FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Booking AA award for someone else

Mar 10, 2019 | 1:08 am

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mvoight

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Originally Posted by AbyssalLoris

Looks like I would have to call in. I had already requested call back from AA and kept losing that call as it wouldn't take my phone-key inputs. Anyway, considering the time spent on this and the poor redemption value I was getting, it's just not worth the trouble. It would have been an AS flight and I'll just gladly buy the tickets for cash from AS, who certainly doesn't make it this hard to get anything done. Thanks to all for the tips and tricks that you need to make these things work.

Have you tried using your child's first name in place of your's in the CC info, assuming same last name........? This worked for me in the past, but might be restricted for some cards.

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