United this morning matched a Delta base fare of $88 one-way in the New York to San Jose market, but act RIGHT NOW if you’re interested as Delta has already pulled the fare. I wouldn’t expect United to keep its fare live beyond an hour or so today.
Here’s the nitty-gritty and an example itinerary.
Routing: LaGuardia to Houston to Los Angeles to San Jose r/t
Routing rules: NYC-CHI/CLE/EWR/WAS-CHI/DEN/HOU-LAX/SFO-SJC
Travel period: Now through end of schedule
Minimum stay requirement: None
Day of week restrictions: None
Fare basis: NA14HN, 14-day advance purchase
Fare: $224.40 roundtrip all-in
Premier Qualifying Miles earned: 6,590 (assumes 500-mile minimums)
Cents-per-mile (CPM): 3.41
Example itinerary:
The above itinerary was found using ITA’s Matrix Airfare Search, but can be booked on United directly or with greater ease using Hipmunk.
(Hat tip: The Flight Deal)
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I don’t think SFO-SJC would be a valid routing!
@Gene: That’s the way it’s published anyway. 😉
@Cogswell: But there are many of us crazies out there who love 42-hours of travel. 😉
What is never factored in to these cpm calculations is the amount of time spent on the itinerary. Your example is 42 hours (plus the cost of a hotel and potentially taking 2 days off of work!). You can pretty consistently get non-stop NYC to LAX (5,000 miles) same-day RT for around $330. In general you would be in transit for just around 14 hours. It seems crazy to spend 28 extra hours travelling.
Nice find. If anyone goes to San Jose, CA try a glazed doughnut at Stan’s Donuts in Santa Clara.
I buy a box in morning, whenever I find myself there.
Cheers