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)
Feb 4, 2015, 2:34 pm
#122
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ZRH/SFO
Programs: A3*G - AZ CFP- HH DIA
Posts: 3,666
Feb 4, 2015, 2:39 pm
#123
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,632
QR won't release award seats at the last minute even if the whole plane is unsold; would be nice if EY is more like CX than QR in this respect.
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Feb 8, 2015, 11:21 am
#125
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 706
AUH-JFK F seats on 22nd Dec, 23rd Dec, 24th Dec now. Go figure. Nothing else after 16th Dec until the end of the current calendar (5th Jan).
I'm desperate to understand the pattern!
(As far as success goes, LHR-AUH, MCT-AUH-LHR and JFK-AUH all recently booked in J without problems recently. Able to select seats online and the chauffeur.)
I'm desperate to understand the pattern!
(As far as success goes, LHR-AUH, MCT-AUH-LHR and JFK-AUH all recently booked in J without problems recently. Able to select seats online and the chauffeur.)
Feb 8, 2015, 12:40 pm
#126
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: DEL
Programs: AAdvantage, Global Entry, United Silver
Posts: 44
ORD-DEL-ORD
Just successfully booked ORD-DEL-ORD in J for 1 pax ending March- beginning April 2015. Taxes were about $84 total.
Feb 8, 2015, 3:46 pm
#127
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DCA
Posts: 7,769
Booked two J AUH-IAD late last week for the very beginning of 2016. Was still grandfathered into the $35/pp fee on the outbound, but was glad to see it was no more when doing this booking!
Also - if anyone wants to start their Christmas vacation a couple weeks early and in style, I suggest routing through IAD.
Also - if anyone wants to start their Christmas vacation a couple weeks early and in style, I suggest routing through IAD.
Last edited by arlflyer; Feb 8, 2015 at 3:51 pm
Feb 10, 2015, 3:52 pm
#128
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LAX/BUR
Posts: 525
Successfully have booked JFK-AUH-MLE-AUH-KTM-AUH-LAX for myself in J for 160K miles. The only problem I had was an agent who seemed like she just didn't know what she was talking about trying to tell me that I couldn't book JFK-AUH-MLE because it crossed over into a 3rd region. I talked her out of it though.
Feb 13, 2015, 12:26 pm
#129
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 319
Just put on hold: ARN-LHR-AUH-BOM for 40k
ARN-LHR BA Business
LHR-AUH EY A380 First
AUH-BOM EY 787 First
Not a bad deal I think to experience both Etihads A380 Apartment and 787 First (albeit for a short flight on the latter).
Best,
Acrbag
ARN-LHR BA Business
LHR-AUH EY A380 First
AUH-BOM EY 787 First
Not a bad deal I think to experience both Etihads A380 Apartment and 787 First (albeit for a short flight on the latter).
Best,
Acrbag
Feb 13, 2015, 1:10 pm
#130
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 319
Feb 13, 2015, 2:27 pm
#131
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Los Angeles / Basel
Programs: UA 1K MM, AA EXP, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 26,926
Hoping for first class space to LHR or to the States in second week of Jan 2016. You think it will show up?
Feb 14, 2015, 1:04 pm
#133
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ALB;NYC
Programs: AA EXP; Hilton Gold; SPG/Marriott Gold; IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 58
Just put on hold EY102 from JFK-AUH. I had a question though. After August 1st the EY website says EY102 is operated by Etihad and EY100 is now operated by 9W on behalf of Etihad. Before then all EY102 flights are 9W and all EY100 flights are EY. Weird, are they going to bait and switch me?
Anyone have any information on that?
Anyone have any information on that?
Feb 14, 2015, 1:14 pm
#134
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 224
Just put on hold EY102 from JFK-AUH. I had a question though. After August 1st the EY website says EY102 is operated by Etihad and EY100 is now operated by 9W on behalf of Etihad. Before then all EY102 flights are 9W and all EY100 flights are EY. Weird, are they going to bait and switch me?
Anyone have any information on that?
Anyone have any information on that?
Feb 14, 2015, 1:55 pm
#135
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ALB;NYC
Programs: AA EXP; Hilton Gold; SPG/Marriott Gold; IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 58
Well we will see what unfolds Thanks for the information. Thankfully AA allows free changes as long as start and end are the same. I don't really mind flying on EY J on a 77W or the A380 just want to avoid 9W J if possible.