BA awards on AA question
Aug 30, 2014, 1:23 pm
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BA awards on AA question
Hi all, I remember reading earlier this when bloggers were running scared about BA revamping award flights. Has BA really changed their award chart? I am looking for an ORD-DTW flight on AA (4500 avios usually), but BA's website routes me via CLT/PHL. Is it still possible to book those short flights for 4500 avios?
Aug 30, 2014, 2:07 pm
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I am looking for an ORD-DTW flight on AA (4500 avios usually), but BA's website routes me via CLT/PHL. Is it still possible to book those short flights for 4500 avios?
Aug 30, 2014, 2:08 pm
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Aug 30, 2014, 2:10 pm
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Are you finding SAAver seats on your desired date for the ORD-DTW nonstops on aa.com? If not, I would not expect to find any on ba.com. 
Originally Posted by agp423
But I can't book those online anymore? When I search for ORD-DTW, I don't even see the direct flight...
Aug 30, 2014, 2:13 pm
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Are you sure there is availability on the days you are checking? For example, when I search on ba.com for ORD-DTW on 24SEP14, I see coach availability for AA2248 (and F availability for three other flights). When I search aa.com I see the same coach availability for AA2248 (and the same F availability). The bloggers recently were going on about IB's awards (which apparently haven't changed) and extrapolating an imminent change to BAEC. Neither apparently has happened. I suggest you recheck your search.
Aug 30, 2014, 2:37 pm
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I was looking in the last week of March 2015, there's no availability. I haven't booked this route in a while, but before there are usually plenty of availability and plenty of award seats. Not to mention ORD-DTW runs a few times a day on AA.
Aug 30, 2014, 2:45 pm
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aa.com does not show any milesaaver availability for March 22 - 28, 2015. The problem is not with BAEC. You can check this yourself by searching on aa.com, no sign in is necessary.
Aug 30, 2014, 3:59 pm
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Is this because AA does not open up milesaaver availability until X days before, or does milesaaver have blackout dates?
Aug 30, 2014, 4:02 pm
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Requires the fewest miles to redeem, for as low as 12,500 miles each way. Using a MileSAAver Award is ideal if your travel plans are flexible however MileSAAvers are subject to limitations on seat availability as well as travel embargo dates on some participating airlines.
Aug 30, 2014, 4:04 pm
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Are you finding SAAver seats on the nonstops at aa.com for other dates in March? If so, that suggests that AA is currently expecting to sell a lot of seats on those flights during the last week in March. (Is it Spring Break, perhaps?)
Originally Posted by agp423
Is this because AA does not open up milesaaver availability until X days before, or does milesaaver have blackout dates?