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Jul 22, 2014, 4:35 pm

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Originally Posted by heraclitus

It's not that bad. I'm taking my family to Hawaii on AE, my parents are going on AM. All seats in Y. They are paying $150 pp for 1 stop AC flights there and back. I am paying $190 pp for a 1-stop AC flight in one direction, and a ridiculous UA 2-stop marathon on the way home because it's all I could find on my schedule.

I am planning to use my AM points on a Y trip to Florida soon, and I can tell you that AM availaibility is far better than the usual dregs that AE serves up.

Booking platform is online and as easy to use as AE.

I realize that AM is not a serious consideration for the hardcore roadwarriors and mileage runners here, but it has its benefits.

That is only as AM uses revenue buckets (I can find plenty of availability too through AA and DL as well, even more so than their respective FFPs.)
Besides, a seat sale can mean that paying for a revenue ticket can be better.
And, it is obvious when you are overseas and there are no FX free AM cards that it isn't of use for frequent flyers, as already mentioned.

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