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Old Jul 11, 2021 | 5:44 pm
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italiakd
 
Join Date: Jul 2021
Programs: AAdvantage
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Originally Posted by hydrackj
Yesterday, tried to book my first business class mileage trip in two years on AA, r/t lax->jfk in May 2022, The web interface has changed completely, as "Milesaver" options are nowhere to be seen (agents had no idea how to "see" them and connected me to web tech support line two times, but they never picked up the phone). Maybe there just aren't any, although I did quite a bit of looking. Also, there used to be lots of better availability on Alaska Air, but I didn't see a single Alaska flight (confirmed later by an agent). Yes, there were lots of "Web Saver" fares if you like to travel in the middle of the night and are willing to chance a layover. Final result cost me 238000 miles (two people) for a decent non-stop outbound and two leg return to LAX.

If anyone has figured out the new system on how to get good non-stop (or at least daytime) r/t lax/jfk reservations I'd like to know.
MileSAAver is generally only open on flights that are not predicted to sell out with cash pax. Otherwise, its going to spit out a Web Special, or for very full flights, full AAnytime asks.
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