Book awards on EY partner airlines
Jul 14, 2017, 5:22 am
#361
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Etihad Plat, A3*G, HHonors DIA, GHA Plat
Posts: 44
Hi there, wanting to book Australia - Europe oneway in Business and have a bunch of Etihad Miles to use.
Etihad itself charges 163k miles plus a few hundred USD on top, so I've been looking at partners.
American appeals to me because according to the rules, they allow oneways and stopovers at the same time, meaning I could sneak in a week in the US to visit some friends.
Now, South Pacific - Europe in Business is quoted 60k miles, but South Pacific - USA is 62.5k and USA - Europe is 50k...
Logically, I should be able to get the ticket for 60k, but knowing the game EY is playing, I should probably be prepared to spend 112.5k miles. That is a significant difference though.
Any experience on this kind of thing, when North America is only used for transit and not origin or destination? Thanks
Etihad itself charges 163k miles plus a few hundred USD on top, so I've been looking at partners.
American appeals to me because according to the rules, they allow oneways and stopovers at the same time, meaning I could sneak in a week in the US to visit some friends.
Now, South Pacific - Europe in Business is quoted 60k miles, but South Pacific - USA is 62.5k and USA - Europe is 50k...
Logically, I should be able to get the ticket for 60k, but knowing the game EY is playing, I should probably be prepared to spend 112.5k miles. That is a significant difference though.
Any experience on this kind of thing, when North America is only used for transit and not origin or destination? Thanks
Jul 14, 2017, 11:45 am
#362
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: OZ *G; HH Diamond;
Posts: 1,644
Hi there, wanting to book Australia - Europe oneway in Business and have a bunch of Etihad Miles to use.
Etihad itself charges 163k miles plus a few hundred USD on top, so I've been looking at partners.
American appeals to me because according to the rules, they allow oneways and stopovers at the same time, meaning I could sneak in a week in the US to visit some friends.
Now, South Pacific - Europe in Business is quoted 60k miles, but South Pacific - USA is 62.5k and USA - Europe is 50k...
Logically, I should be able to get the ticket for 60k, but knowing the game EY is playing, I should probably be prepared to spend 112.5k miles. That is a significant difference though.
Any experience on this kind of thing, when North America is only used for transit and not origin or destination? Thanks
Etihad itself charges 163k miles plus a few hundred USD on top, so I've been looking at partners.
American appeals to me because according to the rules, they allow oneways and stopovers at the same time, meaning I could sneak in a week in the US to visit some friends.
Now, South Pacific - Europe in Business is quoted 60k miles, but South Pacific - USA is 62.5k and USA - Europe is 50k...
Logically, I should be able to get the ticket for 60k, but knowing the game EY is playing, I should probably be prepared to spend 112.5k miles. That is a significant difference though.
Any experience on this kind of thing, when North America is only used for transit and not origin or destination? Thanks
Jul 14, 2017, 6:27 pm
#363
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,469
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American appeals to me because according to the rules, they allow oneways and stopovers at the same time, meaning I could sneak in a week in the US to visit some friends.
Now, South Pacific - Europe in Business is quoted 60k miles, but South Pacific - USA is 62.5k and USA - Europe is 50k...
Logically, I should be able to get the ticket for 60k, but knowing the game EY is playing, I should probably be prepared to spend 112.5k miles. That is a significant difference though.
...
American appeals to me because according to the rules, they allow oneways and stopovers at the same time, meaning I could sneak in a week in the US to visit some friends.
Now, South Pacific - Europe in Business is quoted 60k miles, but South Pacific - USA is 62.5k and USA - Europe is 50k...
Logically, I should be able to get the ticket for 60k, but knowing the game EY is playing, I should probably be prepared to spend 112.5k miles. That is a significant difference though.
...
Jul 15, 2017, 8:35 am
#364
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: KYE
Posts: 4,156
You're referring to Aadvantage not Etihad Guest that permits all that on redemptions on AA flights.
Jul 15, 2017, 4:09 pm
#366
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Etihad Plat, A3*G, HHonors DIA, GHA Plat
Posts: 44
True, SYD LAX will be tough to get. I am very flexible though and wouldn't mind positioning to AKL in case I could secure a 60k AA Award via the states.
Jul 17, 2017, 4:51 pm
#368
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Etihad Plat, A3*G, HHonors DIA, GHA Plat
Posts: 44
The callcenter agents seem to use the same award charts that we can see...
Jul 21, 2017, 1:32 am
#371
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ARN
Programs: Bit of this, bit of that
Posts: 454
I would be very interested to know how you go with this as I have thought of doing the same thing. Availability is horrific though so I haven't spent any time on it yet.
Jul 25, 2017, 4:25 am
#373
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,208
Jul 25, 2017, 1:01 pm
#374
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 958
I booked MRU-SEZ a few weeks back with ease. HM is one of the few carriers that EY agents can easily see availability (matches EF). Even got the lap infant ticket issued using 10% of mileage.
Jul 27, 2017, 9:47 pm
#375
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Programs: Frontier Gold, DL estranged 1MMer, Spirit VIP, CO/NW/UA/AA once gold/plat/comped gold now dust.
Posts: 38,136
How easy/realistic is it to book award travel on AA using EY miles via EY?
I have about 66K EY miles expiring in the first half of 2018, plus the opportunity to add a few thousand more with a Membership Rewards transfer if I needed to top it up.
Would like to book award travel on AA, probably as a straight RT or OW, like ATL-SCL-ATL or ATL-ANC-ATL or other possibilities.
I notice the award levels on the AA partner chart are still listed as lower than those for AA's own program (e.g. deep South America at 20K each way off peak, etc.) which makes it even more enticing.
OTOH, there's no online booking and you have to go through the call center
, and I haven't been thrilled with what I've been hearing from them. Even in cases where I check AA's site and confirm AA saver award (i.e. lowest mileage level) availability on flights I want, so far EY still hasn't had the seat available. Apparently their buckets are even smaller than the saver-award one (maybe thimble-sized).
And so my question: Is this just unlucky, or am I wasting my time trying to get flights on AA using EY miles via EY? Have others here had much success?
Would like to book award travel on AA, probably as a straight RT or OW, like ATL-SCL-ATL or ATL-ANC-ATL or other possibilities.
I notice the award levels on the AA partner chart are still listed as lower than those for AA's own program (e.g. deep South America at 20K each way off peak, etc.) which makes it even more enticing.
OTOH, there's no online booking and you have to go through the call center
, and I haven't been thrilled with what I've been hearing from them. Even in cases where I check AA's site and confirm AA saver award (i.e. lowest mileage level) availability on flights I want, so far EY still hasn't had the seat available. Apparently their buckets are even smaller than the saver-award one (maybe thimble-sized).And so my question: Is this just unlucky, or am I wasting my time trying to get flights on AA using EY miles via EY? Have others here had much success?
