USAirways: Newark To/From S. Fransicso For Just $151.10 Round-Trip With Tax!
Update, 01/23 at 1pm: DEAD!
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-Bookable on Orbitz (with regular mileage earning, free cancellations until 10pm CT the day after you book, and price assurance refunds) or direct from the airline. Orbitz works on central time, so the day ends at 12:59am ET. A ticket bought at 1am ET would have until 11pm ET the day after, or 46 hours. A ticket bought at 11pm ET would have until 11pm ET the day after, or 24 hours.
- Earn 3 points per dollar with American Express® Premier Rewards Gold Card, 3 points per dollar with The Business Gold Rewards Card® from American Express OPEN, or 2.14 points per dollar with Chase Sapphire Preferred.
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Routing is via Charlotte or Phoenix.
Sample dates for Newark-S. Fransisco for between $151-$157:
02/20-02/26
02/26-03/05
02/27-03/05
03/05-03/05 (Same-day turn Mileage Run)
04/23-04/30
04/24-04/30
04/30-05/07
05/01-05/07
05/07-05/07 (Same-day turn Mileage Run)
In case you’re gunning for what could be lifetime Star Alliance Gold status, this fare does earn full Aegean miles. When routing via Charlotte that’s 5,649 out of the 19,000 required after the 1K signup bonus.
Sammy:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Wow. I hope delta matches.
mas:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:33 pm
cant seal deal so far
MosheP:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Direct?
I only found via CLT
mas:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:35 pm
tried the dates you listed and quite a few weekends and also flying/returning on weekday no go… cheapest i found was 300
Dan:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:36 pm
@mas:
Exactly which dates did you try?
mas:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:38 pm
5/8 5/14
5/1 5/7
4/12 4/14
3/22 3/24
3/15 3/17
2/15 2/17
Chaikel:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Min stay?
mas:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:41 pm
It would only make sense after the deluge of El Al flights you sent Orbitz’s way that most Airlines have by now signed up to your twitter updates to catch price mistakes quicker than they or 3rd party companies they hire would
Thingywingy:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:41 pm
Any earlier dates? Is there same price to Phoenix?
Dan:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:41 pm
@mas:
The only date in that whole list that I wrote is 05/01-05/07.
I just checked that sample date again on Orbitz and that still works from EWR-SFO.
mas:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:43 pm
it does show up now on an incognito browser!
Njmacman:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Dan is right. Only on specific dates.
yuda:
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:56 pm
so far on usairways direct i wanted to go over pesach and the lowest price is $311 and you go 1 day back or forward and its $520 already.
Barry:
January 22nd, 2013 at 4:26 pm
I know that this does not fit Dan’s post bt I wanted to ask around anyway.
I am looking for a ticket from EWR to LAX for Pesach, any suggestions?
Moishebatchy:
January 22nd, 2013 at 4:28 pm
I hate to sound like a n00b, but is there any way to originate from CLE/PIT without a separate positioning flight? And any way to fit LA in somehow?
yeshiva bachur:
January 22nd, 2013 at 5:15 pm
Dan-any dates for bien hazmanim? (March 10-april 11) Can’t find anything. Thanks!
AJK:
January 22nd, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Wow, good deal. Wish I could pull the trigger!
yossi18:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:02 pm
instead of going to s.fransisco, can i just get off at pheonix stopover and stay there,in pheonix?
creditor_ddf:
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:27 pm
Dan I wanna open a cc. what’s the best one ?
seriously speaking: the thread on FT suggests that mileage earnings depend in flight #’s.
If both flights have the same flight #’s you will earn only 5130 VS if they have different flight #’s on US which earn 5628
hunch:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:42 pm
So for $604.40 (4 round trips) i’ll be *G for life?
Dan:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:54 pm
@Moishebatchy:
No.
@yossi18:
They’ll cancel your return trip.
@creditor_ddf:
Of course.
@hunch:
Well you’ll be *G for a long time.
How long? Possibly 3 years, 4 years, or for life
Free lounge access and 3×70 pound bags on United for you and all companions is pretty sweet!
EMS:
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:56 pm
@creditor_ddf:
This is correct. So CPM is closer to .03 not .027.
Still a solid deal for a same day turn TCON.
I booked two.
hunch:
January 22nd, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Thanx for the quick reply.
It would be on all *A carriers, not just united – correct?
Also, is $640 considered a good price for attaining that status?
hunch:
January 22nd, 2013 at 8:14 pm
Time to head to ddf to find an MR companion!
Dan:
January 22nd, 2013 at 8:15 pm
@EMS:
You should be able to find flights with different numbers.
03/05 for example.
@hunch:
Correct, though on USAir for example you’ll get 3×50 pounds each.
$640 is a great price, happy MR’ing!
ANA Surcharges:
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:36 pm
@Dan:
I know this is way off-topic, but I discovered by fluke today that- at least for anyone booking today- ANA IS NOT charging a fuel surcharge for United flights, in addition to USAirways flights. The implications of this are great, because ANA has some very good mileage award redemption levels- espeically only 60k miles from North America to Israel. Before, one had to find availability on USAirways which is very limited, but if this United thing is a permanent change, that opens up many more options to get to Israel on *A for 60k miles- not only because of their non-stop from Newark, but also because of their many flights to many European cities that one can check out on the way to Israel. The agent wasn’t sure if it was a glitch only for today or a permanent change, but it is certainly worth monitoring and so I wanted to pass it to you, Dan.
Moshe a:
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:40 pm
Whats “ANA”?
Mocha:
January 22nd, 2013 at 11:46 pm
EWR-LAS also around 150-ish select dates
ANA Surcharges:
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:09 am
@Moshe a:
ANA stands for “All Nippon Airways,” a Japanese airline. Their frequent flier program (Mileage Club) has some low mileage redemption levels, especially North America to Israel at only 60k. The problem is, the only airline where they don’t charge prohibitive fuel surcharges is US Airways, which has limited flights to Israel and almost as importantly, to European cities for a stopover. But if United were now available without fuel surcharges, one would then be able to fly RT from Newark to Israel non-stop for only 60k Membership Rewards or 50k Starpoints.
Davidd:
January 23rd, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Is this deal dead can find anything in that range?
Anon:
January 23rd, 2013 at 8:48 pm
I just cancelled a couple of reservations so maybe someone can pick those up. 2/5-2/6 and 3/5-3/5