An American international deal out of Dallas!

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Photo: David McKelvey, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

 Sample Travel Date:

• March 18th – 26th, 2014

Fare Availability:

• Valid for travel from March, 2014 – May 20th, 2014 or August 21st, 2014 – November 30th, 2014 for Monday through Thursday departures. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure.

How to Search for Availability:

• Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and flexible month search to see availability — enable advanced routing codes and enter “aa+” on the outbound and return fields to search for this fare.
• For AA flyer’s who want to try out American’s 77W service between DFW-HKG, you can route via HKG for the August – November travel period. It is about $200 more but significantly less than the straight DFW-HKG fare and stopover in HKG is just $100 extra. To find availability, use “aa hkg” on the outbound advanced routing code field and “hkg aa” on the return advanced routing code field. It is also booked in V class if you take that routing — so nice amount of EQP’s for those who qualify on EQPs vs EQMs.
• Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
• How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage

Minimum Stay:

• 5 Days

Routing:

• DFW – NRT (Tokyo) – SGN (Ho Chi Minh City) – NRT – DFW

Stopover:

• Two permitted at $100 each.
• How to Take Advantage of a Stopover

Mileage:

• 18,266 miles or 5.5 cents per mile. (18,120 miles or 6.7 CPM if you take the Hong Kong routing)

How to Book:

• We managed to book this through only one method – nothing else we tried worked.
• Go to Google.com/flights to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search. Google Flights will show you the link and link to American to book.

Accommodations

For hotel bookings, we recommend that you only book using online travel agencies (Hotels.com or Hotwire.com) if it is a non-chain hotel. We don’t want you to miss out on earning rewards with chain hotels.

• Accor Hotels
  • Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis
• CheapTickets
• Country Inns and Suites
• Design Hotels
• Expedia
• Hilton Hotels
  • Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, Hilton, DoubleTree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Home2
• HomeAway.com
• Hotels.com
• Intercontinental Group
  • Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites
• Marriott International
  • Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard y Marriott, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Springhill Suites, Delta Hotels, Moxy, AC Hotels, TownePlace, Autograph Collection, Protea Hotels.
• Orbitz
• Preferred Hotels & Resorts
  • Preferred, Sterling, Summit
• Radisson Hotels
  • Radisson Blu, Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn, Hotel Missioni
• Venere
• Wyndham Hotels
  • Wyndham, Tryp, Wingate, Hawthorn, Microtel, Dream, Planet Hollywood, Ramada, Night, Baymont, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, Knights Inn

Car Rentals

• Avis – US and Canadian Rentals
• CarRentals.com
• Fox Rent A Car
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• Payless Car Rental
• Sixt Car Rental – Good Agency for Rentals in Europe

Background Information:

• Visa Requirements: US Citizens – Visa required prior to arrival. Prices vary. However, you may have an agent arrange a visa for pick-up upon arrival at Ho Chi Minh City Airport for a $20-25 handling fee paid upfront + $45 for the visa itself (also payable upon arrival). The Flight Deal team has used VietnamStay.com in the past for this service. It is much better than sending away your passport. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database.
• Currency: Vietnamese Dong (VND). $1USD = 21,120 VND

Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:

• No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards to save on international purchases
• Don’t get hit with Dynamic Currency Conversion
• Get your taxes refunded when shopping
• How to Avoid International Data Roaming Charges

For more of the latest cheap Dallas / Fort Worth Flight Deals:

• Go to the The Dallas / Fort Worth Flight Deals page

* The Flight Deal will receive a small commission if you use the accommodation or car rental affiliate links to make a booking. Thank you for your continuing support.

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