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)
Dec 30, 2015, 12:36 pm
#1096
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Boulder
Programs: AA Plat, CX Silver
Posts: 2,361
Hold times for the AU office back to normal today. Just shifted an award I booked yesterday by a few dates. On hold for 45 minutes yesterday, 3 minutes today.
Dec 30, 2015, 12:48 pm
#1097
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Essex
Programs: BAEC, Amex, SPG Gold, VA Red, HHonours Gold
Posts: 116
Dec 30, 2015, 2:14 pm
#1098
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 160
Anyone still looking for flights should check back in 4 days when everyone's holds expire.
Dec 30, 2015, 7:21 pm
#1099
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CLT
Programs: AA, UA, BA, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,074
Dec 30, 2015, 7:26 pm
#1100
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North America
Posts: 2,265
Dec 30, 2015, 8:42 pm
#1101
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CLT
Programs: AA, UA, BA, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,074
Ok, you scared me enough. I knew that, but was still pushing it. Called and booked. Maybe I'll get lucky and they won't ticket it until 1/1. No big deal though. Just 10k miles, and I will probably redeem more AA miles later in the year anyway to get the dividend to trigger.
Dec 30, 2015, 8:44 pm
#1102
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,574
If using the Australia office , you do know that it is 2016 in 9 hrs 15 mins ; I doubt that another 9 or so hours will impact much 
Dec 30, 2015, 10:59 pm
#1103
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: AC: E50K, AP: dDiamond
Posts: 963
Today I called US to confirm/book and they were able to do so and take my credit card no problem.
It has not yet ticketed, though I called Etihad and manually had them add my seat requests.
Mark
Dec 31, 2015, 12:33 am
#1104
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: KYE
Posts: 4,156
I put an itinerary on hold yesterday via Australia after US could not see it.
Today I called US to confirm/book and they were able to do so and take my credit card no problem.
It has not yet ticketed, though I called Etihad and manually had them add my seat requests.
Mark
Today I called US to confirm/book and they were able to do so and take my credit card no problem.
It has not yet ticketed, though I called Etihad and manually had them add my seat requests.
Mark
Dec 31, 2015, 7:25 am
#1105
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: BTV
Programs: AA EXP, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 486
Awards: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles (>= 2015)
AUH - JFK award booked 12/29 ticketed today. I was charged an 80 AUD telephone fee. Forgot to ask if they could waive it.
Dec 31, 2015, 7:25 am
#1106
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Signatures
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: London, England
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, National Exec, AA EXP Emeritus
Posts: 9,765
This thread is being archived and supplanted with the following:
Booking AAdvantage Award travel on Etihad / EY - 2016 (Consolidated)
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Booking AAdvantage Award travel on Etihad / EY - 2016 (Consolidated)
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Last edited by Microwave; Jan 14, 2016 at 5:49 am