LAX TO MCO advice

[doczim]

HHi wasn't sure where to post this. I wanted some recommendation on airlines for return Lax TO MCO. Two I have looked at are Virgin America and AA. Virgin is $1039 return for F and AA $920. The family pooling for VX would certainly help 80x3x2. 120x2 on AA is nothing to be scoffed at either. CHOICE plus in AA was about half the price.

What do ppl think? Is F worth it for this 4hr 40 flight? Should I look at other airlines?

 

[Princess Fiona]

HHi wasn't sure where to post this. I wanted some recommendation on airlines for return Lax TO MCO. Two I have looked at are Virgin America and AA. Virgin is $1039 return for F and AA $920. The family pooling for VX would certainly help 80x3x2. 120x2 on AA is nothing to be scoffed at either. CHOICE plus in AA was about half the price.

What do ppl think? Is F worth it for this 4hr 40 flight? Should I look at other airlines?

Coach in the US is pretty horrible for anything other than a short flight although I believe VX is reported to be one of the better offerings out there (never personally flown them).
F depends on whether it's worth it or not to you, I personally would put up the cash for a transcon if I had it, and I really like AA F, even in the old 737 and 757 aircraft.

 

[serfty]

HHi wasn't sure where to post this. I wanted some recommendation on airlines for return Lax TO MCO. Two I have looked at are Virgin America and AA. Virgin is $1039 return for F and AA $920. The family pooling for VX would certainly help 80x3x2. 120x2 on AA is nothing to be scoffed at either. CHOICE plus in AA was about half the price.

What do ppl think? Is F worth it for this 4hr 40 flight? Should I look at other airlines?

When are you travelling?

Velocity is yon Ffriend.

Delta @ USD1070 pp - via MSP each way for 280 SC's per person (80+60 x 2), with two that's 560.

 

[doczim]

I had heard that VX was one of the better ones.

travel is for 27/10 ret 11/11. Would prefer direct. If it were just me I'd connect but with MrsZim and 10yo not a good option for us.

 

[FuzzyAUS]

Im in Orlando from 8/11 to 16/11, I am flying QF which means its AA for internal flights

On the way over it's SYD LAX DFW MCO

on the way back it's MCO LAX SYD

 

[doczim]

Im in Orlando from 8/11 to 16/11, I am flying QF which means its AA for internal flights

On the way over it's SYD LAX DFW MCO

on the way back it's MCO LAX SYD

Fuzz
are you doing them as stopovers? I've seen that as a "feature" of my ticket but want sure how it would work

 

[Princess Fiona]

Fuzz
are you doing them as stopovers? I've seen that as a "feature" of my ticket but want sure how it would work

Just be careful if booking them as part of a QF ticket. On QF codeshares you will only be credited with J SC's on AA sectors as part of a J ticket from Aus.

 

[doczim]

Just be careful if booking them as part of a QF ticket. On QF codeshares you will only be credited with J SC's on AA sectors as part of a J ticket from Aus.

Now I think about it, as these are classic award flights I probably wouldn't get SC if booked as part of them would I? On the other hand it could save $2700-3000 so that's worth a look anyway.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Now I think about it, as these are classic award flights I probably wouldn't get SC if booked as part of them would I? On the other hand it could save $2700-3000 so that's worth a look anyway.

Yes, that's correct.

 

[FuzzyAUS]

Mine are J all the way, I chose to stop in DFW on the way over as it gives me more SC's,

Princess Fiona is right, you get the AA F seat, but its J SC's which is fine as I normally do 2600-3000 SC's per year

 

[doczim]

Re: LAX TO MCO advice and Need New advice

I was searching for some stopover information and came across this old thread which I started. Thought I would post my experience to help anyone searching in the future and also ask some more questions for a new trip.

regarding the original post - I ended up choosing Virgin America there and AA back. We flew VX Main Cabin Select and got the bulk head row right behind Business. these seats were just like a VA row 3, plenty of extra leg room so comfortable for the 5 hrs to Orlando. Ticket included food and drinks, priority security and boarding. I am not certain about if I paid extra for baggage. I was SG at the time. I did try and do the upgrade at T-minus xhours online but wasn't successful. In the end I was very happy that I didnt cough any extra as our seats were more than fine, in fact very comfortable. One thing they did say with the Aisle seats of the Front Main Cabin Select seats was that if they needed them for a pax who had accessibility difficulties that we would have to vacate ( bit like Row 5 on VA 777 for families with babies) there was no issues so we all sat together which was great.

The trip back to LAX was AA in F. seats were 2 x 2 so we were split, the F cabin was full. As many would know F on AA Domestic is more a J service and I would say comparable to the J on Domestic QF on a 767. One thing that really stood out was the breakfast, it was the best airline meal I had ever had (aside from the J QF international that we had on the way over from AUS)

The prices were $US300 for VX and $US466 for AA. was the difference worth it? probably not, but I still liked it and with that difference might do it again, though now my company is in the VA camp that might sway me to keep my status earning with the one airline.

Anyway hope this assists anyone searching...I do have a further related question regarding stopovers.

On the same vein our next trip is planned like this :
BNE-LAX(6nights)
LAX-MCO(20nights)
MCO-JFK(7nights)
JFK-LAX-BNE

For a Flex fare (L)it says you can have 1 free stopover )+taxes. Now my questions :
If I were booking BNE-MCO, is LAX considered a stopover?
If so is there any advantage or disadvantage to this?

I priced both BNE-MCO(via LAX obviously) and BNE:LAX. There is roughly $500AUD difference in the Flex fare. I priced Delta LAX-MCO for same dates and its basically the same price $500AUD. So from this, at least price wise I cant see much if any advantage of booking it as one ( Im WP if makes any diff)

Am I looking at this the right way or am I way off? appreciate advice oh wise ones