American Airlines domestic availability with AS miles
Jul 4, 2023, 10:54 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 20
American Airlines domestic availability with AS miles
AA flies their three cabin aircraft from BOS to LAX. I am looking at 2 tickets in business or first in January 2024. I can see availability on the AA nonstop using BA website (and of course can see award tickets on AA) but Alaska doesnt show the nonstop flights at all and instead shows one-stop options both on AA and on AS. Is this expected? Should I try calling or will they see the same?
Jul 5, 2023, 2:54 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVPG 75k, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat, Kenya Airways Gold
Posts: 225
This is expectedlegally they cant codeshare the direct BOS to LAX flight because of a settlement with the US government in order to approve the Virgin America merger.
edit: nevermind I didnt realize we were talking about using miles not paying cash. Ignore this lol
edit: nevermind I didnt realize we were talking about using miles not paying cash. Ignore this lol
Last edited by ItsAnAdam; Jul 5, 2023 at 6:12 pm
Jul 5, 2023, 7:00 am
#4
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
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Jul 5, 2023, 8:18 am
#5
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,126
This may be expected, but the reason given here makes no sense. Award availability isn't dependent on codeshares. (This would make AS a usless program for many.)
Jul 5, 2023, 3:52 pm
#7
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: PDX/PHX
Programs: AS 100k, AA MM, HH Dia
Posts: 201
I have seen this lack of availability frequently on some city pairs - for example - I don't see AA availability using AS miles for PDX-PHX, but I can often find AA availability with AS miles on routes that transit through PHX - (PDX-PHX-TUS for example) - AA has saver level tickets on these dates for PDX-PHX (and saver availability on AS non-stops from PDX-PHX). There does seems to be some AS system limitation for certain city pairs...
Jul 6, 2023, 3:37 pm
#8
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: AS MVPG, DL Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 143
havent seen a single one in 6+ months :/