Kansas City, Here I Come!

[Skyring]

Well, the wife has put her foot down - I'm amazed I've gotten away with it for so long, and the month-long round the world extravaganza I had planned for October, based on a weekend in Kansas City has been officially sh*itcanned.

I'm now looking for KC Lite, based on the cheapest oneWorld fare that will get me there, with a bit of visiting at each end.

Here's what I'm looking for:

Sun 18 October, arrive Chicago, stay overnight.
Mon 19 October, fly to TBA destination, probably somewhere in South, possibly Charleston, possibly Virginia, rent car, pick up travelling companion currently roaming around USA.
Thu 22 October, arrive Kansas City by car, spend weekend with internet community gathering.
Mon 26 October, leave KC by car, arrive Oklahoma City, stay overnight.
Tue 27 October, fly AA to SFO, stay overnight.
Wed 28 October, say goodbye to companion, fly home to Canberra.

So I'm looking at a fare that will allow me stopovers in Chicago and San Francisco, with a surface sector between (say) Charleston and Oklahoma City.

I was thinking that booking this through Qantas New Zealand would give a cheaper fare than ex Oz, even allowing for positioning flights CBR-SYD-AKL.

But I can't find a way to do this on their website. I can't even find the fares.

Any advice on how to go about this?

 

[futaris]

I was thinking that booking this through Qantas New Zealand would give a cheaper fare than ex Oz, even allowing for positioning flights CBR-SYD-AKL.

But I can't find a way to do this on their website. I can't even find the fares.

Go to www.qantas.co.nz. Then go to here. Alternatively, click on multi-city from the flights tab.

 

[Skyring]

Go to www.qantas.co.nz. Then go to here. Alternatively, click on multi-city from the flights tab.

Mmmmm, but when I try to fly out of Oklahoma City, it's not listed. Nor is Los Angeles on the drop down list. It seems impossible to build an itinerary. And wouldn't the oneWorld Explorer be my best shot anyway?

 

[Febs]

Ah, MCI, my home away from home (almost ).

Make sure you check out the Plaza. Very nice.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Mmmmm, but when I try to fly out of Oklahoma City, it's not listed. Nor is Los Angeles on the drop down list. It seems impossible to build an itinerary. And wouldn't the oneWorld Explorer be my best shot anyway?

Are you particularly interested in QF or how about aa.com? (or even aa.com.au (or whatever it is) but that can be more expensive). You could even open jaw and then use a lcc if you needed for any one segments?

 

[serfty]

Tough dates - and late in the cheap flight caper.

Try booking CBR to SFO r/t, you can do this for $1500 but not on the exact dates you are after. (Your exact dates are $2600

Then use "AA.com.au" multi to book SFO-ORD-??? and OKC-SFO. For CRW it can be done for another AUD900. Perhaps less with careful searching on AA.com (us site).

You may also look at going via LAX - that's $1680 on the dates you are after.

 

[Skyring]

Tough dates - and late in the cheap flight caper.

Try booking CBR to SFO r/t, you can do this for $1500 but not on the exact dates you are after. (Your exact dates are $2600)

Done! I'll leave a day earlier, stay two days longer, but that's OK.

Thanks!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Tough dates - and late in the cheap flight caper.

Try booking CBR to SFO r/t, you can do this for $1500 but not on the exact dates you are after. (Your exact dates are $2600

Then use "AA.com.au" multi to book SFO-ORD-??? and OKC-SFO. For CRW it can be done for another AUD900. Perhaps less with carful searching on AA.com (us site).

You may also look at going via LAX - that's $1680 on the dates you are after.

Hi serfty - I can't access aa.com or the australian aa site from the country I am in! Just out of interest did using aa.com.au for the whole itinerary - using the multisegment tool, work out much more expensive than combining two tickets? (so for example CBR-ORD-xx_-MCI-SFO-CBR - or does that outstrip the max number of segments allowed?)

Just interested to know how the one booking engine may have handled the pricing?

 

[serfty]

I did separate dummy bookings; one CBR-SFO rt on www.qantas.com and the other for SFO-ORD ... -SFO on the AA Oz site..

Here's the link to the AA Oz site: American Airlines | Airline Tickets and Airline Reservations

I then clicked the "Multi-city" link in the booking frame.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I did separate dummy bookings; one CBR-SFO rt on www.qantas.com and the other for SFO-ORD ... -SFO on the AA Oz site..

Here's the link to the AA Oz site: American Airlines | Airline Tickets and Airline Reservations

I then clicked the "Multi-city" link in the booking frame.

Thanks Serfty - thanks for the link - i can find all the aa websites I just cannot access them - they are blocked by the counties internet filters!

I reallise you did two dummy bookings - one to SFO and a second domestic one - my question out of interest was how a single ticket purchased on aa.com, using muti-segment, all the way ex CBR (so CBR-SFO-xx_-SFO-CBR) would have compared?

Edited to add that i was able to price multi segment using expedia which gives a single ticket on United (UA) for CBR-CHS-OKC-SFO-CBR for AUD1900 all in. Which I'm guessing would be around a couple of hundred dollars less than the same as a CBR-SFO with separate AA ticket. But I can't replicate the full single ticket to route on the preferred QF/AA without access to aa.com.