Originally Posted by
bearsball88
I called AA again just to look at other options. We came back to the flight mentioned above and the rep that I was working with said that it was a codeshare, Iberia flight operated by AA.
She said that this would never be bookable using AA miles. Is that accurate? TIA, I don't understand codeshares well enough.
Huh? ORD-MAD is operated by IB, which should be fine, since AA can book the prime (non-codeshare) flight on the partner. However, BA's site only shows availability in premium economy.
Also, check availability to VIE -- 3 hours away from Budapest via train.