Originally Posted by
globalguy
Hey, thanks kebosabi, I never thought of that. I have taken the TGV btw Bordeaux and Paris or Lille, moving back and forth, but never in conjunction with a flight.
No problem. It's one of those "I didn't know that was an option" things partly because:
1. It never occurs to us Americans because we don't have any airports that have direct air-to-HSR option over here in the States (our intra-city passenger rail system is crap)
and
2. AA has a really outdated and inefficient marketing web page to tell the average flyer that such a codeshare even exists. One has to go to "About Us," "Alliances & Affiliates," "Other Alliances (Codeshare Partners)," scroll all the way down to "Deutsche Bahn (German Rail)" and "SNCF French Rail"
But bottom line, AA codeshares with the French TGV out of CDG and the German ICE trains from FRA work really great. They really should push this more in ads because it puts more destinations on the map for AA.
And yes, you earn AA miles for taking that TGV leg
