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Aug 31, 2011 | 1:18 pm

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bylin2000

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: California

Programs: AAdvantage, United MileagePlus, Alaska MileagePlan, Marriott Rewards

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I was able to find the flights on kayak.com (under Cathay Pacific). The first segment is codeshared... I was also able to find a fare on Dragonair only for both segments. See below. This means that it is indeed a paid published fare, correct?

Economy $882 Business $1441

Depart Tue, Nov 15 PEK to TPE – 1 stop 7h 00m
Cathay Pacific – Flight 6889
Operated by Dragonair 3h 40m
Take-off Tue 1:30p PEK Beijing, BJ, China
Landing Tue 5:10p HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Economy | Airbus A330 (Wide-body Jet) | 3h 40m | 1237 miles | Fare code: YOW2 | 4 seats remain
Connection HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1h 45m
Cathay Pacific – Flight 402 1h 35m
Take-off Tue 6:55p HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Landing Tue 8:30p TPE Taipei, Taiwan
Economy | Airbus A330 (Wide-body Jet) | 1h 35m | 500 miles | Fare code: YOW | 4 seats remain

Also, flights on Dragonair for both segments:

Economy $882 Business $1441
Depart Tue, Nov 15 PEK to TPE – 1 stop 9h 15m
Dragonair – Flight 991 3h 40m
Take-off Tue 1:30p PEK Beijing, BJ, China
Landing Tue 5:10p HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Economy | Airbus A330 (Wide-body Jet) | 3h 40m | 1237 miles | Fare code: YOW2 | 4 seats remain
Connection HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4h 00m
Dragonair – Flight 488 1h 35m
Take-off Tue 9:10p HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Landing Tue 10:45p TPE Taipei, Taiwan
Economy | Airbus A330 (Wide-body Jet) | 1h 35m | 500 miles | Fare code: YOW | 4 seats remain

There's also CX operated flights for both segments, but for some reason that flight did not pop up as an option by AAdvantage rep:

Economy $882 Business $1441
Depart Tue, Nov 15 PEK to TPE – 1 stop 6h 50m
Cathay Pacific – Flight 347 3h 40m
Take-off Tue 10:00a PEK Beijing, BJ, China
Landing Tue 1:40p HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Economy | Airbus A330 (Wide-body Jet) | 3h 40m | 1237 miles | Fare code: YOW2 | 4 seats remain
Connection HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1h 35m
Cathay Pacific – Flight 510 1h 35m
Take-off Tue 3:15p HKG Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Landing Tue 4:50p TPE Taipei, Taiwan
Economy | Airbus A340-300 (Wide-body Jet) | 1h 35m | 500 miles | Fare code: YOW | 4 seats remain

So has the way AA been processing these awards changed in the last few months? Last time was also Dragonair to HKG then CX to Taipei.