vetrade
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Hi All
I need some clarification regarding the optimum methodology for using the AA web site to search for status runs - particularly in regard to which methodology comes up with the best price for a given route.
Using a SR from LAS to SJU and return as an example, once you have accessed the Find Flights Multi-City section do you just enter 2 flights i.e. LAS - SJU and SJU - LAS and then let the platform come up with the options for the intermediate legs (e.g. through DFW, ORD, JFK, MIA or whatever) ? Or do you get given equal or better pricing if you enter each of the individual legs as separate flights in the multi-city search? Or do they both come up with the same result for the equivalent routing?
I'm trying to work out if the SC earn for a given no. of $$ is enhanced by engaging some creative routing e.g. is it an advantage to fly ORD - JFK via DCA rather than direct ? Or is the marginal cost of the extra SCs not worth it? (I know I could compare just the cost of the ORD - DCA - JFK route with that of the ORD - JFK one but my understanding is that the overall pricing comes down if you throw in a leg to somewhere in Sth America or the Caribbean so using that type of comparison of legs in isolation might not get me the right answer)
I need some clarification regarding the optimum methodology for using the AA web site to search for status runs - particularly in regard to which methodology comes up with the best price for a given route.
Using a SR from LAS to SJU and return as an example, once you have accessed the Find Flights Multi-City section do you just enter 2 flights i.e. LAS - SJU and SJU - LAS and then let the platform come up with the options for the intermediate legs (e.g. through DFW, ORD, JFK, MIA or whatever) ? Or do you get given equal or better pricing if you enter each of the individual legs as separate flights in the multi-city search? Or do they both come up with the same result for the equivalent routing?
I'm trying to work out if the SC earn for a given no. of $$ is enhanced by engaging some creative routing e.g. is it an advantage to fly ORD - JFK via DCA rather than direct ? Or is the marginal cost of the extra SCs not worth it? (I know I could compare just the cost of the ORD - DCA - JFK route with that of the ORD - JFK one but my understanding is that the overall pricing comes down if you throw in a leg to somewhere in Sth America or the Caribbean so using that type of comparison of legs in isolation might not get me the right answer)
