Originally Posted by
paullgo
Not always. I had just put an award for Cathay on 5 day hold. Next morning I got email from Cathay and a phone call from AA saying to book right away as 5 day holds are not guaranteed anymore. I didn’t have time to argue about they say 5 days and just booked it as I wanted it.
With partners, you can also sometimes lose their segments before the five days are up. So after a couple of day you'll only have AA segments on hold.