Using AAdvantage miles for award on Alaska Airlines / AS
Jun 28, 2017, 11:52 am
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Using AAdvantage miles for award on Alaska Airlines / AS
Has Alaska Airlines started to restrict partner availability of saver award inventory or is the American Airlines website just not seeing it?
I see plenty of connecting awards(one AA segment one AS segment) on Alaska's website for 12.5k AS miles that I used to be able to book through American that I can't get the website to offer anymore.
I see plenty of connecting awards(one AA segment one AS segment) on Alaska's website for 12.5k AS miles that I used to be able to book through American that I can't get the website to offer anymore.
Jun 28, 2017, 12:00 pm
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Has Alaska Airlines started to restrict partner availability of saver award inventory or is the American Airlines website just not seeing it?
I see plenty of connecting awards(one AA segment one AS segment) on Alaska's website for 12.5k AS miles that I used to be able to book through American that I can't get the website to offer anymore.
I see plenty of connecting awards(one AA segment one AS segment) on Alaska's website for 12.5k AS miles that I used to be able to book through American that I can't get the website to offer anymore.
PS: VX segments are unbookable using AA.
Jun 28, 2017, 12:09 pm
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Jun 28, 2017, 1:01 pm
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I just completed a search on aa.com for SFO-SEA and see 12.5K availability for every day but Aug 4.
Edited to add:
If you are just searching from the aa.com homepage, that search now defaults to AA flights only. You need to select advanced search and then select "All Airlines".
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...d-steps-2.html
Edited to add:
If you are just searching from the aa.com homepage, that search now defaults to AA flights only. You need to select advanced search and then select "All Airlines".
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...d-steps-2.html
Last edited by jerry a. laska; Jun 28, 2017 at 1:14 pm
Jun 28, 2017, 1:21 pm
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I just completed a search on aa.com for SFO-SEA and see 12.5K availability for every day but Aug 4.
Edited to add:
If you are just searching from the aa.com homepage, that search now defaults to AA flights only. You need to select advanced search and then select "All Airlines".
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...d-steps-2.html
Edited to add:
If you are just searching from the aa.com homepage, that search now defaults to AA flights only. You need to select advanced search and then select "All Airlines".
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...d-steps-2.html
Jun 30, 2017, 3:38 pm
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Since this pertains to the American Airlines program, we will move it there.
Ryandc99, Moderator, Alaska Airlines
Ryandc99, Moderator, Alaska Airlines
Nov 28, 2017, 7:02 pm
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Five months after the OP, I am repeating the same question. I am looking into SAN - BOS one way on April 9, 2018.
At Alaska, there are 7+ award seats. At AA.com, however, I can't find any AS award. Is this due to the new relationship between AS and AA? Or am I missing something? I selected all airlines instead of the default of American only.
At Alaska, there are 7+ award seats. At AA.com, however, I can't find any AS award. Is this due to the new relationship between AS and AA? Or am I missing something? I selected all airlines instead of the default of American only.
Nov 28, 2017, 7:59 pm
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Nov 28, 2017, 9:57 pm
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I see that there are 2 seats available at 12.5k only on April 11, which correctly show up at AA.com.
Jun 13, 2018, 9:11 am
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AA.com vs Alaska award availability
I'm finding way more and better biz saver availability when looking on alaska's website than on AA.com. Can I book what I'm seeing on alaska's website with AA miles by calling AA, or might there actually be more availability with alaska miles that I can't get with AA Miles?
Jun 13, 2018, 10:17 am
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It would seem odd if AA awards have more availability with AS miles than with AA miles, since I assume they are the same booking class.
Of course, I have previously found differences between AA availability for miles versus Business Extraa points, not more or less (I didn't measure), but different
Of course, I have previously found differences between AA availability for miles versus Business Extraa points, not more or less (I didn't measure), but different
Jun 13, 2018, 10:35 am
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If you're talking about all AA-operated segments, I would guess that is phantom availability - it won't be available when you call AA. It may be databases not syncing up. It may be AA applying married segment logic.
Jun 13, 2018, 11:55 am
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it is both AA metal and partner availability. For example, on alaska, BOS-ORD-NRT flights are showing up that don't on AA.com, and also hainan flights are showing up that don't on AA.com
