Originally Posted by
RogerD408
AA 105 on AA.com shows as being a three-class 777 on AA metal. I don't think BA would use the same flight number.
J is Anytime Business for this flight (Anytime First for two-class service).
I thought I taught you better than that, Roger!!
J does not apply on a 2-class flight, the Anytime award levels are Y (coach) and F ("first", which I put in quotes because the level of service is pretty much the same as business on a three-class flight.. it sure FEELS like business class, so I could see how you'd think that it's J but AA calls it F).
Where it gets confusing is in markets where there are two-class and three-class flights between the same cities: for example, JFK <--> SFO, which is served by both 762 (three-class) and 763 (two-class) flights. If you're booked in "first" on the two-class 763 and want to change to the same level of service (and same number of miles) on a 762, you need to change your award from F (or Z, the equivalent Saaver award) to J (or U). If you're booked in First on the 762 and want to change to "First" on the 763, your award booking code will stay the same (F or Z) but they will owe you some miles (15k refund for one-way Anytime, half that for the cheAAper award). [Or if you're switching from Anytime F on the 763 to Saaver first on the 762, you go from two-class F to three-class Z and get back 50k minus 32.5k equals 17.5k. Sound familiar??? :-) ]
Maybe this will help (mileage levels are one-way domestic):
PHP Code:
actual service flight AA sells milesaver anytime
level delivered type it as: award award
REAL first 3-class first Z (32.5k) F (65k)
business 3-class business U (25k) J (50k)
business 2-class first Z (25k) F (50k)
[I dunno what "PHP code" is but it made my table format correctly!]
It would all be much simpler if AA just stopped trying to pass their upgraded domestic product off as "first" and called it business class, like many European and Asian airlines do (and like even AA does on two-class international flights).
:-)
DB