Originally Posted by
wandering_fred
The problem with AA married segments is apparent for USA domestic flights.
Compounded by a lack D class availability almost everywhere with AA domestic even when not connecting. Perhaps booking with AA has better availability on the direct flights?
Had we not required 6 (or more) USA domestic flights, point to point (perhaps open jaw) returns would have been cheaper, though in Prem Y.
Things learned when wandering
Fred
I'm having some real problems with the AA RTW desk on this topic, wonder if anyone can advise.
I am currently booked/ticketed:
MIA-JFK-LAX on an AONE4 originating in Tokyo. The JFK connection is ~20 hours. When booking five months ago, I could not get
JFK-LAX to ticket into "A", so I am in business (D).
Originally I hoped something would improve, but it hasn't, and I'm now 2 weeks away from departure. However, I have tried asking the agent via phone to change it to be later so this becomes a stopover, but even though:
- The RTW tool; Expert Flyer(EF); The AA website (Japan); ITA Matrix; show enough "A" seats, the agents cannot see availability in "A"
- You can see on EF that booking this as "one" MIA-JFK-LAX has no "A" seats; booking as 2x1 ways does. So this would seem likely to be a married segment issue.
I've tried asking the agent to change the JFK-LAX flight only +/- 2 days, without any joy.
Any ideas how I can force the change, so that I avoid the married segments? I'd presume I need 24+ hours stopover. So should I do this as a two step process, i.e. change the ticket first to have a 24 hour stopover (in business, ticket it), and then suddenly magically "A" will open up? Seems odd that the system isn't showing this anyway.
I am really keen to try the Transcontinental in F, since I'm paying for it....