Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Orlando,London, Chennai.
Programs: AAdvantage EXP& 2Million miler, Skywards Gold, Delta Gold Medallion, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,598
AA does not want you to travel with them in First class using RTW tickets
I have a first class RTW ticket isssued in India (AONE3)
I am trying to book a first class seat out of LHR to LAX on Apr 01, 2005 and the seat map shows 12 seats vacant. The AA RTW agent says no A class inventory is available and has sent a request to the head quarters. Similar problem was encountered for SJU to DFW on Apr 03 even though 14 seats are shown available.
BA on the other hand has seats available on the same day from LHR to LAX
It appears that AA is treating RTW tickets in A class equal to AAward tickets and is not releasing A class seats even to EXPs. It can lead to only one thing. AVOID AA as far as posiible. It is painful for an AA diehard like me to say this, but enough is enough
Please be forewarned. Be careful when purchasing a RTW ticket. It may be no better than an AAward ticket for inventory purposes when booking seats.