American Will Honor Ticketed ~$450 Business Class Fares To Asia

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: March 19, 2015

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On Tuesday I posted about the amazing ~$450 roundtrip business class fares which American published between Washington and Beijing. The deal was available for several hours before it was pulled.

Not surprisingly, American has now confirmed on Twitter that they’ll honor the fare for everyone that managed to ticket their reservations, presumably thanks in no small part to the DOT regulations saying they have to do so:

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Presumably those that only had their tickets on hold are out of luck.

While this took a bit longer than I would have hoped (my guess is that they talked to the DOT and their lawyers), I’m happy that they’re honoring ticketed reservations.

So, who’s headed to Beijing? 🙂

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Noah Sprenger Member

March 20, 2015, 8:03 pm

Well, enjoy yourself. This will accumulate a decent chunk of miles for the money paid!

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Alex Diamond

March 20, 2015, 2:49 pm

Awesome! Good for AA -- I just hope those who booked and got the $450 fares will remember this and give AA a little extra business to show their appreciation. Loyalty is a two-way street.

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Harry New Member

March 20, 2015, 12:09 am

I'm thinking of going to Singapore instead of staying in Beijing. If I book a round trip from PEK via star alliance, do you think I can use the 72 hour transit visa? Someone made a comment that implied they thought you couldn't do that unless if you booked each direction to the different country on a different ticket. I guess a belief they'd see transiting via PEK in both directions so soon as a violation of the rules? I know you're not a visa expert, but just curious about your thoughts. Thanks!

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Rye Guest

March 19, 2015, 11:28 pm

Party in Beijing! I'll be there May 12th to the 27th if anyone wants to meet up for an excursion to the Great Wall hit me up.

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Andrew Guest

March 19, 2015, 11:25 pm

Out May 22, back May 25. Going through DFW both ways. Anybody know how many blank passport pages are needed for Chinese visa? I was reading somewhere that two consecutive blank pages are needed--does that mean side by side? Wondering whether I need to add some pages to my passport. Thanks!

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