Originally Posted by
jamienbaker
And yes, I've booked two backups for my family - though regrettably that takes 8 award seats out of inventory for others, in addition to the 4 I originally booked. But so be it.
Holy. Moly. !! Is anyone from CX paying attention?!
Now I know why I can't secure F award seats
!!!! I stand no chance. I can't book vacations much in advance, and hearing these anecdotes now I know why I don't have a shot scoring as a DM (ie, I use Asia Miles as my mileage currency) within my ideal booking window of 4-12 weeks out.
Jamie, if I'm correct, you are AA not MPC right? How is it possible to hold so many premium award tix for the same route? CX is always harassing me to ticket my award bookings, gives me deadlines (which are semi-flexible, but CX/MPC always gives me a drop-dead date and then forces me to ticket), and then charges me $25 whenever I want a change. Not to mention, once I issue that ticket it's only valid for 12 months and I can't refund the miles, so it would be really crazy of me to issue 3x tickets on a single award itinerary.
Am I missing something? Or is this another one of those situations where it is actually better to be an AA EXP booking J and F award tickets on CX versus MPC?
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