[Business Class] Air France: Los Angeles – Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. $2,475. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A good sale for nonstop service to Tahiti

If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can buy this for cheaper via American Express Travel. Pricing is as follows:

  • Los Angeles [LAX] – $2,825 ($2,475 after American Express Travel discount)

(You can save a few bucks if you buy this under Delta flight numbers on American Express Travel. If you are crediting the miles to Delta, you would earn a lot more miles spending the extra few bucks and buying it on Air France flight numbers)

(This was sent to our Premium subscribers on November 20th, 2022 at 4:20PM Eastern)

Bora Bora, French Polynesia – Photo: tensaibuta via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • June 3rd – 9th, 2023
  • This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

  • Valid for travel from late May 2023 – early July 2023 or mid August 2023. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure
    • Also available from mid January 2023 – early March 2023 for $2,998 ($2,622 after American Express Travel discount)
  • Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

  • Try Matrix by ITA Software to search for availability if you are having issues with Google Flights.  Matrix by ITA Software month long view of availability is better than Google Flights. Your search screen should look like this:

 

  • Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $2,859. Using those dates on Air France will reprice to $2,825

Fare Class:

  • Z

Seat Type:

  • Lie-flat

Direct Aisle Access:

  • Yes. 1 x 2 x 1 seating configuration.

Routing:

  • LAX – PPT (Papeete) – LAX

Stopover:

Mileage:

Air France is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance and Delta partner. Mileage earning with Delta is as follows:

  • Miles Flown: 8,218 miles
  • Medallion Qualifying Miles: 12,327 miles
  • Redeemable Miles: 16,436 miles
  • Medallion Qualifying Dollars: $3,287
  • Medallion Qualifying Dollars / Spend Ratio: 1.32x

How to Buy:

  • Book on American Express Travel with dates found on Google Flights or Matrix by ITA Software
    • If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can save about $350 booking via American Express Travel versus booking directly on Air France

 

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[Business Class] Air France: Boston / Charlotte / Dallas / Miami / New York / Philadelphia / Phoenix – Marrakech, Morocco. Starting $1,059. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A good sale to Marrakech

If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can buy this for cheaper via American Express Travel. Pricing is as follows:

  • Boston [BOS] – $2,042 ($1,830 after American Express Travel discount)
  • Charlotte [CLT] – $1,206 ($1,119 after American Express Travel discount)
  • Dallas [DFW] – $1,402 ($1,287 after American Express Travel discount)
  • Miami [MIA] – $1,192 ($1,107 after American Express Travel discount)
  • New York [JFK] – $2,042 ($1,829 after American Express Travel discount)
  • Philadelphia [PHL] – $1,059 (No American Express discount – use Expedia to book)
  • Phoenix [PHX] – $1,607 ($1,461 after American Express Travel discount)

(You can save a few bucks if you buy this under Delta flight numbers on American Express Travel. If you are crediting the miles to Delta, you would earn a lot more miles spending the extra few bucks and buying it on Air France flight numbers)

(This was sent to our Premium subscribers on November 1st, 2022 at 10:45PM Eastern)

Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech, Morocco – Photo: Just Booked A Trip via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • Sample from Boston
  • January 17th – 25th, 2023
  • This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

  • Boston: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – April 2023 or mid June 2023 –  early September 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • Charlotte: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – February 2023 or or late June 2023 – August 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • Dallas: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – February 2023 or August 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • Miami: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – early April 2023 or July 2023 –  September 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • New York: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – early April 2023 or July 2023 –  September 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • Philadelphia: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – early April 2023 or July 2023 – August 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • Phoenix: Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – or early March 2023 or July 2023 – August 2023 for Tuesday through Friday departures and Sunday through Wednesday returns. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 60 days in advance of departure
  • Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

  • Try Matrix by ITA Software to search for availability if you are having issues with Google Flights.  Matrix by ITA Software month long view of availability is better than Google Flights. Your search screen should look like this:

 

  • For Charlotte availability, replace BOS with CLT on the Origin field
  • For Dallas availability, replace BOS with DFW on the Origin field
  • For Miami availability, replace BOS with JFK on the Origin field
  • For New York availability, replace BOS with JFK on the Origin field
  • For Philadelphia availability, replace BOS with PHL on the Origin field
  • For Phoenix availability, replace BOS with PHX on the Origin field
  • Boston / New York: Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $2,076, using those dates on Air France should reprice to $2,042
  • Charlotte: Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $1,240, using those dates on Air France should reprice to $1,206
  • Dallas: Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $1,436, using those dates on Air France should reprice to $1,402
  • Miami: Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $1,226, using those dates on Air France should reprice to $1,192
  • Philadelphia: Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $1,091, using those dates on Air France should reprice to $1,059
  • Phoenix: Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $1,641, using those dates on Air France should reprice to $1,607

Fare Class:

  • Z

Seat Type:

  • Within US: Recliner
  • US – Paris: Lie-flat
  • Paris – Marrakech: Recliner

Direct Aisle Access:

  • Within US: No
  • US – Paris: Varies. Most planes are 1 x 2 x 1 seating configuration.
  • Paris – Marrakech: No.

Routing:

  • BOS – CDG (Paris) – RAK (Marrakech) – CDG – BOS

Stopover:

Mileage:

Air France is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance and Delta partner. Mileage earning with Delta is as follows:

  • Miles Flown: 10,348 miles
  • Medallion Qualifying Miles:  15,522 miles
  • Redeemable Miles: 20,696 miles
  • Medallion Qualifying Dollars: $4,139
  • Medallion Qualifying Dollars / Spend Ratio: 1.61x

How to Buy:

  • Book on American Express Travel with dates found on Google Flights or Matrix by ITA Software
    • If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can save between $85 and $210 booking via American Express Travel versus booking directly on Air France
    • If you do not have access, American Express Travel and Air France does not price, use Priceline or Expedia.

Boston

 

Miami

 

New York

 

 

Philadelphia

 

Phoenix

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[Business Class] Air France: Los Angeles – Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. $2,691. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A good sale for nonstop service to Tahiti

If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can buy this for cheaper via American Express Travel. Pricing is as follows:

  • Los Angeles [LAX] – $3,079 ($2,691 after American Express Travel discount)

(You can save a few bucks if you buy this under Delta flight numbers on American Express Travel. If you are crediting the miles to Delta, you would earn a lot more miles spending the extra few bucks and buying it on Air France flight numbers)

(This was sent to our Premium subscribers on October 19th, 2022 at 5:30PM Eastern)

Bora Bora, French Polynesia – Photo: tensaibuta via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

(This was sent to our Premium subscribers on October 19th, 2022 at 5:30PM Eastern)

Sample Travel Date:

  • January 19th – 25th, 2023
  • This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

  • Valid for travel from mid January 2023 – March 2023. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure
  • Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

  • Try Matrix by ITA Software to search for availability if you are having issues with Google Flights.  Matrix by ITA Software month long view of availability is better than Google Flights. Your search screen should look like this:

 

  • Matrix by ITA Software will price this at $3,113. Using those dates on Air France will reprice to $3,079

Fare Class:

  • Z

Seat Type:

  • Lie-flat

Direct Aisle Access:

  • Yes. 1 x 2 x 1 seating configuration.

Routing:

  • LAX – PPT (Papeete) – LAX

Stopover:

Mileage:

Air France is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance and Delta partner. Mileage earning with Delta is as follows:

  • Miles Flown: 8,218 miles
  • Medallion Qualifying Miles: 12,327 miles
  • Redeemable Miles: 16,436 miles
  • Medallion Qualifying Dollars: $3,287
  • Medallion Qualifying Dollars / Spend Ratio: 1.22x

How to Buy:

  • Book on American Express Travel with dates found on Google Flights or Matrix by ITA Software
    • If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can save about $385 booking via American Express Travel versus booking directly on Air France

 

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[Business Class] Japan Airlines: New York – Jakarta, Indonesia. $1,858 or $1,968 (With stopover in Tokyo). Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A good sale to Jakarta with stopover information in Tokyo.

If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can buy this for cheaper via American Express Travel. Pricing is as follows:

  • New York [JFK] – $2,645 ($1,858 after American Express Travel discount or $1,968 with stopover in Tokyo)

Currently Indonesia is open to those who are fully vaccinated. No quarantine is required.

This is an American Express MemberWeek extra discount, valid until October 14th. Normally, this would’ve been a little over $2,000 with the normal American Express Travel discount. But this week, it is under $2K. For those with American Express Business Platinum, you can get this for 120K or so Membership Rewards points after the 35% rebate.

(This was sent to our Premium subscribers on October 12th, 2022 at 4:05PM Eastern)

Jakarta, Indonesia – Photo: Trekity via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • February 6th – 13th, 2023
  • This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

  • Valid for travel from late January 2023 – April 2023 or August 2023. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 7 days in advance of departure.
  • Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

  • Try Matrix by ITA Software to search for availability if you are having issues with Google Flights.  Matrix by ITA Software month long view of availability is better than Google Flights. Your search screen should look like this:

 

Fare Class:

  • I

Seat Type:

  • Lie-flat

Direct Aisle Access:

  • Yes

Routing:

  • JFK – BOS (Boston) – NRT (Tokyo – Narita) – CGK (Jakarta) – NRT – BOS – JFK

Stopover:

Mileage:

Japan Airlines is a member of the Oneworld Alliance and American partner. Mileage earning is as follows

  • Miles Flown: 20,994 miles
  • Redeemable Miles: 26,242 miles
  • Loyalty Points (General Member): 26,242 points
  • Cents per Loyalty Point (Lower the better): 7.1 cents
    • This will be lower depending on your elite status level.

How to Buy:

  • Book on American Express Travel. with dates found on Google Flights or Matrix by ITA Software
    • If you have an American Express Platinum or Centurion card, you can save about $785 booking via them versus booking directly on Japan Airlines.

 

To Book the Stopover

1) We used Google Flights multi-city search like this:

https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhokag0IAxIJL20vMDJfMjg2EgoyMDIzLTAyLTA2cgcIARIDSE5EGh5qBwgBEgNOUlQSCjIwMjMtMDItMTNyBwgBEgNDR0saJGoHCAESA0NHSxIKMjAyMy0wMi0xNXINCAMSCS9tLzAyXzI4NnABggELCP___________wFAAUgDmAED&tfu=EgIIAQ

2) On AMEXTravel, we used the multi-city search entered it as 4 segments like this:

  • Segment 1: JFK – HND (must be explicit with using HND vs Tokyo or NRT) – we showing stopover in Japan first
  • Segment 2: NRT – CGK (Must be explicit on using NRT)
  • Segment 3: CGK – NRT
  • Segment 4: NRT – JFK

 

3) It priced at $1,968

 

 

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[Premium Economy] Scandinavian Airlines: Chicago / Newark – Dublin, Ireland. Starting $498. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A good sale to Dublin in Premium Economy. Pricing will vary slightly depending on routing.

Scandinavian Airlines is putting all its European destinations on sale in Premium Economy with most under $800. That’s cheap, the downside is that a lot of destinations will require an overnight layover on the return and some destinations requiring overnight on both outbound and return. Also, Scandinavian recently declared bankruptcy. If we are to take advantage of these Premium Economy fares, we would only take the nonstop destinations. They are:

  • Boston – Copenhagen
  • Chicago – Copenhagen, Stockholm
  • Miami – Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm
  • Los Angeles – Copenhagen
  • Newark – Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm
  • San Francisco – Copenhagen
  • Washington D.C. – Copenhagen

The sale is from November – early December or January 2023 – March 2023 for most destinations.

Scandinavian Airlines uses the same premium economy seat as the ones found on United. Scandinavian Airlines call its Premium Economy offering as “Plus”

These Premium Economy seats would be akin to domestic first class seats you get on most American, Delta and United flights.

Pricing is as follows:

  • Chicago [ORD] -$502
  • Newark [EWR] – $498

(This was sent to our Premium subscribers on August 18th, 2022 at 2:35PM Eastern)

Dublin, Ireland – Photo: David Stanley via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • Sample from Newark
  • November 2nd – 9th
  • This is just ONE SAMPLE travel date, for more availability, please follow the “Fare Availability” and “How to Search for Availability” instructions below

Fare Availability:

  • Chicago: Valid for travel from November – mid December or January 2023 – early February 2023. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 28 days in advance of departure
  • Newark: Valid for travel from late November – early December or January 2023 – mid March 2023. A Sunday stay is required. Availability is limited. Must purchase at least 28 days in advance of departure
  • Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, if this post is more than two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

  • Try Matrix by ITA Software to search for availability if you are having issues with Google Flights.  Matrix by ITA Software month long view of availability is better than Google Flights. Your search screen should look like this:

 

  • For Chicago availability, replace EWR with ORD on the Origin field

Fare Class:

  • A

Seat Type:

  • Recliner

Direct Aisle Access:

  • US – Europe: No. 2 x 3 x 2 or 2 x 4 x 2 seating configuration
  • Within Europe: No.

Routing:

  • EWR – CPH (Copenhagen) – DUB (Dublin) – CPH – EWR

Stopover:

Mileage:

Scandinavian Airline is a member of the Star Alliance and United partner. Mileage earning with United  is as follows:

  • Miles Flown: 9,111 miles
  • Redeemable Miles: 9,111 miles
  • Premier Qualifying Points: $1,000
  • Premier Qualifying Points / Spend Ratio: 2.00x

How to Buy:

Chicago

 

Newark

 

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