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Wierd airfare "glitch"
#131946
06/06/2017 11:41 AM
06/06/2017 11:41 AM
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Posts: 702 Lake Texoma, Texas
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I just booked our air to SXM for this fall, and booking the legs separately on AA instead of booking round trip saved $75/ticket. I've never encountered this before on a single airline. Saved additionally because they still allow a 24 hour hold on tickets, and the tickets went up overnight.
I've been searching for weeks for the perfect flights, i.e. no 6 hour layover in MIA, and finally settled for 2nd best each way. Except, the second best going is the best schedule, but a day earlier. We'll just have to live with an extra day on the island.
BTW, for you left coasters, the fare was $438 rt from SFO, so the planets have aligned for us this trip.
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Re: Wierd airfare "glitch"
[Re: cruzer]
#131948
06/06/2017 12:49 PM
06/06/2017 12:49 PM
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Posts: 3,278 Maryland/DC Metro
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cruzer said: BTW, for you left coasters, the fare was $438 rt from SFO, so the planets have aligned for us this trip. That is a GREAT fare! I am struggling to find flights for July....everything is coming up over $800 from any of our 3 airports. NOT HAPPY! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/hammer.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Wierd airfare "glitch"
[Re: boucharda]
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06/11/2017 01:36 PM
06/11/2017 01:36 PM
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boucharda said: A couple of days ago that was right around the price for a N/S R/T in January from BOS...I used miles (28k r/t) but the price was under $500 R/T...guess it does pay to grab 'em when they first come out And sometimes you can be real lucky and catch a data entry mistake. We once found an AA Business flight to SXM posted at less than the Coach on the same flight the same day. We grabbed that one in a heartbeat and an hour or two later the error was corrected and the fare we found was GONE! We've also seen a similar situation on recent posting of JB flights but sadly, we weren't planning on traveling on that particular date. A couple of hours later, almost a third of the MINT seats on that flight were sold out and the MINT fare was back to where I think it was always supposed to have been. Accidents do happen and mistakes are made. It's nice when you can benefit from them at the airlines expense for a change! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Weird airfare "glitch"
[Re: PreK176]
#131956
06/11/2017 03:33 PM
06/11/2017 03:33 PM
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Yup..."preferred boarding" is a step below "priority boarding"...kinda of a joke Eligible cardmembers will board after Priority boarding is complete, but before the rest of economy boarding. The boarding benefit will display on your American Airlines boarding pass as Group 5.
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Re: Wierd airfare "glitch"
[Re: DandM29212]
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06/12/2017 11:38 AM
06/12/2017 11:38 AM
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Posts: 82,796 Central Florida!
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It's very expensive to fly from Miami also. Things have gotten MUCH more expensive since US Air and AA merged. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Mad.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Wierd airfare "glitch"
[Re: Carol_Hill]
#131959
06/12/2017 06:15 PM
06/12/2017 06:15 PM
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We have booked AA out of GSP (upstate SC) for October of this year to SXM. The cost was a little over $100 cheaper per ticket for the flights. The flight goes from GSP to Charlotte and catches the same direct flight that we would have driven to Charlotte and caught. Who knows how they determine prices. It was that way last year also.
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