Originally Posted by
beachfan
that was not true last year, you didn’t need current availability on segments you weren’t changing.
Whether it’s possible to do it right is irrelevant. I don’t think it’s easy to know and record at time of booking that stand alone segments were not available. its not just a Y/N question when booking AA-BB CC-DD-EE
If one knows there is separate segment award availability, as well as married segment availability, how can one ensure that AA recognizes that and allows changes to one segment regardless of current availability on the others
It doesn't matter what availability was at time of booking, what matters is what the availability is at time of making the change
If , at time of making change, there is availability for the standalone flight, then there is no issue making a change
This is not new, this is how married segment availability is designed to work, just that AA seems not to have used it in the past
Originally Posted by
ashill
What Psyclone*Jack said is that this is a new memo sent out last week (indicating a new policy?). But I thought AA had the ability to look up historical availability at any given date/time anyway..
It is only historical fares that it uses. If making a change after departure, historical fares are used
For availbility, it is only availability at time of making a change that matters