Happy

I have found the partner airlines are very straight to what class the ticket is indicated - probably due to how the partner airlines receive compensation from AAdvantage. Neither CX nor JL would let you sit at cabin not ticketed for no matter how wide open the premium cabin is, despite the segment is a voluntary downgrade from a higher award redeemed.

Austinrunner

As posters have recently said in this very thread.

Jwerking

Wow, great itinerary in Business - well done!

I just booked my first OW ticket but opted for Economy - since I could see online that there were no business award seats on AA flights from DFW-NRT and JFK-HND that I needed. Sort of assumed that I would have the same business availability issues with Japan airlines, quantas, and Cathay Pacific. But it take few miles to upgrade upgrade to business from economy on OW ticket - well worth the extra miles if you can get the business seats.

For future reference, can I ask how far in advance your itinerary is - so I will have an idea if it is doable next time?

thanks

pogonation

Sorry I meant a night not a day. I spent 3 days in the area but I reckon it could be done if you go out in the morning and leave on the evening of the following day making it a one night trip.

thegent

Frustrating! It's definitely a chicken and egg problem... AA says wait for QF to free up seats, but when it doesn't happen, QF says upgrade has to come from AA. I understand that the gate/lounge agents may not have "authority" as one put it to upgrade, but it would be nice if AA could get some traction with QF.

I also understand that QF, or any airline for that matter, doesn't want to give away all of the biz seats as awards, but when it is apparent that they haven't sold for revenue, they should have a mechanism to free up these seats it seems. Maybe it's a crew/staffing issue, there was a very active thread about BA downgrading a non-award ticketed (paid) passenger after he had been seated with boarding pass, due to lack staff on board the plane.

I guess, bottom line is that there is no incentive for anyone at oneworld to get too worked up about it as long as it doesn't tarnish AAdvantage too much??

sweetz_21_83

I know I'm a little late in planning some people would say. I originally had lots of other itineraries to the mid east and Europe I wanted but nothing worked out 7 to 8 months in advance. I have been working on this for 3 weeks to get everything right and dealing with the Cathay issues but it was finally ticketed 6 months in advance.

FlyerMC

I switched my 1st class DFW-NRT to April 1st but was initiallt stymied in that there were no first class or economy flights awards available on March 31 between MIA-DFW despite ten flights per day. The agent checked with revenue managemet who agreed to open a seat to a downgraded exonomy T Code.

ckpeter

That's a good outcome!

What's your AA status? I have often heard of EXP requesting additional seats to revenue management, but GLD/PLT reports are much less often.

cbr600f4i2

I just tried to book a flight to Europe on AA using miles. They wanted 110K miles and $775. ...? That's the cost to fly to Europe, I don't really see much use in obtain AA miles anymore if I have to pay for the flight anyway. I'm really starting to hate American.

guv1976

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That hardly sounds like a oneworld award issue, which is the subject of this thread. And if you're being asked to pay $775, it sounds like at least one of your flights is on BA. Avoid BA, and you'll pay much less.

BrewerSEA

You are seeing the relatively new disclaimer that appears on AA.com when booking award tickets: "Miles Used:+ up to $775 USD."

This is a new Federal requirement showing the maximum possible cost for any award ticket bookable online. Once you get to the Travelers page (Page 4 of 7) it will show the actual cost which will almost certainly be drastically less.

Viajero Millero

Just to clarify, one open jaw is allowed. Is that in the same country, though? Or would Europe or South America count as "countries"?

I'm trying to redeem this OW award starting in LIM going to Europe and finishing in the US.

Thanks.

Austinrunner

There is no limit on where the open jaw may be.

FlyerMC

So, I had booked my 1st Class 280,000 mile $453 surcharges (34,790 countable miles 16 segments exactly) around-the-world itinerary.

MIA-DFW-NRT-PEK-HKG-MNL-HKG-JNB-CPT/LVI-JNB-MAD-RAK-MAD-TLV-MAD-MIA

I just called American Airlines and Iberia announced it has cancelled my May 31st JNB-MAD flight. The reservation agent said that the matter has been referred to the American Airlines Liaison Desk (never heard of them) and for me to call back tomorrow.

If I had already booked and paid for the ticket can American Airlines Liaison route me through London (on British Airways) without me having to pay extra miles (over 35,000 countable) or surcharges? Does anybody have experience with flights being cancelled in the middle of an around-the-world and how this is handled?

Thanks.