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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 7:40 pm
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Originally Posted by teemuflyer
I'm curious to understand that if you want to use miles to book an Award RTW ticket, and various segments don't offer A (First), but instead one gets booked into D (Business), how are the miles required for the ticket calculated per the AA chart http://boardingarea.com/blogs/aadvan...plorer-ticket/ ?

Thanks for anyone who knows!
Hi there teemuflyer

You're asking in the wrong place
The AA award ticket called an Explorer has nothing to do with the Oneworld Explorer ticket, which is a ticket you buy with money and is the topic of this thread

There is an extensive thread in the AAdvantage forum that discusses the AA Explorer award - see here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...er-awards.html. The first post gives the basics of the ticket

The quick answer to your question is:
- if there is a First segment in the itinerary, then the whole itinerary is considered First and you are charged the miles for First
(this might be different if the only First segments are on US domestic flights where the plane only has First and Coach cabins - I don't the answer there)

And BTW - the AA Explorer award ticket is not (necessarily) a RTW ticket. It can be, but there is no requirement to go RTW
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