Originally Posted by maxwellh

Just hopped in here to try to figure out what's up with inconsistencies I'm seeing between EF and the AA search tool. Can you explain what "EP" is short for here? (Exec Plat?) Are there things that I can see via AA.com (because I'm EP) that *don't* show up on EF?

I'm looking at an award flight in J (which is "U" on EF, no?): SAT-LAX-HND on 2 Feb, 2026 (AA4951-AA27). It's 60K miles (although now that I've clicked through to confirm that it's real, it's 88K--dynamic!). On EF, no matter how I search (by individual segment, or as a connection), EF shows U0 for LAX-HND (AA27) on 2 Feb, even though it clearly exists.

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if there's a software glitch, or something else entirely. All I want is to be able to easily search for AA award availability that's less needle-in-a-haystack. I've been using EF for what seems like forever, and I used to be able to find things. Honestly though, it's been a minute, so I may have lost my touch. I'm completely lost on "city pairs" rules (still seems like AA will virtually never have Saver J for travel between gateway cities. Not sure if my small market home airport makes any difference here either.