Would AA appreciate a call to cancel a portion of free travel?
So I'm using an international award LHR-JFK-MCO and was going to use the free stopover at the US gateway city (JFK) and then take the second flight a week later. As it turns out, I can't spend that much time when I arrive in New York and have bought a separate ticket (on another airline) for an earlier date (as free option not available the date I need) to get me to MCO. I think the right thing to do is call and let them know I only need LHR-JFK so they will have a FC seat open for JFK-MCO. Has anyone done this prior to departure for first leg? Obviously I don't want anything to change on my LHR-JFK leg so is there any chance pf screw up or to be safe should I just call during the week window between JFK and MCO?
So I'm using an international award LHR-JFK-MCO and was going to use the free stopover at the US gateway city (JFK) and then take the second flight a week later. As it turns out, I can't spend that much time when I arrive in New York and have bought a separate ticket (on another airline) for an earlier date (as free option not available the date I need) to get me to MCO. I think the right thing to do is call and let them know I only need LHR-JFK so they will have a FC seat open for JFK-MCO. Has anyone done this prior to departure for first leg? Obviously I don't want anything to change on my LHR-JFK leg so is there any chance pf screw up or to be safe should I just call during the week window between JFK and MCO?
Thanks
Is your ticket one way or round trip? If the latter, you may have more of an issue regardless of when you call because your ticket will need to be reissued, which could incur a change fee. If it's a one way, go ahead and call. If the agent tells you that cancelling JFK-MCO is a problem, don't make the change, and then call again after you fly LHR-JFK.
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Originally Posted by aa213bb
Why not push JFK-MCO a bit, then see what happens. Wo knows, maybe a big schedule change takes place.
Perhaps you could use it later. Since it is an award ticket with a free stopover, I would try to change the date for the second leg to a later date that is still within the one year from ticketing window.
So I'm using an international award LHR-JFK-MCO and was going to use the free stopover at the US gateway city (JFK) and then take the second flight a week later. As it turns out, I can't spend that much time when I arrive in New York and have bought a separate ticket (on another airline) for an earlier date (as free option not available the date I need) to get me to MCO. I think the right thing to do is call and let them know I only need LHR-JFK so they will have a FC seat open for JFK-MCO. Has anyone done this prior to departure for first leg? Obviously I don't want anything to change on my LHR-JFK leg so is there any chance pf screw up or to be safe should I just call during the week window between JFK and MCO?
Thanks
Nice of you to take into consideration the fact that the open seat might be used by someone else - a nice change from most posts!
I would agree that calling AA is the best approach and see if you can change it to a later date or cancelling the segment.
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Originally Posted by Ord Liza
Perhaps you could use it later. Since it is an award ticket with a free stopover, I would try to change the date for the second leg to a later date that is still within the one year from ticketing window.
I'd do this too. As a courtesy to your fellow travelers who may be seeking awards, choose a low-demand flight, like a Wednesday morning, as far in the future as possible.
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I'd do this too. As a courtesy to your fellow travelers who may be seeking awards, choose a low-demand flight, like a Wednesday morning, as far in the future as possible.
This is what I was trying to say, along with the chance that, if the OP reschedules and then AA makes a drastic change to the flight s/he books, perhaps there's a chance to get a mileage reimbursement for it.
This is what I was trying to say, along with the chance that, if the OP reschedules and then AA makes a drastic change to the flight s/he books, perhaps there's a chance to get a mileage reimbursement for it.
Given that LHR-JFK is the same miles requirement as LHR-MCO I would not see any reason why there would be a refund for a schedule change
So I'm using an international award LHR-JFK-MCO and was going to use the free stopover at the US gateway city (JFK) and then take the second flight a week later. As it turns out, I can't spend that much time when I arrive in New York and have bought a separate ticket (on another airline) for an earlier date (as free option not available the date I need) to get me to MCO. I think the right thing to do is call and let them know I only need LHR-JFK so they will have a FC seat open for JFK-MCO. Has anyone done this prior to departure for first leg? Obviously I don't want anything to change on my LHR-JFK leg so is there any chance pf screw up or to be safe should I just call during the week window between JFK and MCO?
Thanks
Last week I called AA about the same situation. The wanted to charge me $150/ticket to chop off the last leg of the award. Is this correct?
The seat will be used by someone, whether you cancel or not. Probably just a free upgrade, as there is no guarantee that your cancelled seat will be released for use as a mileage ticket.
Last week I called AA about the same situation. The wanted to charge me $150/ticket to chop off the last leg of the award. Is this correct?
Yup; changing the routing incurs a $150 fee. To the OP, I would just not inform AA and let the segment drop. Start informing them and they may want to charge the change fees
