different mileage rates on LA compared to QF for AA award AKL-SYD ?
Jan 24, 2015, 7:37 pm
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different mileage rates on LA compared to QF for AA award AKL-SYD ?
HI
Just went to book an award seat using AAmiles AKL to SYD in Business on Lan and expected it to price at 17,500 miles but was told that is only on QF and for LA it is now 30,000 miles .
Does anybody know if this is a recent change ?
I've searched the AA website and I can only find the 17,500 mileage level and there is no disclaimer for Lan flights .....
Also the agent said that QF codeshares on domestic Jetstar flights in NZ connecting with international flights are no longer possible on award bookings .... I've bee able to do this in the past ...
Any light that can be shed would be appreciated!
Many thanks
Just went to book an award seat using AAmiles AKL to SYD in Business on Lan and expected it to price at 17,500 miles but was told that is only on QF and for LA it is now 30,000 miles .
Does anybody know if this is a recent change ?
I've searched the AA website and I can only find the 17,500 mileage level and there is no disclaimer for Lan flights .....
Also the agent said that QF codeshares on domestic Jetstar flights in NZ connecting with international flights are no longer possible on award bookings .... I've bee able to do this in the past ...
Any light that can be shed would be appreciated!
Many thanks
Jan 24, 2015, 10:15 pm
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Just went to book an award seat using AAmiles AKL to SYD in Business on Lan and expected it to price at 17,500 miles but was told that is only on QF and for LA it is now 30,000 miles .
Does anybody know if this is a recent change ?
I've searched the AA website and I can only find the 17,500 mileage level and there is no disclaimer for Lan flights .....
Does anybody know if this is a recent change ?
I've searched the AA website and I can only find the 17,500 mileage level and there is no disclaimer for Lan flights .....
Also the agent said that QF codeshares on domestic Jetstar flights in NZ connecting with international flights are no longer possible on award bookings
Jan 24, 2015, 10:47 pm
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Yes, there is a rule ( though like most AAdvantage rules not visible to be seen ) , that the 10k/17.5k one way journey within Australia/New Zealand is only available on Qantas
For Travel on Lan, need to use Within south Pacific award of 30K in business
Qantas does offer awards on its codeshare on LA and if it is possible to book that ( I am not sure whether you can ) then that would be at 10k/17.5k I believe
As far as domestic connection within NZ, this used to be possible when Qantas offered U/X class on its codeshares on Jetstar however Qantas no longer offers codeshare award availability on Jetstar
For Travel on Lan, need to use Within south Pacific award of 30K in business
Qantas does offer awards on its codeshare on LA and if it is possible to book that ( I am not sure whether you can ) then that would be at 10k/17.5k I believe
As far as domestic connection within NZ, this used to be possible when Qantas offered U/X class on its codeshares on Jetstar however Qantas no longer offers codeshare award availability on Jetstar
Jan 24, 2015, 10:52 pm
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HI
Just went to book an award seat using AAmiles AKL to SYD in Business on Lan and expected it to price at 17,500 miles but was told that is only on QF and for LA it is now 30,000 miles .
Does anybody know if this is a recent change ?
I've searched the AA website and I can only find the 17,500 mileage level and there is no disclaimer for Lan flights .....
Also the agent said that QF codeshares on domestic Jetstar flights in NZ connecting with international flights are no longer possible on award bookings .... I've bee able to do this in the past ...
Any light that can be shed would be appreciated!
Many thanks
Just went to book an award seat using AAmiles AKL to SYD in Business on Lan and expected it to price at 17,500 miles but was told that is only on QF and for LA it is now 30,000 miles .
Does anybody know if this is a recent change ?
I've searched the AA website and I can only find the 17,500 mileage level and there is no disclaimer for Lan flights .....
Also the agent said that QF codeshares on domestic Jetstar flights in NZ connecting with international flights are no longer possible on award bookings .... I've bee able to do this in the past ...
Any light that can be shed would be appreciated!
Many thanks
http://www.travelingbetter.com/showthread.php?t=3747
And, no, you cannot book the QF #'d flight operated by LA as an AAdv award on this route-- it's either QF at the lower rate or LAN at the higher.
Last edited by JonNYC; Jan 24, 2015 at 11:13 pm Reason: to add codeshare bit