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Old Jun 20, 2018, 3:24 pm
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Mwenenzi
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Originally Posted by mrlasssen
I am finding on AA.com availability offered in J, but when clicking on flight details it shows the trans pacific flight in economy. Having to pay a extra 40K miles for the domestic flights in J is a wast of miles. Is this typical or is the trans pacific flight upgraded to J when booked?
Not unusual to be offered mixed class award, with the long haul in economy.
If you have the economy award you will not be (auto) upgraded to business class.

What trans pacific routes (airports) are you looking at?
You would be better look-ask questions on the AA forum dedicated threads as post 3
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