#1
Aug 31, 2008I'm sure this is a dumb question to you hardcore American Airlines patrons, but I don't usually fly AA so I have a newbie question for you.
I looked through the AAdvantage website and did a search here, but I'm still having trouble understanding what exactly MileSAAver is. Could someone please explain the difference between the regular level and MileSAAver (which takes far fewer miles)?
I looked through the AAdvantage website and did a search here, but I'm still having trouble understanding what exactly MileSAAver is. Could someone please explain the difference between the regular level and MileSAAver (which takes far fewer miles)?
#3
That's an off peak award. For travel to London, for instance, it would be 40,000 miles from mid-Oct to mid-May. Outside of that it would be 60,000 miles.
Off-peak dates: The Caribbean and Mexico: Sep.7-Nov.14; Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela: Jan.16-Jun.14; Sep.7-Nov.14; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay: Mar.1-May 31; Aug.16-Nov.30; Europe:Oct.15-May 15; Japan: Oct.1-Apr.30.
http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...jsp#awardchart
Off-peak dates: The Caribbean and Mexico: Sep.7-Nov.14; Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela: Jan.16-Jun.14; Sep.7-Nov.14; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay: Mar.1-May 31; Aug.16-Nov.30; Europe:Oct.15-May 15; Japan: Oct.1-Apr.30.
http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...jsp#awardchart
#4
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Off-peak dates: The Caribbean and Mexico: Sep.7-Nov.14; Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela: Jan.16-Jun.14; Sep.7-Nov.14; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay: Mar.1-May 31; Aug.16-Nov.30; Europe:Oct.15-May 15; Japan: Oct.1-Apr.30.
http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...jsp#awardchart
Not necessarily...Originally Posted by tom911
That's an off peak award. For travel to London, for instance, it would be 40,000 miles from mid-Oct to mid-May. Outside of that it would be 60,000 miles.Off-peak dates: The Caribbean and Mexico: Sep.7-Nov.14; Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela: Jan.16-Jun.14; Sep.7-Nov.14; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay: Mar.1-May 31; Aug.16-Nov.30; Europe:Oct.15-May 15; Japan: Oct.1-Apr.30.
http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...jsp#awardchart
#9
aamilesslave , Mar 25, 2008 11:43 am
MileSAAver awards can be had for fewer miles and are capacity controlled. AAnytime awards are generally available for any available seat on a flight.
To some destinations, there are subcategories for MilesSAAver economy awards based on time of year. I do agree that the chart is a little confusing for India since it lists a row for off-peak awards, but none are offered (it would be more appropriate to just list "MilesSAAver" and "AAnytime" rows like they do for U.S. domestic awards).
To some destinations, there are subcategories for MilesSAAver economy awards based on time of year. I do agree that the chart is a little confusing for India since it lists a row for off-peak awards, but none are offered (it would be more appropriate to just list "MilesSAAver" and "AAnytime" rows like they do for U.S. domestic awards).
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Off-peak dates: The Caribbean and Mexico: Sep.7-Nov.14; Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela: Jan.16-Jun.14; Sep.7-Nov.14; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay: Mar.1-May 31; Aug.16-Nov.30; Europe:Oct.15-May 15; Japan: Oct.1-Apr.30.
Off-peak dates: The Caribbean and Mexico: Sep.7-Nov.14; Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela: Jan.16-Jun.14; Sep.7-Nov.14; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay: Mar.1-May 31; Aug.16-Nov.30; Europe:Oct.15-May 15; Japan: Oct.1-Apr.30.
#10
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That might be true, but BOTH of these are milesaaver awards.Originally Posted by tom911
That's an off peak award. For travel to London, for instance, it would be 40,000 miles from mid-Oct to mid-May. Outside of that it would be 60,000 miles.One is a peak milesaaver, and the other is the off peak milesaaver rate.
#11
And to answer a question I think you might have been asking -- besides the points they're basically the same thing. It's a different price for an award ticket on the same plane, same seat, etc.
EXCEPT - That saaver awards have a different kind of inventory, as mentioned above. So you might have fewer options if you wanted to change the dates or flights, since you'd have to find another flight that also had that inventory.
But for the purposes of booking a trip and then flying it as planned, they're the same thing. One's a cheaper version, but with harder to find availability. The other means you can generally get on any AA flight with open seats, but costs substantially more miles.
EXCEPT - That saaver awards have a different kind of inventory, as mentioned above. So you might have fewer options if you wanted to change the dates or flights, since you'd have to find another flight that also had that inventory.
But for the purposes of booking a trip and then flying it as planned, they're the same thing. One's a cheaper version, but with harder to find availability. The other means you can generally get on any AA flight with open seats, but costs substantially more miles.