OneWorld Visit North America visitor pass?

[Rob_T]

We will be flying Sydney/LAX return on QF - already purchased. On arrival we will be flying LAX -> IAD on AA, also already purchased.

I'm now looking at the rest of our itinerary:

• EWR or LGA -> YYZ
• YYZ -> DTW
• DTW -> COS
• COS -> LAX

and wondering if there is likely to be any advantage to using a OneWorld Visit North America visitor pass.

Does anyone have any experience with them? What are the advantages/disadvantages?

Thanks

Rob

 

[serfty]

Main disadvantage is that simple one-way economy fares can be had at generally cheaper rates.

Do your research and compare with the zone segment costs of the pass.

Here's a good place to start: http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

 

[serfty]

Look here for some zone costs: http://www.americanairlines.com.au/content/images/au/ta/pdf/S1VISIT.pdf

(They may have changed - that's a bit over one year old.)

 

[Kendall Roy]

They're good option and provide flexbility if some of the lower fare buckets are not available.

 

[Rob_T]

Thanks guys. All helpful. The main reason for my question was that they don't seem to be well know, which made me wonder. For these particular routes, the pass looks like it might be cheaper at least for some airport and schedule choices. I will look a bit deeper and then see what AA have to say about the pass (if it still looks like it could be reasonable).

Thanks again