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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 8:22 pm
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AA status allows seat assignment on Avios award
Originally Posted by orbitmic
I don't think you would get the baggage allowance but the rest should be fine. The only other formal perk I don't think you would be able to get to the extent that your non-status avios number would be on the reservation and not your status AA number would be the pre-selection of seats so you'll only be able to get it at t-24 with OLCI or pay. Also you obviously miss on the 'soft' perks such as relative priority in case of IRROPS, Op up's, etc.
As an AA PLT and BA kettle I have used Avios to book BA flights and have definitely been able to get seat assignments at the time of booking. I also think we got the baggage allowance (but the Avios redemption was in J, so not sure if it mattered plus only one of us has a second bag anyway).
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