Originally Posted by
estnet
Thanks - there really wasn't any reason to get priority b/c my ticket was C so don't know why the agent suggested it - there were no benefits. Yes, it does look like the miles credited to AA so I will ask them to be removed and then do I have to email or phone AS - how do they see the reservation since they cannot see either the ticket number or record locator (no AS flights are part of the ticket) - so who do I email to?? (It's been suggested that I have to request manual credit but not sure how to do that - in any case they won't let me do anything for 14 days and it's only been 5)
RE: contacting AS, you will need the boarding pass or ticket number.
RE: priority boarding: If you are emerald you still board one spot earlier, don't you?
I just flew NRT-BKK on an AS-issued JL award. There is no first class cabin; I was in J.
But the first boarding group is still First Class, OW Emerald, and the top one or two levels of JL status. Given that there was no F cabin, it was all status people. I was surprised at how many people boarded in that group. It was larger than the business class boarding group. They were almost all white (very few Japanese) so I assume it was mostly OW Emerald.
It's not like it mattered. My business class suite was still there when I boarded and we took off with, maybe, half the overhead bin space empty up front. I agree that it's not a much of a benefit, but JAL may not see it that way. I guess in econ, priority boarding is worth more.
Anyway, I hope you get your miles.
To make things easier on you, when you check in at the airport, or drop off your bags or whatever, get a paper boarding pass and check the FF # on it, or ask the agent to check. Tell them that your want to make sure your AS number is there. They can add or change it very easily. Don't trust that the phone agent did what you need done.. always double check.