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Old Apr 3, 2015, 10:28 pm
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armus
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: AAdvantage (Platinum)
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When I was faced with an analogous situation last month I researched to see what AA flight options existed on my travel day between all their european cities and my destination (regardless of award availability), and then checked to see what partner award flights were available between my starting city and each AA-served european city. I then called AA to "desire" my top pick for an itinerary (this is easier to do when the itinerary is worse by at least 90 min so can cite rule 80/240.

My initial request was not accepted for submission to rev mgmt because it'd involve an airline that wasn't part of the original itinerary (policy was news to me, might've been BS or only when BA isn't an original airline). They suggested an alternative to request that was on my list as the best from the original airlines. I was asked to call back the next day to see if the request was accepted and it was.
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