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AA is now offering three types of Economy fares via AA.com:
• Choice (fare basis code ends in 1) = Lowest Fare, earn AA miles
• Choice Essential (fare basis code ends in 2) = Change Fee (depends on detailed fare rules), 1 Checked Bag, Group 1 Boarding, Earn AA miles
• Choice Plus (fare basis code ends in 7) = above Choice Essential benefits plus 50% Bonus RDM, Same-Day Flight Change, Same-Day Standby, Premium Beverage, No Change Fee, Earns base miles plus 50% bonus miles
• Business/First as Choice Plus, plus 3 checked bags, No change fee (domestic only), priority baggage delivery at carousel, 50% class of service bonus miles
(Updated 1 Mar 2015)
See this page at aa.com for bundled services.
AmericanAirlines has posted some comments and clarifications in Post 144.
See these related links:
AA.com: Tailor Your Travel | Enhance Your Travel with Combined Features
FT: AA economy fare basis now ends with a number
(lower right wiki corner).AA is now offering three types of Economy fares via AA.com:
• Choice (fare basis code ends in 1) = Lowest Fare, earn AA miles
• Choice Essential (fare basis code ends in 2) = Change Fee (depends on detailed fare rules), 1 Checked Bag, Group 1 Boarding, Earn AA miles
• Choice Plus (fare basis code ends in 7) = above Choice Essential benefits plus 50% Bonus RDM, Same-Day Flight Change, Same-Day Standby, Premium Beverage, No Change Fee, Earns base miles plus 50% bonus miles
• Business/First as Choice Plus, plus 3 checked bags, No change fee (domestic only), priority baggage delivery at carousel, 50% class of service bonus miles
(Updated 1 Mar 2015)
See this page at aa.com for bundled services.
AmericanAirlines has posted some comments and clarifications in Post 144.
(1Mar 2015) The fee for the "choice plus" bundled extra now ranges from $80-80 each way, up from $80.
Choice plus extras are comprised of:
Choice plus extras are comprised of:
- 1 checked bag
- Group 1 Boarding
- No change fee (any difference in fares would still apply; valid for American Airlines operated flights)
- Same-day flight change
- Same-day standby
- Premium beverage on board
- Earn 50% more AAdvantage miles
AA.com: Tailor Your Travel | Enhance Your Travel with Combined Features
FT: AA economy fare basis now ends with a number
aa.com Economy / Coach Pricing Display & Choice Bundles (consolidated)
Dec 12, 2012, 11:05 am
#106
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: NYC/LA
Programs: DL Plat, AA Plat Pro, Marriott Titanium, IHG Diamond Amb
Posts: 7,486
New (confusing and kludge) website, new terminology & pricing schema...all rolled out 2 weeks before the winter holiday season? Seems like a bit of beta testing, a calendar, and some common sense might have helped the PR for this "enhancement." (where's the icon for dope-slap?)
Dec 12, 2012, 11:15 am
#107
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MIA
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Hertz PC, Delta PM, SPG Gold
Posts: 1,031
I LIKE the changes. Fits very nicely into my goal of never paying change fees, especially that its just a slight premium over restricted economy. I've been booking Southwest more for this reason alone. Good job, AA.
I also believe a full scale pricing overhaul, like this, is overdue.
I also believe a full scale pricing overhaul, like this, is overdue.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:23 am
#108
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: UK/USA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 830
They took away the ability to list by price, travel and arrival time etc. They were extremely useful functions to me.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:30 am
#109
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold but PlatPro thanks to LPs
Posts: 4,439
I did a dummy booking and found it somewhat confusing. They have a line along the top with "Jan 10 Jan 11", etc., but on the selected day they spell out the month "January". That doesn't leave enough room for the calendar date. "January 1" instead of "January 12".
Thus, I cannot see the exact date I'm booking, only the preceeding and following dates.
There's other places where text overwrites itself.
The column headers (Choice, etc) are difficult to follow. Better if they boxed in the columns or made them alternating colors.
Let's hope they address these bugs soon.
Added: I'm using IE9 Windows 7.
Thus, I cannot see the exact date I'm booking, only the preceeding and following dates.
There's other places where text overwrites itself.
The column headers (Choice, etc) are difficult to follow. Better if they boxed in the columns or made them alternating colors.
Let's hope they address these bugs soon.
Added: I'm using IE9 Windows 7.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:33 am
#110
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: LAS
Programs: Aegean Miles & Bonus Gold, HHonors Gold, Starwood Gold
Posts: 300
Has anyone figured out a way to sort this thing by price yet?
I did a J/F search: LAS-MUC 12/28-1/1, All one world, and you have to go all the way to the bottom of the 4th page before it starts showing you non-AA flights.
Friggin' annoying.
-SF
I did a J/F search: LAS-MUC 12/28-1/1, All one world, and you have to go all the way to the bottom of the 4th page before it starts showing you non-AA flights.
Friggin' annoying.
-SF
Dec 12, 2012, 11:33 am
#111
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
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Posts: 33,533
Agree that's consistent from AA's profit maximization point of view (increasing total revenues by charging $25 for a bag that costs them, on the margin, an extra $1 or $2), but not with their public statements when they launched their bag fees that basically said that bundling is inherently evil per se.
Cheers.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:34 am
#112
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LAX, PHL, SAF
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 301
Not Easier
And the availability sort by price. Which they claim it does for you. But I have found mixed pricing within a page
Dec 12, 2012, 11:43 am
#113
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: UK/USA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 830
The 'included' is hard to find when you're looking for the return sector. The included being the default flight selection by the machine at the given price at the top of the screen.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:45 am
#114
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: LAX, SNA
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt DM, SPG GLD, Hertz 5*, AMEX PLT, GE
Posts: 340
Confusing indeed. You can price the outbound as just Choice, then select Choice Essential on the return and it will up the price by $68. Or, you can price the outbound as Choice Essential (which is $68 more than regular Choice), and the return will have Choice Essential as included. In the former, it still lists your outbound as just Choice, and not Essential.
I assume the Essential part affects the whole itinerary, even if you only selected it for the return.
I assume the Essential part affects the whole itinerary, even if you only selected it for the return.
On another note, I hope that with this roll out AA finally moves to the long rumored all electronic refund vouchers. I absolutely hate these paper things, and having to mail them back. It boggles my mind that they can't create an online "account" for us to keep our refunded amounts, a la southwest.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:52 am
#115
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: IND
Programs: AAdvantage Executive Platinum, HHonors Diamond, National Executive
Posts: 1,297
I personally don't like the round trip price vs. the one-way prices. I found the one-way prices to be easier to figure out which leg of a trip was making it more expensive so I could adjust if necessary. Now that seems to be much more difficult.
Also, I priced a flight from DFW to RNO and on the first non-stop it listed the round-trip price as like $559 and the second non-stop that day at $468. Yet when I selected the more expensive one, it put a negative price on the next page bringing the total down to $468. Very confusing. I think there are a lot of bugs to be worked out.
Also, I priced a flight from DFW to RNO and on the first non-stop it listed the round-trip price as like $559 and the second non-stop that day at $468. Yet when I selected the more expensive one, it put a negative price on the next page bringing the total down to $468. Very confusing. I think there are a lot of bugs to be worked out.
Dec 12, 2012, 11:54 am
#116
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Texas -- is there anywhere else?
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, Avis CC, AMX Plat, SVO
Posts: 232
Dec 12, 2012, 11:56 am
#117
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SEA
Programs: All Around Nobody
Posts: 861
Dec 12, 2012, 12:02 pm
#118
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LAS
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Platinum, SPG Platinum, Hilton Gold, IHG Gold
Posts: 296
This is horrible and confusing
Please just let me select my own one-ways to build my trip!
Dec 12, 2012, 12:05 pm
#119
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Programs: UA PP, AA, DL, BA, CX, SPG, HHonors
Posts: 2,002
i actually like this change ... Given how often I have to change my reservations, paying $68 premium for Choice Essential seems like a no brainer (on top of all the other benefits)
Dec 12, 2012, 12:11 pm
#120
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Victoria, B.C.
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA Gold LT
Posts: 1,937
Although I started this thread, I just noticed that one of the problems is the web browser used. I have tried 4 different versions of Firefox - and it will not load properly with any of them. Internet Explorer does work on some versions, but not all. Have not tried Chrome yet.
I find it hard to believe that a company like AA would release such a buggy web interface. I would presume that will drive away customers and sales this month.
I find it hard to believe that a company like AA would release such a buggy web interface. I would presume that will drive away customers and sales this month.
