Originally Posted by
Happy
AA does not have saver seats on its own metal yet AS shows availability at the 57.5K level. BA, too, also shows availability but of course BA wants ridiculous amount of miles plus YQ on TATL AA flights.
I wonder whether AS also have phantom availability on AA flights like it does on other partners?
I often see AA Saver award availability in Mileage Plan when Saver isn't available in AAdvantage. The same award is available in AAdvantage, though, however, at a higher dynamic rate.
To confirm availability, I booked FRA-DFW in J for April. No issues, completed without error, PNR provided & seats selected at AA.
The same award in AAdvantage was 93K.
It would appear that AA is making Saver space available to partners, but not to their own elites.
I guess it shouldn't be much of a concern to AAdvantage Elites, though, since AA Miles are so cheap and easy to amass, apparently only a penny a piece and much cheaper than Mileage Plan miles.
I could have also booked FRA-DFW-LAX-OGG for the same miles, just additional taxes & fees. DFW-LAX would be in Main, but LAX-OGG in F.
The all J AA award would be over 300K AAdvantage Miles.... lol
James