Discussion of fuel dumps

[casanovawa]

I was thinking of trying a one way flight from Tokyo to Perth, do you think these tricks could cut it down much??? I think i found on the Jetstar Japan site i could get this for about $270 anyway...

 

[paultiffen]

Can you post the fare breakdown when you bring it up on itamatrix?

 

[casanovawa]

I guess i need to check it on there first...

 

[Winston1]

--- EDITED --- Got some flights with great base fare, but cant wrangle ANYTHING to cut the fat... ;'(
Also, probably on incorrect thread, but do qantas alliance partners award QFF points, or do you earn some other form of points which are then converted back into QFF points?

Cheers.

 

[paultiffen]

Depends on the booking class go to Frequent Flyer - Earning Points - Fly - Airline Partners and click on the partner to find out

I can dump UA C1-C2 return as long as the flight ends up in Canada and a United flight is useful in dumping C6-C1. Maybe post the base fares?

 

[Winston1]

Thanks. Will look into that.
Please let me know if I'm revealing too much, but I got base fares of 130 each way. As you could imagine, if you could drop the fat there, it'd make for an outstanding fare...

 

[paultiffen]

No that's fine. There shouldn't be too much issue posting the fare breakdown from ITA - maybe remove the origin/destination and PM them to me instead. There's no real issue with posting the question you want answered.

 

[Winston1]

Tried to post an unedited version, but no luck (as I'm a new member).

Will PM you an edited version & and unedited version. ;-)

 

[paultiffen]

Food for thought. Your 3x needs to abide by the rules below.

[h=2]Combinability[/h] APPLICABLE ADD-ON CONSTRUCTION IS ADDRESSED IN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - CATEGORY 23.
END-ON-END
END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED. VALIDATE ALL FARE
COMPONENTS. SIDE TRIPS PERMITTED.
PROVIDED -
COMBINATIONS ARE FOR CARRIER UA/CM WITHIN AREA 1
COMBINATIONS ARE FOR CARRIER UA WITHIN AREA 3
COMBINATIONS ARE FOR CARRIER UA/LH/LX/OS/AC/SN
PUBLISHED FOR TRAVEL VIA THE ATLANTIC.

 

[paultiffen]

Probably only realistic thing there is to find a fare in Area 1 (see link at beginning) that dumps it. Also note the rules with open jaws as their idea is a bit different to most.

 

[Winston1]

Thanks Paul (?)
I am having a few issues digesting the rules in post #49, but will try and work it out and do some more searches.
- I made the mistake of googling part of post 49 and got onto KVS, but that is hurting my head now too. LOL

 

[paultiffen]

You can click on the fare rules from the results you get in ITA. A lot of otherwise good candidate fares seem to have restrictions that don't work. I'm still new at this myself so hoping to learn a thing or two as well.

 

[Winston1]

Aaaah! - You're a champ!
Thanks for that.
Will get back to you with how I go on my searches. ;-D

 

[Pdl7]

FWIW, I have found better luck looking at return flights South-East Asia to Europe (particularly open-jaws). I have even found some success finding open jaw fares from South-East Asia to Europe and back to Aus. However the flights originating here end up with very high base fares.

 

[Finale]

FWIW, I have found better luck looking at return flights South-East Asia to Europe (particularly open-jaws). I have even found some success finding open jaw fares from South-East Asia to Europe and back to Aus. However the flights originating here end up with very high base fares.

Is this Etihad? I found quite a lot of flights before and returning to Australia was like $100 more than returning to SEA. Wonder if you found anything on *A or One world.

 

[Winston1]

I read somewhere that FD'ing doesn't work with some carriers. Singapore airline being among them.

 

[FrankC]

FWIW, I have found better luck looking at return flights South-East Asia to Europe (particularly open-jaws). I have even found some success finding open jaw fares from South-East Asia to Europe and back to Aus. However the flights originating here end up with very high base fares.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you book them?

 

[Finale]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you book them?

multi city and book positioning flight separately if leave from AUS.

 

[Pdl7]

Is this Etihad?

They are the easiest to find at the moment.

Wonder if you found anything on *A or One world.

Not as much. Been to Helsinki?

In some cases its just good base fares between Europe and Asia - I think competition has stepped up over there.

 

[Danger]

I haven't yet read this article but it may be interesting to some.

Introduction to Fuel Dumping - Hack My Trip