AA codeshare
Apr 16, 17, 10:25 am
#1
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AA codeshare
is it just me or are there much less AA reward flights available on alaska now? searching lax-nyc and lax-mia, it is mostly virgin and delta. i remember there used to be more aa flights available, did something change?
Apr 16, 17, 1:20 pm
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Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
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It has to do with this...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...iscussion.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...y-loss-dl.html
http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....antage-fallen/
I live in Austin. American Airlines offers 11 peak daily departures on the 190 mile flight from Austin to Dallas. Between June 4 and the end of schedule in mid-March, 2018 there is not a single flight where there’s even one premium cabin saver award seat available. That’s over 3000 flights.
AS access to AA award inventory isn't any better than AA SAAver, so we have the same problem booking AA flights AAdvantage members do (and we can't even resort to the inflated awards on AA.com). I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to book an AA award with AS miles fairly recently, including the domestic segment. It's really tough. You basically have to wait for AA to open the floodgates and be able to book in a short window, and hope it works for you.
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Apr 16, 17 at 1:31 pm
Apr 18, 17, 7:04 pm
#4
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 214
That has nothing to do with codesharing. Awards are booked using the AA flight number, not an AS codeshare.
It has to do with this...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...iscussion.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...y-loss-dl.html
http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....antage-fallen/
(emphasis in original)
AS access to AA award inventory isn't any better than AA SAAver, so we have the same problem booking AA flights AAdvantage members do (and we can't even resort to the inflated awards on AA.com). I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to book an AA award with AS miles fairly recently, including the domestic segment. It's really tough. You basically have to wait for AA to open the floodgates and be able to book in a short window, and hope it works for you.
It has to do with this...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...iscussion.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...y-loss-dl.html
http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....antage-fallen/
(emphasis in original)
AS access to AA award inventory isn't any better than AA SAAver, so we have the same problem booking AA flights AAdvantage members do (and we can't even resort to the inflated awards on AA.com). I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to book an AA award with AS miles fairly recently, including the domestic segment. It's really tough. You basically have to wait for AA to open the floodgates and be able to book in a short window, and hope it works for you.
