2014
22
May
Mistake fares: New York to Milan to Prague to Tokyo or Bangkok | $130-$177 after taxes!
22
May
There's a mistake airfare event occurring on Priceline right now, involving flights from New York to Europe to Asia for $130-$177 after taxes! Yes, that's right, all 3 continents for $130!
Getting from Toronto to New York for a low price is easy. Getting between Milan and Prague is easy. The hard part is getting back from Asia for a decent one way price to make this a ridiculously cheap around the world trip. Using points or miles to get home might be the best option.
For those that wish to dive into this one, here's the details:
1. Go to Priceline.com - This seems to be the only site showing these fares at the moment (Orbitz was earlier).
2. Click on 'Flights' and then 'Multi Destination'
3. Click the + symbol beside the 'Choose Date' calendar to add a leg to the flight.
4. Search for a flight from...
Leg 1: New York (JFK) to Milan, Italy (MXP) on November 2
Leg 2: Prague (PRG) to Tokyo, Japan (NRT) on November 12
5. Hit 'Search Flights'
screenshot:
As of right now, the flights are bookable. I don't expect this will last too long as it's clearly a mistake. The number one rule for mistake fares, don't ever call the airline or booking agencies, as this will alert them to the mistake (and honestly, you are much better off booking it online anyways, as speed is of the essence with these sorts of fares).
If you're anxious to book, but still need time to think about it, keep in mind that airfare bookings can be canceled without penalty if it's within 24 hours. So a person could book immediately, but still have some time to think about it while they sort out the logistics. Here's a link to the Priceline cancellation policy regarding airfares.
There is a live discussion about this deal going on right now in the YYZ Deals Facebook Group.
Here are some useful comments from that discussion so far:
- Same trip but ending up in Bangok, Thailand instead of Tokyo, Japan - for $177.
Priceline screenshot: http://s14.postimg.org/4o0y2y50h/Clipboard01.jpg
- Same trip, but coming home from Nairobi, Kenya instead of Tokyo, Japan - for $380 USD.
screenshot: http://s14.postimg.org/inyv0pyap/Clipboard01.jpg
- Try experimenting with different dates in October/November. Share what you find.
- ^ still works have to do multi destination search. Just checked the initial JFK -->Milan ---> Prague --> Japan. $130 for dates Nov 30 - Dec 14
- Just tough to get home for under $800~
- Just tried this 30secs ago 
- Bangkok oct19-nov4th. $177 BOOM
- Just bought my tickets!
- $243 for NYC-MXP-PRG-NRT in November
- Still works! Lots of options for time etc. There are others for $169, $200 etc
- I see similar availability for Bangkok in March 2015 for $277
- Booked New York (JFK) to Milan (MXP) then Prague (PRG) to Bangkok, Thailand (BKK). Nov 2 from JFK and 9th from PRG... thanks Chris!!
- Got confirmed flights to Milan/Berlin/Beijing in January! Thank you so much for this update!!!
- In place of Prague (PRG) try other cities in Europe, such as Dublin (DUB). Still seems to be coming back at the mistake prices.
- New York (JFK) to Milan (MXP), Prague (PRG) to Paris (CDG) to Beijing, China (PEK) in April 2015 for $230 after taxes!
- Same trip, but to Cape Town, South Africa (CPT) instead of Tokyo.....$492 which is wild! Getting home is the trick.
- I just booked, about 10 mins ago and it worked (3:04 PM EST).
- I just searched Nov 7 & 17th and it still works. Use points to get back! (3:22 PM EST)
- New York to Milan Dec 22 / Berlin to Beijing Dec 28 - $430 Merry Christmas to me
- I just did Nov 1 to Nov 12. I think the Nov 2 flight might be sold out (3:26 PM EST). Any word on a good way back?
- I definitely just bought this!!! I don't care to go to Prague, I will stay in Milan (3:30 PM EST)
- Just booked for $148- New York-Milan-Prague-Hong Kong, departing November 20th (3:32 PM EST)
- Still bookable, but not on the dates posted. Play around with Fall and Spring (before and after Xmas). See image attached...
- Things are changing on a minute by minute basis...so keep playing if you're looking to book!
- New York to Milan, Prague to Hong Kong, for two people with cancellation insurance $409. I'll see you there. (4:08 PM EST)
- Booked for 2people. NYC>Milan and Prague>Amsterdam>Tokyo. $260 all in! (4:12 PM EST)
- Looks like this works well into 2015. $322 for 2 people! (4:14 PM EST)
- Seems to be showing up on Hipmunk.com as well
- Similar type of deal but for $262 - replace Milan (MXP) with Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
- Booked New York (JFK)- Milan (MXP)- Prague (PRG) - Amsterdam (AMS)- Hong Kong (HKG) for $148. Nov 20 (6:20 PM EST)
- Yeah, there are some jan-mar deals floating still (6:30 PM EST)
- Looked to be dead on Priceline but found the flights on Hipmunk, which redirected to the Priceline booking page fine. Got through the payment screen and it sent me a confirmation. Not sure if it'll be cancelled later on but so far so good. Adventurous times ahead! (6:47 PM EST)
- I've been playing with the dates and you can choose from September to spring 2015 if you want. It gets a bit more expensive for Xmas and NYE time. Cheapest dates are in November from what I found. Just looked up November 14-24 and got $168 (6:50 PM EST)
- booked 1 hour ago, NY to Milan, Prague to Shanghai, thanks! (7:30 PM EST)
- Booked NYC-Milan, Prague-Cape Town ! (7:47 PM EST)
- Still live for March. I booked NYC/Milan/Prague/Bali. Now I need to find a flight home from Bali! (8:33 PM EST)
- Just booked NYC-Milan, Prague-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (SGN) for $172 leaving early October. Still seeing lots of dates/destinations available on Priceline. (8:35 PM EST)
- Just booked New York JFK - Milan MXP - Prague PRG - Tokyo NRT for Dec 1-11 $170 + $34 insurance = $204! SO STOKED! (10:00 PM EST)
- There's even Australia for $350 in December. "Interesting... could get home from Australia with a one way to Hawaii, and then one way back to Toronto/Buffalo." (10:50 PM EST)
- "For the first leg, search for a US city served by Alitalia (it seems to be Alitalia coding on the first leg that triggers the error, whoever the operating carrier is). JFK and LAX reportedly work, although I haven't been able to reproduce any fares out of LAX. Use Milan's MXP airport as the destination. As I said above, mid-week departures seem to return the lowest fares.
For the second leg, use a European city served by Alitalia, KLM, or Air France with a destination in Asia. Mid-week dates return the lowest fares." source: freequentflyerbook.com
- New York - Milan | Prague to Shanghai - $132 Nov 19 to Dec 03. (11:15 PM EST)
- New York - Milan | Prague to Tokyo - $169 Nov 19 to Dec 03. (11:22 PM EST)
- New York - Milan | Prague to Bangkok - $138 Nov 19 to Dec 03. (11:32 PM EST)
- Just checked and this also works for going to Mumbai, India. (11:40 PM EST)
New York JFK to Milan MXP | Prague PRG - to Mumbai/Bombay, India (BOM).
Dec 07 to Dec 21 -all for $287
- Just bought New York JFK- to Milan MXP, Moscow MOW to Kuala Lumpur KUL for my g/f...
Nov 19th-Dec 10th. $232.
Gonna visit family in Russia for 3 weeks...and meet me in Bali lol !
- Feb 9: New York JFK to Milan (MXP), Feb 27 Budapest (BUD) to Mumbai, India (BOM) - $298
- You can alter Prague with other places too...Budapest, Warsaw, Minsk, Vilnius, RIga, Vienna...basically whatever spot flies to Paris (CDG) or Amsterdam (AMS) to connect with Air France or KLM
- New York JFK to Milan MXP - March 25 | Prague PRG to Bangkok BKK - April 02
$282 (1:05 AM EST)
- New York JFK to Milan MXP - Mar 04 | Budapest BUD to Mumbai BOM - Mar 10
$277 (1:36 AM EST)
- New York JFK to Milan MXP - Nov 19 | Prague PRG to Bangkok BKK - Nov 26
$159 (2:05 AM EST)
- New York JFK to Milan MXP - Feb 09 | Prague PRG to Bombay, India BOM - Feb 23
$232 (2:11 AM EST)
- New York JFK to Milan MXP - Dec 10 | Prague PRG to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia KUL - Dec 25
$220 (2:18 AM EST)
- October 15 and October 22 NYC-Milan & October 22 and October 29 Prague-Kuala Lumpur showing as $198.30 about 10 minutes ago (9:36 AM EST)
- booked for 2015... Flight #1 - Sunday, March 22, 2015 (Arrives Monday, March 23) NYC to Milan, Flight #2 - Monday, March 30, 2015 (Arrives Tuesday, March 31), Prague to Paris to Bangkok!...$276.70 (10:25 AM EST)
- One thing I noticed is that after a bunch of searches, Priceline stops showing the Alitalia flights. Just close the browser and re-open. That should bring them back. Also you can use incognito mode in Chrome.
- Most dates seem to be about $200 higher now. Most results are showing $350 as opposed to $150. (11:20 AM EST)
- Try this one, it's still working as of 11:21 AM EST... $159 to Europe and Bangkok http://www.priceline.com/airlines/fareResults.do?session_key=364A050A344B050A2014052314014999ecb0156087
- Christmas in Europe pretty cheap - Newark EWR to Milan MXP, Dec 10 | Geneva GVA to Toronto YYZ, Dec 27 $516 (5:15 PM EST)
- Sometimes you've got to be spontaneous. #Eurotrip #Italy #Prague #Bangkok #YYZDeals #Spontaneous 
- Eric: Just to give a heads up to any of you who booked the cheap flights to Asia, there are some good prices for return flights now available. I just booked my return flight from BKK to YYZ in April 2015, with 1 three-hour stopover in Mumbai, for $473 ($486 after taxes and fees). The rest of the week is in the $500's for the same flight - normally around $750-850. Here's a link to the deal
- If you can't see the New York JFK to Milan MXP portion of your ticket, don't panic.
Its not cancelled...you can call Alitalia and ask for seat selection. They will ask for your confirmation number and select your seat for you. 1-800-223-5730 is the Alitalia call center number, option 3.
- Can I earn miles with this mistake fare?
If you are in this for miles be aware that you may not earn miles, especially on Delta.
Delta: If you booked directly on carrier websites you may earn miles. If you booked through Priceline, reports seem to vary on whether you can earn the miles or not.
Alaska: No miles can be earned on the Alitalia segments. No miles can be earned on most of the Air France or KLM segments because of the fare code. On the Delta segments you can earn miles if you have a 006 ticket.
KLM: Yes (will be at 50% or 25% depending on the exact fare booked)
Air France: Yes (will be at 50% or 25% depending on the exact fare booked)
Alitalia: Yes (will be at 50% or 25% depending on the exact fare booked)
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This is great. Thanks for sharing. Will we be able to get a return flight from Tokyo? i'm guessing this is just one way no?
This awesome! Wish we could get the time off!!
How about RETURN flight?
Just booked NYC-MILAN-PRAGUE-PARIS-BANGKOK at the end of October, getting me to BKK a few days before Loi Krathong. Thanks Chris!!!
Chris, Got my first alert from you today and I acted. Just booked NYC - MILAN - PRAGUE - Tokyo on the dates suggested by you. Thank you so much!
Just tried booking the same dates again and got a fare of $840. So the mistake might have been caught.
Cheers!
Forgot to mention I got the suggested itinerary for $130 USD!
just tried the same date and deal went up to $1146....guess doesn't work anymore!!! thanks for sharing tho
$138 after tax! JFK>MXP, PRG>AMS>BKK
Flight #1 - Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (Arrives Wednesday, November 5)
Alitalia
(operated by Delta Air Lines)
Flight 7603
7h 54m, 3982 mi
From
John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK)
New York City, NY
Departs: 5:51 PM
To
Malpensa Airport (MXP)
Milan, Italy
Arrives: 7:45 AM (next day)
Aircraft
Airbus A330-300 (Jet)
Economy/Coach Class
Flight #2 - Thursday, December 4, 2014 (Arrives Friday, December 5)
KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines
(operated by KLM Cityhopper)
Flight 1356
1h 40m, 438 mi
From
Ruzyne Airport (PRG)
Prague, Czech Republic
Departs: 2:00 PM
Departs: 2:00 PM
To
Schipol Airport (AMS)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arrives: 3:40 PM
Aircraft
Embraer 190 (Jet)
Economy/Coach Class
KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines
Flight 875
10h 35m, 5717 mi
From
Schipol Airport (AMS)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Departs: 5:30 PM
To
Bangkok Intl Airport (BKK)
Bangkok, Thailand
Arrives: 10:05 AM (next day)
Aircraft
Boeing 777-300ER (Jet)
Economy/Coach Class
What's the best/cheapest way to get from Toronto to NYC (JFK)?
what are the cheap flights back from japan to nyc/toronto?
Aaaaaand it's gone!
Six tix just booked. OMGGGGOMG OMG
NYC-Milan (Nov 2); Prague-Hong Kong (Nov. 9). $326 for 2! Thanks!!
I bought my ticket for $177, what is the likelihood of my tickets getting cancelled by the airlines or Priceline?
Since the flights are departing from the U.S., the changes are high that these fares will be honored. The U.S. has laws in place now that make it difficult for the airlines to retract issued tickets, even on mistake fares. Google 'DOT Regulations mistake fares' to learn more.
It still works on Hipmunk!!! (7:30pm)
Just booked for 2015.
Been getting your emails for a year now, and finally was able to book!
Don't have time off till next year, so I booked next April -- NY - Milan - Prague - Tokyo (not to mention a sweet 21 hour layover in Amsterdam between Prague and Tokyo) for $270. Great find, Chris.
Still live for March. I booked NYC/Milan/Prague/Bali. Now I need to find a flight home from Bali!
I just bought NYC-MXP-PRG-BKK FOR 177US tax included
Just booked NYC>Milan, Prague>Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for $172 leaving early October.
Still seeing lots of dates/destinations available on Priceline.
Just bookde JFK - MXP - PRG - NRT for Dec 1-11 $170 + $34 insurance = $204! SO STOKED!
How is everyone getting back?
Its not working anymore! anyone know of any other options????
2.5 hrs ago booked JFK - MXP on Nov 4 and PRG - KUL on Nov 11 for $198.30.
This is simply a mazing - thank you Chris!!!
Will probably end up adding DPS - MNL - YVR - YYZ to return home, making around the world trip for ~$1,000 total :)
Good luck guys!
@Mandy, going to use Aeroplan miles. Found some flights from Vietnam to Toronto for 37,000 miles + $65 taxes/fees.
is it still working for anyone?
Dead yet?
booked this one a couple of hours ago. Used the suggested dates and flights - NYC to Milan; Prague to Tokyo for $180. I'm still in shock, THANK YOU! Now to find a way home in the next couple of months!
Still works ... just booked JFK>MXP and PRG>NRT for around $200 total, including taxes. Also tried MSP>JFK>MXP and PRG>NRT, which came to around $600. Dates were spread 1 week apart in mid-to-late November.
try February dates
just booked! thanks for posting|!!!
Just got this to work for March 2015! JFK-Milan-Prague-Amseterdam-Bangkok for $280/pp. I am still in shock!
Just booked this in October - NYC - Milan, Prague - Tokyo for $300.
Not as good as some deals but not too shabby! Thanks.
Still working — just booked NYC - Milan, Prague - Tokyo for $250 in the middle of February.
Never booked travel this spontaneously before, but I've got time to figure it out!
Still working — just booked NYC - Milan, Prague - Tokyo for $250 in the middle of February.
Never booked travel this spontaneously before, but I've got time to figure it out!
Is everyone just putting in random dates in between flights? Mine are coming up as $1000-$2000 :(
Flight Details
Multi-Destination | 1 Adult
New York City, NY (JFK) to Milan, IT (MXP)
Departing
John F Kennedy Intl Airport
Thu, Nov. 06, 2014 at 5:51 PM
Arriving
Malpensa Airport
Fri, Nov. 07, 2014 at 7:45 AM
This flight is operated by Delta Air Lines
Prague, CZ (PRG) to Bangkok, TH (BKK)
Prague, CZ (PRG) to Paris, FR (CDG)
Departing
Ruzyne Airport
Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 at 9:50 AM
Arriving
Charles De Gaulle (Roissy) Airport
Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 at 11:40 AM
Layover Time: 2h and 10min
Paris, FR (CDG) to Bangkok, TH (BKK)
Departing
Charles De Gaulle (Roissy) Airport
Wed, Nov. 12, 2014 at 1:50 PM
Arriving
Bangkok Intl Airport
Thu, Nov. 13, 2014 at 6:45 AM
FOR $276
5/23 @ 6:20am - still works...
AlitaliaFlight 611Flight 1026
Flight 1
Departing New York City, NY (JFK) Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:15 pm
-- Connects in Rome, Italy (FCO) -- 1h 55m layover
Arriving 1 day later Milan, Italy (MXP) Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:50 pm
Flight 1026 operated by Alitalia CityLiner
1 Stop Total Time 11h 35m
Air FranceFlight 9839 Flight 246
Flight 2
Departing Rome, Italy (FCO) Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:40 pm
-- Connects in Paris, France (CDG) -- 3h 0m layover
Arriving 1 day later Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (KUL) Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:20 pm
Flight 9839 operated by Alitalia
- This stop departs from a different airport -
Still working...in utter disbelief (3:45AM Pacific Standard Time)!
Just got $276 ($301 with fully reimbursed travel insurance) for JFK-BKK October 8th.
As desperately as I want to go to Asia or Africa, I likely can't afford the return flights. So I'm skipping my Prague-Bangkok connection and galavanting around Europe for a few weeks - flights return to JFK are 200-400 with deals, yipee!!!
Wow, thanks so much for this amazing tip! Can I ask what the details were for the December trip that included Australia? Which airport in Australia and was that the last airport in the series? I tried a bunch just now and I wasn't sure if they had fixed it for Australia or if I was just getting a detail wrong. Thanks so much!
are these deals still on or dead
Just booked another flight - AMAZING! I booked JFK-MXP-PRG-NRT last night (11PM EST-ish) Dec 1-14
For today, just booked:
JFK - MXP - AMS - CDG - PEK (Feb 2-15) $280 ALL IN! Flights are operated by Delta/KLM (On the itinerary it said Alitalia, and AF)
Might skip the PEK leg depending on cost of flying back to YYZ. Thank you Chris!
Good luck everyone!
Anyone able to squeeze in greece? i really want to visit greece & barcelona...instead of milan
This is incredible! Booked flights from NY > Milan > Budapest > Tokyo - may have to bow out of the Tokyo portion as well if the prices don't work out, but this is still fantastic! Cheers!!
Still working at 9AM! Booked JFK-MXP-PRG-BKK in March 2015 for $240. Woohoo!
Thanks for the heads up! Successfully booked:
JFK -> Milan
Prague -> Bangalore
for August (which seemed rare) and November. $384
Tip: I used hipmunk because it searched faster than priceline and has a really handy tab feature. I had to search a lot of route and date combinations to find the deals. I would suggest to enter in a route and set of dates that have been confirmed as a deal and then change one variable at a time.
omg
Guys, is there any way to do this from brussels?? or somewhere in the netherlands or germany or france even?
It's really expensive to fly from here as well.. It would be amazing to be able to take advantage of this situation.
As of 10:40 they've fixed the site :(
Just booked NYC>MXP, PRG>PVG for $133/pp!!
What dates??
What dates??
Departing
John F Kennedy Intl Airport
Wed, Nov. 19, 2014 at 8:35 PM
Arriving
Malpensa Airport
Thu, Nov. 20, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Flight / Class
Alitalia 605
Prague, CZ (PRG) to Shanghai, CH (PVG):
Prague, CZ (PRG) to Amsterdam, NL (AMS)
Departing
Ruzyne Airport
Wed, Dec. 03, 2014 at 6:50 AM
Arriving
Schipol Airport
Wed, Dec. 03, 2014 at 8:30 AM
Flight / Class
KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines 1350
This flight is operated by KLM Cityhopper
Layover Time: 8h and 45min
Amsterdam, NL (AMS) to Shanghai, CH (PVG)
Departing
Schipol Airport
Wed, Dec. 03, 2014 at 5:15 PM
Arriving
Shanghai Pudong Intl Airport
Thu, Dec. 04, 2014 at 10:40 AM
I am trying to figure out the Australia in December dates as well. Please share dates and airports. Do you have to enter it as separate one-way legs?
To Australia, try searching for flights that end up in Bali (DPS) instead. From Bali, you can get to Australia really cheaply with a separate one way flight. Bali to Perth for example, can be found for as low as $70 sometimes.
I managed to get a flight for $280 all in (note: we are talking US prices here, since there have been people mentioning how it's a YYZ deal site), JFK Milan, Brussels - Hong Kong. Not your $170 fare, but I am still VERY happy about the find. Best of all - my trip to Milan will be DIRECT!
its over ..I have been trying for an hr... :(
Have heard reports that the cheaper flights may not show on Priceline after a bunch of searches. People have reported success with closing the browser, opening again. Or using inocgnito mode in Chrome.
Hi CHris,
It appears that they fixed it.. i tried all methods... THANK you!! :)
i was able to get it to work just now with JFK - MXP 11/19, PRG - PVG 12/3 for $292
anyone find other dates? im still looking for spring dates
Maybe its my server... Not sure
How is everyone getting back?
Tks so much, managed to get JFK to Milan in Aug and then Warsaw to Tokyo Sept 9th for 389.
Tks so much, managed to get JFK to Milan in Aug and then Warsaw to Tokyo Sept 9th for 389.
Try different dates! I just booked mine.
$310 for NYC --> Milan...and Prague --> Hong Kong with 1 day layover in Amsterdam
patrick which dates did you use?
It's morning on May 23. Just found $310 for JFK->Milan on 11/20, Prague->Tokyo on 12/11. See you in Europe!
Three things:
1) To get back it's probably necessary to use airline miles
2) Be careful of layover times when you find a good price, I almost bought a ticket with a 12-hour layover
3) The ordinary price for a one-way flight to Milan is $500, from Prague to Tokyo is $600. So this isn't actually saving thousands of dollars, but it is a great deal.
What dates did you use, Patrick?
LAX to NYC?? sad that this is only from NYC :I
How do we get back?
I have a question. I see lot of people are booking flights as follows:
New York to Milan,
and then From Prague to Bankok,
How are you guys going from Milan to Prague? Are you driving / cab / hitchiking ?
Am I missing something here?
ShahG - basically travelling overland in Europe is very easy and cheap. Trains, buses, etc. Also flights within europe are often cheap too, eg. ryanair, easyjet (or whatever the current discount airlines are). Hitchhiking also is safe and fairly easy in most of europe.
Has anyone else had any success with this deal in the last few hours? I'm finding around $400... nothing less than that.
the cheapest i found is leaving Dec 11 from NYC to Milan, and Dec 18 from Prague to Tokyo for $330. I am still checking to see if there are cheaper ones that fits into the schedule I can go...
This should still be working for prices around $300. If it doesn't work for you use Chrome's incognito function.
I'm not having luck... trying to get to Taipei sometime in September (ideally Sept 23)... going via other places like HK or San Fran or whereever really is fine... does it have to be a multi-stop trip? And only one-way? I'm confused... i tried one way and round trip and it didn't work...
think they had fixed the issue.. price went up to 1300
they fixed it!
they didn't quite fixed it yet
i got san francisco to milan, venice to tokyo for $770. if i left from new york it would have been $570 but a normal one-way tix from sf to ny would have been at least $200 anyways so i am thrill with the $770.
now i just have to figure out a way to get home :P
Just booked a trip from JFK - MXP (Nov. 28), PRG - Tokyo HND (Dec 10), $337pp, for 2. A little higher than when I checked last night but still a really good deal. Thanks!
I'm seeing $950 flights but nothing below that
Doesn't seem to work anymore. Can't get Alitalia as of 3:20pm. I saw it earlier at around 12:00pm but now the Alitalia airline isn't showing up. Tried using incognito, closing and opening new browser, clearing cookies and history, use firefox etc.
I've been playing around with some dates and places as well - nothing under $1200, even for trips I previously saw for $300 - $400.
Hey Chris,
How come your didn't post this on YVR Deals as well? Would have loved to book it but found out too late.
Should I subscribe to multiple twitter/websites to avoid this in the future?
J.H.
Just spoke with Priceline to cancel my trip (returns and transitions will end up costing the same amount as a regular roundtrip) - he said they are "fully aware of the fares" but apparently it's the airline glitch, though I told them those fares aren't appearing anywhere else but priceline.
Thank you so much for letting us know :) We booked last night - JFK-Milan (November 27); Prague-Bangkok (December 9)
I got LAX to Budapest and then Prague to Singapore in early March for $468. I heard that the prices returned to normal minutes after I made the purchase. Keep looking and post if you find anything!
Hi Jimmy,
I made a casual post about it on Facebook in both Vancouver and Toronto. Toronto seemed to take a lot more interest in it, so I focused on sharing it with YYZ and that kept me pretty busy with all the updates, without much time to share it with other cities.
In the YVR Deals Facebook Group I did mention more than a few times to check out the YYZ post, as the information would be useful to anyone looking for the similar fares out of LAX.
People on other blogs have been saying they're still able to book on flightnetwork.com for fairly cheap... but I haven't been able to find anything tat works yet. Lowest has been $600.
By the time I had my credit card out, the deal was gone on Priceline. I can't get it to work on any combination there or flightnetwork.com.
No luck as of 15 minutes ago, tried dates all the way from between Oct '14 and April '15. Tried JFK to MXP, and then PRG to NRT, HND, BKK, Shanghai. Looks like the game is up.
Sadly I think the deal may be spent. I'm not seeing ALITALIA as an option any longer.
Alitlia segment has been cancelled - no word on reimbursement or rescheduling. Just checked my itinerary on KLM.
definitely recommend not calling the airlines on deals like this...
mine still there, and able to choose seat on delta and klm with the provided confirmation number
btw, what is status open mean in my confirmation on delta flight?
Great, people calling Priceline to ask about the deal or possibly cancel theirs. Just what everyone needed.
thanks people for calling the airlines and ruining this for the rest of us. great people.
V is a moron
It wasn't just V, a guy on flyertalk.com also called his airline ignoring the huge "DON'T CALL THE AIRLINE" banner on the thread. Probably plenty of others too
How can we find out if our flights have been cancelled without contacting the airline ?
Go to this thread, there is a big message with links for you
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mileage-run-deals/1579003-rtw-about-950-alitalia-europe-asia-combo-deal-61.html
Thanks!
Ok, so it says my new york to milan flight Alitalia has been cancelled on the KLM site, but not on the Alitalia site.
Any advice on how to pursue?
Priceline seemed to cancel my reservations.. Called them about mine and the machine told me it was canceled… not sure if theyre going to honor the flight giltch?
klm and alitalia confirmed my reservations and i got my eticket numbers. JOY!
I am seeing that the Alitalia flight was cancelled but can't seem to locate my reservation on either the Alitalia or Delta website. followed the tips of using all caps and including middle name. However i noticed on priceline that i can still choose seats for the flight and when I did a search on Alitalia's website I was able to see that you could purhcase the flight i booked. So im confused!
People- go on the Russian version of Alitalia, type in FIRSTMIDDLENAME LAST and then your confirmation code. That should bring up the cancelled flight (as I did with mine). My JFK-MXP segment is shown as cancelled on KLM and i can't tell if it's a codeshare with Delta, BUT I see from my PL ticket that I actually have a seat assigned on that flight...I am thinking to give this a few days and re-check.
booked my ny-milan; prague-amsterdam-beijing yesterday for $132 end of October and got confirmation, hopefully they wont cancel it, now just looking for a return to yyz from Europe OR asia end of oct/beginning of November for cheap
I hope everyone realizes that one way flights are way more expensive than round trips and you probably aren't really saving any money.
@breezy not if you open a credit card deal and get 50k miles. you can easily get a trip home for $40 bucks from asia
Thank you so much for this! We booked JFK - MIlan -Barcelona - Mumbai for next March. Booked these at 11:00 am yesterday morning for 393. It clearly wasn't Priceline, it was Air Italia that had the glitch
Has anyone had any luck for today. Amanda, what are the exact dates and did you use priceline for your flights?
Is this deal dead..thx
March 9 - 20th and yes we used Priceline. Air Italia found the glitch yesterday so the deals been done since 3 pm on Friday. Lasted 2 days I think.
Shows that my New York to Milan flight has been cancelled, but Prague to Tokyo flight with KLM is still honoured
Henry, it should still be okay. Check this thread http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mileage-run-discussion/1579003-fare-gone-rtw-about-950-alitalia-europe-asia-combo-deal-71.html
If you can't see the New York JFK to Milan MXP portion of your ticket, don't panic.
Its not cancelled...you can call Alitalia and ask for seat selection. They will ask for your confirmation number and select your seat for you. 1-800-223-5730 is the Alitalia call center number, option 3.
Would Priceline honor this mistaken fare?
SWISS Flight 19 + Flight 1628 Thursday Dec 11 EWR -> MXP
Swiss Flight 4642 Wednesday 24 GVA->YYZ
$481.80 USD on Priceline.
Lufthansa Flight 761 Dec 11
Swiss Flight 4642 Dec 24
$460.81 on CheapoAir
It's that time!!!
yyz-jfk-mxp-prg-bkk-rep-kul-bki-kul-hkt-hkg-yyz on tuesday!!!
thanks again for the post.
Amazing looking itinerary Rob! Check in sometime during the journey and let us know how everything is going! I'm sure a lot of people here would be interested to hear about it.
Just got back, thanks so much!
Welcome back Dish! Hope you had a great trip.
just got back from this trip! toronto- ny-milan-prague-tokyo-toronto
amazing vacation! thank you!!!
looking forward for cheap tickets to europe soon!