richiealexander

Wonder if it's possible to do one way KUL-JFK instead R/T, with half the price of R/T?

dkc192

To be pedantic, it should be half the roundtrip price for other SE Asian airport - NYC, not the other way around, as you're originating the RT in SE Asia and will thus be subject to ex-SE Asia prices, not ex-US prices.

It should be possible, but I'd expect to pay more than half the RT fare.

jsloan

No, it is not. You cannot use a round-trip fare for one-way travel, and this fare is a round-trip fare.

To be extra pedantic, I went through this recently on the UA forum (here’s the last post, with the most detail: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36220517-post317.html ). It turns out that with a couple of minor exceptions (western / central Europe, Scandinavia, and the US + Canada), if you don’t return to the same country, then you end up with fare components based upon the origin of each segment — so it actually would price as KUL-NYC + NYC-(wherever). I took a lot of convincing, because my understanding was the same as yours.

That said, I can’t actually find any fares to other Southeast Asia destinations that are combinable with this one, I suspect that in practice the answer is no — this can’t be used as part of an open jaw, even though open jaws are allowed in the fare rules.

turbox3

SFO to anywhere in SE Asia on awards, then a quick hop over to KUL. I am thinking somewhere like HKG/TPE/TYO/SIN. It will likely be a last minute release award for me.

dkc192

Oh, interesting. I think I've encountered this when briefly trying to do US-Europe-Mexico and only getting full Y/J fares. It was only a quick idea so I didn't give it much thought, but my experience aligns with your point.

PLeblond

What airline is most likley last minute space for J awards these days? I recall LH and TK being the first places to check pre-COVID.

Offthegrid

Thank you to Cruser1 for posting this fare. As I’m based in Kuala Lumpur, this is a great flight for me and I’ve already booked it. I believe ANA is the only Star Alliance member that uses the Malaysian Airlines Golden Lounge, which is by far the best lounge at the airport. If anyone has questions about the airport or Kuala Lumpur, please send me a private message.

turbox3

I haven't been to the Golden Lounge but if you can get some of your pass paid for with priority pass, I'd suggest Plaza Premium First lounge (rather than the standard plaza premium lounge). A-la-carte and definitely less crowding.

turbox3

Depends on your departure city. SFO is mostly UA/BR/NH. From east coast US, your have options - BA / UA / LH LX group etc, but comes down to how you want to route and if mile efficiency are your top concern.

If you position and hub it at somewhere like SIN or HKG, the world is your oyster for a SE asia adventure. Think REP, AKL )yes I wknow this isn't SE asia), LPQ, CNX, etc as early adventure.




From SFO/LAX

NJSwamplands

what website are you using to see this?

turbox3

http://seats.aero

dkc192

[Emphasis mine] The surcharges on BA alone would probably exceed the cost of this RT fare.

turbox3

VERY fair point.

Take the LH/LX flights. Avoid AI with a 10 ft pole, even more so than BA taxes.

cruser1

Unfortunately LH/LX just increased fuel surcharges too. It won't be as bad as BA, but they still increased almost $200 on a roundtrip from the US to Europe.


This is my experience as well. In the US/Canada I'd agree that it'll use the fare from the point of origin and destination, but not in this case.

dkc192

Yes, but there are many *A programs that don't pass on those surcharges to award pax, such as AC and UA. Whereas most if not all OW programs do pass on BA surcharges to award pax.