Can I mix a business 25,000 miles award with an economy anytime award, one way.
May 13, 2011, 2:53 pm
#1
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Can I mix a business 25,000 miles award with an economy anytime award, one way.
I need to book a one way DTW-DFW-PDX. Can I book 25,000 business for DTW-DFW, then anytime award DFW-PDX? Individually these 2 segments are available, but when I bring them up in muti leg, it prices out at 50,000.
May 13, 2011, 3:00 pm
#2
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All AA awards are now priced as one way awards.
Just book them as separate one way awards, if that works best for you.
EDITED TO ADD:
BTW - 50,000 seems like it is the right price (unless I misunderstand you):
25,000 First SAAver award
25,000 AAnytime economy award
Just book them as separate one way awards, if that works best for you.
EDITED TO ADD:
BTW - 50,000 seems like it is the right price (unless I misunderstand you):
25,000 First SAAver award
25,000 AAnytime economy award
Last edited by miamigrad; May 13, 2011 at 3:09 pm
May 13, 2011, 3:14 pm
#3
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If DFW-PDX has milesaver availability but no first availability, you could get the whole itinerary for 25K in first and take a voluntary downgrade to coach on the DFW-PDX, but that is the only workaround to not paying for two awards in this situation.
May 13, 2011, 3:15 pm
#4
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No, I don't want to use more than 25,000 miles total.
May 13, 2011, 3:18 pm
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If DFW-PDX has milesaver availability but no first availability, you could get the whole itinerary for 25K in first and take a voluntary downgrade to coach on the DFW-PDX, but that is the only workaround to not paying for two awards in this situation.[/QUOTE]
This sounds good. HOW can I book it?
This sounds good. HOW can I book it?
May 13, 2011, 3:26 pm
#6
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If DFW-PDX has milesaver availability but no first availability, you could get the whole itinerary for 25K in first and take a voluntary downgrade to coach on the DFW-PDX, but that is the only workaround to not paying for two awards in this situation.
This sounds good. HOW can I book it?
This sounds good. HOW can I book it?
May 13, 2011, 3:28 pm
#7
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call aa & pay the fee!...you could do a y anytime for the trip & book on line, iirc...but i would pay the fee for the leg in front...
good luck...
May 13, 2011, 6:54 pm
#9
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You will have to call reservations, explain to them what you want to do, and if you get an agent that is clueless, just hang up and try again with a different agent. Unfortunately speaking to an agent also means you will have to pay a $25 phone ticketing fee. But the upside also is that at the gate for your DFW-PDX flight you can inform the agent that you took a voluntary downgrade and if there are empty seats in F, you should have priority for being put back into F in this instance. You can also continue to monitor the website to see if F seats open up on the DFW-PDX leg and call reservations to get you into F on that leg if additional inventory opens up.
May 13, 2011, 7:43 pm
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