AS award on American seat inventory?
I'm trying to book AA using Alaska Miles but there is NONE first class seat available on the website but when i checked on AA.com and BA.com. There is a seat available. I called Alaska they said they don't have the same award availability. is that true? they said what you can see on the website is what we can book for you.
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If by "seats available" you're referring to AA's Anytime awards, you cannot use AS miles to book those. Only the MileSAAvers.
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As this is about booking an Alaska Airlines award, it will move to that forum.
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AA site shows seats available to those using AA members. If they do not show on the AS site they are not Mileage SAAver awards.
If you are going to use the AA site look for the circled options in the image below https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d694d1e0e2.jpg |
Originally Posted by caburrito
(Post 29248053)
If by "seats available" you're referring to AA's Anytime awards, you cannot use AS miles to book those. Only the MileSAAvers.
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Originally Posted by CDKing
(Post 29248618)
If you are going to use the AA site look for the circled options in the image below:
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Originally Posted by tonei
(Post 29250034)
The third circle is incorrect - that’s AAnytime awards for three-class F |
AA Award Availabilty for Mileage Plan Members
Wow, we not only lost all perks, AA is nearly gone for awards, Air France is going but most if not all award flights already pulled.
Yes Condor is on now, they yanked my biz class ticket with no notice, Frankfurt Condor airport staffing are the worst Ive ever experienced, I spoke with 10 others, same exp. flight attendants were great but its a low rent airline. I hope Finn Air turns out OK. The Caribbean is gone. Europe rough. when Virgin member are going for the same rewards, it will get worse. I wish I had better news. |
Originally Posted by GuzziQuota
(Post 29286884)
Wow, we not only lost all perks, AA is nearly gone for awards
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Originally Posted by GuzziQuota
(Post 29286884)
Yes Condor is on now, they yanked my biz class ticket with no notice
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I booked an SFO/JFK/EZE in J (lie flat the whole way) a few days ago. (Of course, I can't get any space home :o )
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Originally Posted by jinglish
(Post 29287138)
Originally Posted by GuzziQuota
(Post 29286884)
Wow, we not only lost all perks, AA is nearly gone for awards
Meanwhile, AA awards being sparse is not new. This thread was started over a year ago: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...iscussion.html (in AA forum) |
Rather than using words such as "gone" why not explain exactly what you want to do and when. As you can see, many people are doing just fine. But, neither you nor they are a good sample and thus, if those other people said "plentiful" it would be wrong too.
If you want help and advice, please explain what you are looking for. |
Wow, we not only lost all perks, AA is nearly gone for awards The Caribbean is gone. |
Looks like F/J is pretty decent here. AA is stingy with advance sAAver awards even for their own member
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...34e9554300.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...48dca304ff.jpg |
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I don't think they are particularly stingy. I'm sorry to see the bump in the number of miles for redemption, but you are seeing the same thing that AA fliers would see if they were booking a Saver Award. When you see that unicorn all segment business award show up, book it. I think Alaska has the most liberal change/cancel/redeposit policies for mid and upper tier fliers.
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I've been having this problem trying to book award tickets on AA metal to the Caribbean using AS miles, and came across this thread. BA.com stills matches AA milesaaver availability, but AS.com no longer does, with only a subset of the available flights show up on AS.com. Definitely hoping this is just a temporary glitch, and not a sign of a permanent change in how award availability on AA metal works.
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Originally Posted by oc2005
(Post 29293783)
I've been having this problem trying to book award tickets on AA metal to the Caribbean using AS miles, and came across this thread. BA.com stills matches AA milesaaver availability, but AS.com no longer does, with only a subset of the available flights show up on AS.com. Definitely hoping this is just a temporary glitch, and not a sign of a permanent change in how award availability on AA metal works.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...n-members.html ? The issue is that it's for about one week out, from Boston to Aruba. So availability may differ depending on how for you you're looking, which cabin you're looking for, and from what starting city to where in the Caribbean? |
I booked an AS award on AA metal, and called yesterday to change the date. I could see on the website that only F was available for my desired date/flights, but the agent on the phone kept saying there were no seats in any class. Eventually he had to cancel the original ticket and issue a new one... he explained this by saying that different systems are used under the hood for booking new award tickets or agents making changes to existing ones. Not entirely sure about that, but it does seem like something weird is going on IT-wise regarding what seats are available to whom.
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
(Post 29295776)
Did you see post 9 in this other thread, about Aruba availability:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...n-members.html ? The issue is that it's for about one week out, from Boston to Aruba. So availability may differ depending on how for you you're looking, which cabin you're looking for, and from what starting city to where in the Caribbean? |
I was looking for business class-pdx-lax-lhr feb 2 and it never showed up until last night at 3 am. I got two seats for 57k miles. It is in 2 weeks, so it is possible to get just you have to keep checking. What I usually do as mvp75k, I buy Y tickets and just cancel them if business class becomes available.
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I am seeing a problem as well... Below is a search on both AA and AS for availability HTS-PVD in June:
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...6b5fcf260e.png Though there is wide open saver availability showing on AA in Y class, AS shows none. Only availability in F. The only one stop routing for HTS-PVD is HTS-CLT-PVD... I checked those legs individually and they both had non-stop availability in Y wide open on AA with nothing on AS. |
Originally Posted by jaycoh22
(Post 29334979)
I am seeing a problem as well... Below is a search on both AA and AS for availability HTS-PVD in June:
Though there is wide open saver availability showing on AA in Y class, AS shows none. Only availability in F. The only one stop routing for HTS-PVD is HTS-CLT-PVD... I checked those legs individually and they both had non-stop availability in Y wide open on AA with nothing on AS. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a5d6942aad.jpg |
It used to be you could find international First Class award seats on AA via AS MP without much trouble. Not any more. I haven't seen any AA F award availability in over a year - and I've plugged in a good number of dates and destinations.
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Originally Posted by Seat 2A
(Post 29335210)
It used to be you could find international First Class award seats on AA via AS MP without much trouble. Not any more. I haven't seen any AA F award availability in over a year - and I've plugged in a good number of dates and destinations.
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Originally Posted by Seat 2A
(Post 29335210)
It used to be you could find international First Class award seats on AA via AS MP without much trouble. Not any more. I haven't seen any AA F award availability in over a year - and I've plugged in a good number of dates and destinations.
Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
(Post 29335324)
There are hardly any remaining int'l AA flights with an F cabin, and the remaining cabins are quite small (F8).
With the Flagship Dining Room in LAX and getting access to Pier F in HKG, plus a great crew, I'd say it was worth it at a mild mileage discount to CX F even if the onboard product, while nice enough, is not as nice as CX's F product. Two good meals at sea level beats nearly anything in the air IMO, and the showers in the Flagship Lounge + a meal and a cocktail in the dining room were a great tonic for a mostly sleepless, turbulence-filled ride over the Pacific. However, I can't say I'd be wanting to pay 110k miles if CX F is 40k miles less for the same itinerary I flew, even if it got me Flagship Dining again. I'd probably have a soup and a beer in the Alaska Lounge instead. :p |
Originally Posted by CDKing
(Post 29335103)
That is weird. I got 2 of 3 to come up on 6/1 but only when doing a multi city search. no idea why its not seeing the space as a one way search
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a5d6942aad.jpg |
Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
(Post 29335514)
I just got back from flying HKG-LAX in F on AA, but it basically took me finding a winning lottery ticket on my exact travel date (completely wide-open AA premium class availability EVERYWHERE). And yes, you have very, very few routes left with AA international three-class F (and the AS award price for three-class international F was jacked up in the interim).
With the Flagship Dining Room in LAX and getting access to Pier F in HKG, plus a great crew, I'd say it was worth it at a mild mileage discount to CX F even if the onboard product, while nice enough, is not as nice as CX's F product. Two good meals at sea level beats nearly anything in the air IMO, and the showers in the Flagship Lounge + a meal and a cocktail in the dining room were a great tonic for a mostly sleepless, turbulence-filled ride over the Pacific. However, I can't say I'd be wanting to pay 110k miles if CX F is 40k miles less for the same itinerary I flew, even if it got me Flagship Dining again. I'd probably have a soup and a beer in the Alaska Lounge instead. :p |
Originally Posted by beckoa
(Post 29336246)
Just confirming, CX F does not grant FlAAgship lounge access? Or does it?
Flagship Lounge access? Yes. (Even CX — or any other oneworld — J now grants Flagship Lounge access.) But you have to be in AA F ago get Flagship Dining within the Flagship Lounge. |
I'm also seeing weird stuff, like (surprisingly) plenty of AA Saver availability for a domestic trip (DSM-MCO in October) on AA's website, but those same flights - avail for 12,500 on aa.com - are NOT available on Alaska's website. In fact there is not a *single* economy award ticket available from DSM-MCO in Oct on Alaska's site, while there are plentiful dates with Saver availability on AA's. Alaska only seems to have access to AA's first class saver space right now... or at least, that's all they are listing in this scenario.
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Originally Posted by ashill
(Post 29336539)
Flagship Lounge access? Yes. (Even CX — or any other oneworld — J now grants Flagship Lounge access.) But you have to be in AA F ago get Flagship Dining within the Flagship Lounge. CX F DOES grant you Flagship First Dining, at least it does at JFK (did this twice) but not sure of LAX.. although maybe I am mistaken since there are already Oneworld lounges at LAX and not any proper F lounges at JFK ? CX has a special arrangement with AA to use Flagship First Dining when flying CX F from JFK. MB |
Originally Posted by ashill
(Post 29336539)
Flagship Lounge access? Yes. (Even CX — or any other oneworld — J now grants Flagship Lounge access.) But you have to be in AA F ago get Flagship Dining within the Flagship Lounge.
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access Since AS is NOT in oneworld, and AS will not issue an award with CX on the HKG-LAX segment and AA on the LAX-XXX segment, by my reading of the rules I would not have Flagship access on arrival unless I flew AA on both segments. No arriving lounge access for CX or AA/AS (save at the Alaska Lounge if my onward flight was in AS F. I chose to book as AA/AA.) For departure from LAX on CX F, different story. You should have QF F, OW j and AA Flagship access by rule as your next flight is on a OW carrier. |
Originally Posted by Mauibaby2008
(Post 29337368)
CX F DOES grant you Flagship First Dining, at least it does at JFK (did this twice) but not sure of LAX.. although maybe I am mistaken since there are already Oneworld lounges at LAX and not any proper F lounges at JFK ? CX has a special arrangement with AA to use Flagship First Dining when flying CX F from JFK. MB
Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
(Post 29337649)
As I understand it, oneworld access to a lounge (LAX Flagship) based on the class of service on arriving international long haul flight (CX F HKG-LAX) is predicated on having an onward flight on a oneworld carrier. https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access Since AS is NOT in oneworld, and AS will not issue an award with CX on the HKG-LAX segment and AA on the LAX-XXX segment, by my reading of the rules I would not have Flagship access on arrival unless I flew AA on both segments. No arriving lounge access for XA/AS (save at the Alaska Lounge if my onward flight was in AS F. I chose to book as AA/AA.) For departure from LAX on CX F, different story. You should have QF F, OW j and AA Flagship access by rule as your next flight is on a OW carrier. Yes, it’s oneworld access rules which require a departing oneworld flight. |
Originally Posted by League
(Post 29336672)
I'm also seeing weird stuff, like (surprisingly) plenty of AA Saver availability for a domestic trip (DSM-MCO in October) on AA's website, but those same flights - avail for 12,500 on aa.com - are NOT available on Alaska's website. In fact there is not a *single* economy award ticket available from DSM-MCO in Oct on Alaska's site, while there are plentiful dates with Saver availability on AA's. Alaska only seems to have access to AA's first class saver space right now... or at least, that's all they are listing in this scenario.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ff55e603d.jpeg |
Originally Posted by jaycoh22
(Post 29338186)
If you use the trick CDKing demonstrates above, piecing together the legs of the AA routing using a multi-City search, you can get them to show.
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Originally Posted by ashill
(Post 29338536)
Glad this works, suggesting that this is a glitch, not AA limiting availability. Any chance we can get Alaska to fix this? @missydarlin?
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Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
(Post 29338609)
AA may be doing something odd with married segments so that they can offer DSM-MCO but not DSM-CLT and CLT-MCO... probably AS does have to do something to fix it. Nice workaround, though, @CDKing.
However, I bet (hope?) that you're right that this has something to do with AS not correctly parsing/searching for AA's new married segment availability on awards. That seems like a potentially-plausible explanation that doesn't involve the AA/AS redemption partnership falling apart.... |
In both instances I checked (HTS-PVD and DSM-MCO), the individual segments were all available on AA as non-stop saver awards.
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Originally Posted by jaycoh22
(Post 29338732)
In both instances I checked (HTS-PVD and DSM-MCO), the individual segments were all available on AA as non-stop saver awards.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d3150fed0a.jpg |
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