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Old Jul 8, 2013 | 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by alecheverry
I was just wondering how far in advance you'd need to call to get a couple of roundtrip tickets using the PlanAAhead awards...I call 2 days ago (before redeeming the points) to see if there was availability to travel to Colombia in December (5 months from now) and the agent told me that there was none....that with the points I have my only option was in APRIL 2014 Is 9 months normal? It seems they only want you to use the AAnytime awards at more than twice the cost! It's insane! Has anyone experience something like this? I would expect 2-3 months to be planning ahead but 9 months? common!
Business ExtrAA PlanAAhead awards book into the same bucket as normal AA MilesAAver awards. So, whatever you see on the website that is on AA metal and is bookable for a MilesAAver award, is bookable as a PlanAAhead award. If nothing can be booked on AA.com as an award ticket, then, nothing can be booked with Business ExtrAA awards.

Also, like with booking any type of awards, award availability is always subject to change.
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