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Wow – 45k AA Biz to Tokyo – American Airlines Web Special

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Putting this one up as fast as possible so I haven’t checked all of the different configurations, but currently out of Dallas you can fly to Japan on AA’s 787-9 via LAX for just 45k AA miles. Typically this is 60k, but more poignant is the fact that AA rarely makes their space available. If you price is out of LA directly you won’t see the space. I hate to say hit…but AA is making their new calendar function a must use to find these advantageous pricing schemes on married segments.

The 787-9 features seating similar to the 772 fit with Super Diamonds – arguably AA’s best business class seat.

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AA 772 and 787-9 Super Diamond Business Class

Here you can see the calendar function Jan/Feb – search more dates as I just got this up quickly

 

Closer look at routing

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And voila…

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Happy Hunting!

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5 Comments

  • […] enough point to fly roundtrip business class almost anywhere in the world. In fact, AA has web specials to Japan as low as 45k each way. You could fly roundtrip and still have 55k miles […]

  • Christian December 22, 2019

    I never credited American with an abundance of intelligence, but in this case I may be wrong. If you’re going to go with variable pricing as they’re doing, at least start with better deals. I intensely dislike the premise of variable pricing overall, since it kills the concept of getting good value on awards, but with this method of introduction at least AA can start with a favorable premise before making things much worse for engaged customers.

    On a separate note, any idea how I keep the popup on the bottom from appearing? I try not to block ads because I know that bloggers derive revenue from them, but having to click them shut every. single. time. is really awful and makes me want to visit BA blogs much less.

    • Miles December 22, 2019

      Christian – there have certainly been some great deals come out here lately…I’m cautiously optimistic it could resemble Air France vs Delta

      Regarding the pop up… is that to subside be to my site or something else? The subscription shouldn’t load every time

      • Christian December 23, 2019

        The popup is about an inch high and comes up on every BA blog. You have to manually X it out every time. I’m not sure about a subscription.

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