Jan 13, 2015, 1:39 pm
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Awards: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles (>= 2015)
This thread is about our members' successful award bookings on Etihad / EY using AAdvantage miles. Please do not post to this thread if you want tips and assistance on booking Etihad awards with AA miles but see this thread: How to use AA miles on Etihad / EY (Consolidated / Master Thread). The wikipost of that thread also contains instructions on how to search for EY availability.
Note: posts prior to 2015 about this topic (with the exception of a few 2014 end of year posts brought forward for continuity) may be found at ARCHIVE: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles
Success stories booking awards on Etihad using AA miles (Archive - 2015 and earlier)
May 11, 2015, 12:19 am
#286
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: DEL
Programs: AAdvantage, Global Entry, United Silver
Posts: 44
ORD-DEL
Recently booked 2 one-way J awards ORD-DEL for early July, along with 1 lap infant. The lap infant taxes and fees alone were about $815 
. After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
. After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
May 11, 2015, 3:16 am
#287
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Recently booked 2 one-way J awards ORD-DEL for early July, along with 1 lap infant. The lap infant taxes and fees alone were about $815 . After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
. After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
May 11, 2015, 8:45 am
#288
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,578
Recently booked 2 one-way J awards ORD-DEL for early July, along with 1 lap infant. The lap infant taxes and fees alone were about $815 . After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
. After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
May 11, 2015, 2:49 pm
#289
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ZRH/SFO
Programs: A3*G - AZ CFP- HH DIA
Posts: 3,666
Recently booked 2 one-way J awards ORD-DEL for early July, along with 1 lap infant. The lap infant taxes and fees alone were about $815 . After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).
. After being on the phone for an hour the AAgent confirmed that this was the lowest possible fare they could give since it was 10% of the base fare (~$400) plus taxes and fees (~$400).Results from ExpertFlyer.com
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Fare Information Search:
Departing ORD on 08/07/15 for DEL
Flying EY
Viewing in currency USD
Seaching in Business cabin
Validated Results
Fare Basis Airline Booking Trip Type Fare Cabin
DOWUS EY D One-Way 4433.00 (USD) B **
COWUS EY C One-Way 5408.00 (USD) B **
JOWUS EY J One-Way 6383.00 (USD) B **
JOW11 EY J One-Way 7034.00 (USD) B *
** INF/INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT PSGR UNDER 2 - CHARGE 20 PERCENT OF THE FARE.
* INF/INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT PSGR UNDER 2 - CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF THE FARE.
Results from Itasoftware Matrix
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Fare for 1 infant in lap Fare 1: Carrier EY JOW11 CHI to DEL (rules) Passenger type INF, ONE-WAY-ONLY fare, booking code J Covers ORD-AUH (Business), AUH-DEL (Business)...........US$793.90 US September 11th Security Fee (AY).....................US$..5.60 US International Departure Tax (US).....................US$.17.70 Subtotal For 1 infant in lap............................US$817.30 Fare Construction (can be useful to travel agents): CHI EY X/AUH EY DEL Q140.00 M 653.90JOW11 NUC 793.90 END ROE 1.00 XT 17.70US 5.60AY
May 11, 2015, 10:57 pm
#290
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
I just booked two seats for friends on 15 JUL LHR-AUH-KUL in Y. Surprised given it's high demand in July. (Yep, it required two awards for each person.)
May 12, 2015, 9:33 am
#291
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 184
Hey guys
Last week I managed to book an award ticket to February 2016, as follow:
BOM-AUH (EY F) B789
AUH-JFK (EY F) A388
JFK-YVR (CX J) B777ER
I did manage to get both CX and EY booking code, and with these I manage to choose the CX seat that I wanted.
So I called Etihad and asked for the seats in both flights, which were promptly accepted.
I asked them to send me a booking confirmation with the seats and they did, but in there it says that I'm booked in Economy.
As I decided to check my online reservation at Virtuallythere.com I noticed that it also states that I'm booked in Economy though seats are allocated and are in First Class.
Should I try to correct this? Or is this because the EY system does not recognize First Award Fare?
I should note that in the virtuallythere website, it states that the JFK-YVR leg is Shuttle Service, lol
PS: the fare code in the aa booking states that it's a O fare in the EY leg and U in CX.
Thanks in advance!
Last week I managed to book an award ticket to February 2016, as follow:
BOM-AUH (EY F) B789
AUH-JFK (EY F) A388
JFK-YVR (CX J) B777ER
I did manage to get both CX and EY booking code, and with these I manage to choose the CX seat that I wanted.
So I called Etihad and asked for the seats in both flights, which were promptly accepted.
I asked them to send me a booking confirmation with the seats and they did, but in there it says that I'm booked in Economy.
As I decided to check my online reservation at Virtuallythere.com I noticed that it also states that I'm booked in Economy though seats are allocated and are in First Class.
Should I try to correct this? Or is this because the EY system does not recognize First Award Fare?
I should note that in the virtuallythere website, it states that the JFK-YVR leg is Shuttle Service, lol
PS: the fare code in the aa booking states that it's a O fare in the EY leg and U in CX.
Thanks in advance!
May 12, 2015, 10:47 am
#292
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,837
You are not alone: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...on-change.html
May 12, 2015, 11:41 am
#293
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 184
You are not alone: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/etiha...on-change.html
May 12, 2015, 5:48 pm
#294
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: SF/OC
Programs: UA GS, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 474
I'll change this post to a "success story" instead. See the using AA miles on Etihad posts for the backstory.
Booked SFO>AUH>MLE in J round trip. 67,500 miles pp round trip. Not a bad way to use some miles in the end. I just hope Jetihad is better than the average review these days..
I would have liked to do LAX>AUH or AUH>LAX on one of the segments to compare and contrast the two products but guess I'm "stuck" flying Jetihad.
Booked SFO>AUH>MLE in J round trip. 67,500 miles pp round trip. Not a bad way to use some miles in the end. I just hope Jetihad is better than the average review these days..
I would have liked to do LAX>AUH or AUH>LAX on one of the segments to compare and contrast the two products but guess I'm "stuck" flying Jetihad.
Last edited by lagunas2k; May 13, 2015 at 1:46 pm Reason: Update
May 22, 2015, 4:08 pm
#295
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: AA EXP (LT Plat 2MM), Marriott Plat, IHG Plat, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Plat, SPG Plat75, UA1K
Posts: 1,248
ORD (AA/BA) - LHR - (EY) - AUH - (EY) - MLE possible?
Planning a trip for next year and curious if the above routing is possible. Tried to pull this up in KVS and can't tell. I also tried to build it on aa.com and no luck (used "multi city" breaking the trip in both LHR and AUH). AA.com did offer to build the trip via JFK, LHR, AUH and CMB!
May 22, 2015, 4:57 pm
#296
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
14 Jul 2015: LHR-AUH-KUL in coach for two. Just booked last week. Yep, "Jetihad" for leg 2.
May 22, 2015, 5:03 pm
#297
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: SF/OC
Programs: UA GS, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 474
Just flew SFO>AUH>MLE>AUH>SFO for two in J on Jetihad. It was quite pleasant. Full detailed trip report to come soon.
May 22, 2015, 5:05 pm
#298
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
May 23, 2015, 9:07 am
#299
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
I booked last month MIA-JFK-AUH-MLE-AUH-CDG-MIA
Everything on F except trips to and from MLE because there is only biz and the AA operated flights for the same reason (MIA-JFK and CDG-MIA)
360k AA miles for two.
Anybody has had also problem with booking a chaffeur?? How did you resolve the issue?
They are telling me that AA booked the flight as transfer instead of stopover on the segments MIA-JFK-AUH-MLE, which is not true because I am staying more than 12 hours in each place.
Everything on F except trips to and from MLE because there is only biz and the AA operated flights for the same reason (MIA-JFK and CDG-MIA)
360k AA miles for two.
Anybody has had also problem with booking a chaffeur?? How did you resolve the issue?
They are telling me that AA booked the flight as transfer instead of stopover on the segments MIA-JFK-AUH-MLE, which is not true because I am staying more than 12 hours in each place.
May 23, 2015, 10:26 am
#300
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: The KUL city
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat, TK Elite+
Posts: 2,662