American Airlines has a $609 fare with good availability from Houston IAH to Hong Kong HKG for departures from the last week of August to early December, then mid-January – May 6, 2017. The $609 fare is not available from Dallas DFW. Low fare from Dallas DFW to Hong Kong is a staggering $1,173 during this same time frame.
For Dallas area folks, there is a $609 ticket price available from Tyler TYR, 100 miles east of Dallas. American Airlines TYR – DFW – HKG is $609 round trip.
American Airlines Houston IAH – Dallas DFW – Hong Kong HKG
$608.26 Tue Sep 6 – Tue Sep 13
IAH-DFW-HKG-DFW-IAH = 16,694 flight miles.
American Airlines Houston IAH – Dallas DFW – Hong Kong HKG
$612.76 Sat Oct 1 – Sat Oct 8
TYR-DFW-LAX-HKG-DFW-TYR = 16,822 miles.
AAdvantage elite members earn an additional 796 EQM for the TYR-DFW-TYR 102-mile flight segments with AAdvantage 500-EQM minimum per segment rule. This TYR-HKG $609 ticket earns 17,618 EQM for elite members, despite only earning 2,580 + elite level bonus redeemable miles in the new AAdvantage program after August 1, 2016 for this $516 base fare ticket.
Wow. That is a lot of miles on a low fare to Hong Kong. This looks like a good deal for someone who wants to earn AAdvantage elite with 2016 cheap flights before the frequent flyer program goes revenue based for elite status in 2017.
There are loads of available dates for this low fare.
Google Flights Fare Calendar for Tyler, Texas TYR – Hong Kong HKG
September – October 2016
Google Flights Fare Calendar for Houston, Texas IAH – Hong Kong HKG
March – April 2016
These low fares are available on most dates Feb-April 2017.
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