status run in USA

[kiwitripper64]

Planning trip to Vancouver with Mrs kiwi next year. The 2 for 1 J sale would be useful about now.

Thinking of doing a trip around US-Canada. Is there anything like a circle pacific fare that is just for lots of cheap US travel and lets us keep status points up.

 

[anat0l]

There's oneworld's Visit North America pass:

oneworld - Visit North America

There's a sale on at the moment which knocks off 10% of the price, but note that the prices given on the website are exclusive of taxes (and you don't get 10% off the price of taxes either).

I'm not sure whether the economics stack up on this kind of fare if status credits are your game, though. From your post, it seems you'd just like some sort of fare product that will take you places around, and if it has some SCs with it then all and good, in which case the Visit N America pass might be OK - but check with the experts here first.

For a true SC run if you would like it, consider doing a AA YUPP run (i.e. "Instant Upgrade" fares on AA) instead.

 

[Oneworldplus2]

I did a few dummy bookings on AA in the last few days as l was planning on going to the USA and doing some myself. Circumstances have changed, so l'll be doing them in the middle of next year. Prices are current and will most probably change.

TPA DFW 929 90
DFW ATL 731 90
ATL DFW 731 90
DFW TPA 929 90
TOTAL SC 360
TOTAL COST 2038
SC= $5.66


TPA ORD 1012 90
ORD ATL 606 90
ATL ORD 606 90
ORD TPA 1012 90
TOTAL SC 360
TOTAL PRICE 2118.40
SC= $5.88

SFO DFW 1464 120
DFW PDX 1616 120
PDX SEA 129 60
SEA SFO 679 90
TOTAL SC 390
TOTAL PRICE 1774.40
SC= $4.54


SFO LAX 337 60
LAX SEA 954 90
SEA LAX 954 90
LAX SFO 337 60
TOTAL SC 300
TOTAL PRICE 650.40
SC= $2.16


SFO SEA 679 90
SEA PDX 129 20
PDX SEA 129 20
SEA SFO 679 90
TOTAL SC 220
TOTAL PRICE 542.20
SC= $2.47

HNL OGG 101 60
OGG DFW 3711 180
DFW LAS 1055 90
LAS LAX 236 60
LAX HNL 2556 150
TOTAL SC 540
TOTAL PRICE 3830.17
SC= $7.09



ANC SEA 1448 120
SEA DEN 1024 90
DEN DFW 641 90
DFW ABQ 569 60
TOTAL SC 360
TOTAL COST 1490.45
SC=4.14

LAX-SFO 60
SFO-LAX 60
TOTAL SC 120
TOTAL COST 327.30
SC=2.72


LAX SEA 954 90
SEA LAX 954 90
LAX SFO 337 60
SFO SEA 679 90
SEA SFO 679 90
SFO LAX 337 60
TOTAL SC480
TOTAL COST 1355.60
SC =$2.82


LAX-SFO 337 60
SFO-SEA 679 90
SEA-SFO 679 90
SFO-LAX 337 60
TOTAL SC 300
TOTAL COST 740.40
SC=$2.468

 

[serfty]

Try this:

ONT DFW A 90
DFW MIA A 90
MIA MEX I 80
MEX MIA I 80
MIA DFW A 90
DFW ONT A 90
Total SC's: 520
Total Cost: AUD1100
SC= $2.2

 

[kiwitripper64]

You guys are champions. Many thanks and I will start to bring this up with Mrs "She who must be convinced".
Can someone pl explain this in words a kiwi can understand. Can it be booked through NZ or do I have to go through Aus or USA.

For a true SC run if you would like it, consider doing a AA YUPP run (i.e. "Instant Upgrade" fares on AA) instead.

 

[serfty]

Try this:

ONT DFW A 90
DFW MIA A 90
MIA MEX I 80
MEX MIA I 80
MIA DFW A 90
DFW ONT A 90
Total SC's: 520
Total Cost: AUD1100
SC= $2.2

... For a true SC run if you would like it, consider doing a AA YUPP run (i.e. "Instant Upgrade" fares on AA) instead.

Those fares are "YUPP's" (or equivalent).

I have actually booked the above on the AA.com website using the "US resident" method.

This thread gives a clue - many of the fares referred to are now gone, but you'll get the idea:

http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/com...-advantage/good-sc-earning-value-ex-8840.html

As to how to book:

http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/com...ge/arrgh-its-painful-buying-tickets-8415.html

 

[straitman]

In a few weeks I am doing the following:

LAX-DFW 120
DFW-TPA 90
TPA-DFW 90
DFW-SEA 120
SEA-SFO 90
SEA-SFO 60

570 SC for $1849.60pp.
$3.25 per SC.

This was not optimised other than we flew to TPA rather than MCO as it was a approx $500 cheaper and it suits us anyway. We are stopping in SFO for a couple of days which added approx $250 extra as SFO-LAX leg booked into F rather than P for just a transit.

This was booked only about 3 weeks ahead and through AA Australia as I worked it through the Aust and US sites and the fares came up the same.