Thanks to the OP! From me and several friends.

I have ticket numbers!

Does AE yield management saturdays? Or will this be on until monday?:D

This doesn't appear to work for short haul.

Remember DON'T call them.
And when they call you DON'T give in!

There also seems to be quite a bit inventory available, or is it just me.

For example, for fun & giggles, I did a dummy booking for 5 (!) to a few European cities (FCO, VIE, AMS...) in late June to early July, requested J/F and got back decent option at 60,000 a piece. Now, J/F was usually only available on the intra-continental flights and not the TATL legs - if there was space for 5 in J, I'd fall off my chair. I won't mention the fees, because, then, I did fall off my chair: $560 pp x 5 pax = $$$$. But, hey! I'd redeem points and the YQ++ is still less than half that a paid fare on AC would cost, same dates (did side-by-side dummy bookings).

Whitey

A question on changes. There is a trip in early 2013 I know I'll be making. Is there a way to make the ticket last more than one year?

I'll be trying them out next year too!

they are opened weekends.....

Whitney..... gotta watch out for the different surcharges and taxes! eek!

gonna be hard cause you will need to call in and then they will review your file!

Yes, I have an 014 e-ticket number and PNR for my sorta mini-RTW (JFK-IST-BKK-CNX/TPE-ICN-JFK)

It definitely does seem like there's a lot more availability than normal doesn't it. I was looking at a few mini-RTW's but with these fuel surcharges all I could justify making a 1:30am impulse buy on was a YYZ-YVR roundtrip. $156 and 25k miles for pods both ways is too good to pass up.

Uh oh: http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...r-fewer-miles/

A hundred or so tix they can write off after firing a few IT monkeys, but if Americans start converting MR points en masse they will definitely push back.

I'm currently dealing with the fallout of the KE fiasco (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...560-ai-16.html Start from #637 if you are unfamiliar) and I really hope this doesn't go down the same way.

If Aeroplan decides to cancel/refund, they had better not wait two months and consult lawyers and regulatory agencies before contacting the customers!

nevermind

Sorry to say but I'm one of those who converted Amex points to AP to get a 60k business to Europe. But I was following this thread since 4pm this afternoon, working out various routings...until at 2am Aeroplan crashed on me. Panicked, but was able to log back on, I hastily booked.

Thanks to the OP for the find, and for keeping the thread somewhat low profile

Still working.

Also worth noting is that LX tickets seem to be priced at the old tax/fee level. YUL <-> NRT on LX F is coming in at $165.

Just booked one.

What rule is preventing me from booking YVR-ICN[STOP]-LXA (Tibet)

I've never booked a rtw world before and I'm trying to figure out how to get from YVR to LXA in F.

You gotta wonder what people are thinking when they post stuff like that. Just because you can read FT doesn't mean you should put it on your blog and ruin it for everyone else.