Originally Posted by
jediwho
That's a bummer! I'm flying OS to Vienna and returning from FRA on Condor. Both flights were booked with miles, but I'd ideally like to use my SWUs. I noticed that the MUC-CLT flight still has 19 business class seats available. So, I was thinking of buying main cabin tickets and then, if the SWUs clear, canceling my return flight. However, given that if I cancel the trip, my future trip would have to start in Germany, isn't great for me. Booking directly through AA's US website isn't a great option either, as the ticket prices are double what they are on the German website. Guess the best approach is to wait for business class space to open up on AA and then book through the German website?
If you book the ticket via the US website then I believe (though not 100% certain) that you'll receive a trip credit back good for anywhere, not just ex-Germany. I have run into the country of origin stuff before too buying lots of tickets ex-EU however when AA switched to trip credits most of this has gone away, at least IME.
Also I would forget about booking a oneway, you can buy a roundtrip MUC-LAX via the US website for basically the same price. Put the return flights way off in the future when you might be able to use them, or hope for a major schedule change then cancel for a refund.