Why doesn't AA codeshare to Philippines?
Apr 27, 2017, 10:27 pm
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Why doesn't AA codeshare to Philippines?
Is there a known reason why AA doesn't codeshare to MNL? I've been trying to get a J ticket through my work travel agent and not having the codeshare is making it quite challenging to book, not to mention way less miles because the connecting leg on either JL or CX doesn't earn very many EQDs.
Apr 28, 2017, 6:48 am
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Yeah that's what I was thinking. Wasn't there something strange about AA award tix from MNL have to be purchased in-person or something? Wondering why AA would have that restriction (and lack of codeshares) but not the other Us carriers
Apr 28, 2017, 7:48 am
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Is there a known reason why AA doesn't codeshare to MNL? I've been trying to get a J ticket through my work travel agent and not having the codeshare is making it quite challenging to book, not to mention way less miles because the connecting leg on either JL or CX doesn't earn very many EQDs.
How do you figure you are earning "way less miles" especially if you are flying J? AA will happily sell you connections to MNL from their metal to CX metal in HKG.
Apr 28, 2017, 9:46 am
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Apr 28, 2017, 10:05 am
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Until recently, the Philippines had a Category 2 International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating by the FAA. As such, US Airlines were not able to code share with airlines from the Philippines. Having said that, the Philippines has been upgraded to Category 1 since late 2014.
Apr 28, 2017, 1:40 pm
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Don't know about the code share issue, but I had this problem with a one way AA award ticket MNL-NRT in 2015. They wanted me to come to a ticket office in Manila in person to pay the taxes, but I was in the US. After literally hours of late-night international phone calls and over 100 emails I finally got them to except payment via phone after I emailed my and my companion's passports. Really a ridiculous process...
Apr 28, 2017, 1:46 pm
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Until recently, the Philippines had a Category 2 International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating by the FAA. As such, US Airlines were not able to code share with airlines from the Philippines. Having said that, the Philippines has been upgraded to Category 1 since late 2014.
Apr 28, 2017, 10:55 pm
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Booked a ticket last week by redeeming AA miles for MNL-SYD thru cx. AA agent claimed there was an issue for issuing tickets and i had to go into the ticketing office in manila. Ended up going there but apparently agent was completly wrong and since 2015 they can issue tickets perfectly fine.
As for rev tickets i have bought some on AA originating in MNL. Thanksgiving was the most recent trip. However they dont codeshare on the tickets they did sell me. They put me on PAL to NRT then AA the restve the way to sfo / return via jfk-dfw-hkg on AA then CX for hkg-mnl although hkg-mnl was not codeshare either
As for rev tickets i have bought some on AA originating in MNL. Thanksgiving was the most recent trip. However they dont codeshare on the tickets they did sell me. They put me on PAL to NRT then AA the restve the way to sfo / return via jfk-dfw-hkg on AA then CX for hkg-mnl although hkg-mnl was not codeshare either