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Jan 2, 2014 | 12:22 pm

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santhosh.kharvi

Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: SFO

Programs: UA 1K, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Diamond

Posts: 61

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Originally Posted by aceman

Im assuming AA economy anytime come out of a revenue fare bucket, not award, so you're "paying" double the AA miles to buy the ticket, which means they won't show up as award seats...

Quote:

Originally Posted by guv1976

The only awards seats on AA or AS that are bookable with Avios are "SAAver" seats that show up on aa.com. AA makes AAnytime awards available to AAdvantage members only (for twice the price of SAAver awards), but does not make AAnytime awards available to BAEC, or to any other frequent-flyer program.

The OP can try splitting his party up into two or three groups, in hopes of finding a couple of SAAver seats on one flight, a couple more on another, etc. But June is a peak time for Hawaii travel, so finding SAAver seats might prove challenging.

Thanks....yeah, I thought that was the case. Any thoughts on whether it's worthwhile waiting for a month or so for space to open up? Does AA release that type of space at regular intervals? The other option is to buy regular fare, but I'd rather wait as long as possible (i.e. use Avios) before doing that.

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