Jan 28, 2014, 12:14 am
Last edit by: JDiver
oneworld / AA Explorer award with AA Miles (discuss, questions) [ENDED 8 APR 2014]
N.B. new oneworld/AA Explorer awards are no longer available as of the end of the day on April 7th, 2014.
Existing awards will be honored.
This thread is ONLY to inquire or add about existing oneworld Explorer awards; to comment on the loss of this booking option, please follow the discussion on:
Oneworld Explorer Awards Eliminated -- Effective Immediately [8 Apr 2014]
See the first post, below, for the rules that prevailed through 7 April 2014 and apply to those who booked Explorer awards prior to the end of these useful award tickets.
oneworld / AA Explorer award with AA Miles (discuss, questions) [ENDED 8 APR 2014]
Jan 4, 2014, 3:38 pm
#1846
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 4,861
Phone agents don't ticket awards. So, you still need to make sure it's actually happened.
Jan 4, 2014, 6:06 pm
#1847
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: AA Fortress, no MRs for me!
Programs: AA Exec Plat (LT Gold), SPG Platinum, Hyatt Globalist, National Executive Elite
Posts: 309
Thanks for your cautious words before AR, that I made sure to not stop until I got email with ticket number. Thanks!
Jan 5, 2014, 12:11 am
#1848
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: KSTP KSPG
Programs: AOPA
Posts: 974
Hi
I have the following flights on hold for 3 people in business trying to stay under 25,000 miles. Air Berlin is giving none exisiting spaces, so for now we have to fly BA and connect via LHR.
09/17/14 MSP-ORD-YUL-LHR-FCO (stop) AA and BA
xx/xx/xx FCO-DOH-SIN (stop) QR
xx/xx/xx SIN-SYD (stop) QF
xx/xx/xx SYD-BNE-LAX-MSP (end) QF
is there anyway to get from MSP to FCO without BA and LHR?
thanks for the help!
I have the following flights on hold for 3 people in business trying to stay under 25,000 miles. Air Berlin is giving none exisiting spaces, so for now we have to fly BA and connect via LHR.
09/17/14 MSP-ORD-YUL-LHR-FCO (stop) AA and BA
xx/xx/xx FCO-DOH-SIN (stop) QR
xx/xx/xx SIN-SYD (stop) QF
xx/xx/xx SYD-BNE-LAX-MSP (end) QF
is there anyway to get from MSP to FCO without BA and LHR?
thanks for the help!
Last edited by teddy25; Jan 5, 2014 at 12:26 am Reason: add business class
Jan 5, 2014, 12:22 am
#1849
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Posts: 4,861
Which of your flights are on BA? If it's just the LHR -> FCO flight, why do you want to avoid BA and LHR?
Jan 5, 2014, 10:13 am
#1851
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: YQM
Posts: 341
You could do MSP-ORD-TXL-FCO with MSP-ORD on AA and ORD-TXL-FCO on AB.
It would be just under 25k miles flown
It would be just under 25k miles flown
Jan 5, 2014, 10:17 am
#1852
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: KSTP KSPG
Programs: AOPA
Posts: 974
You could do MSP-ORD-TXL-FCO with MSP-ORD on AA and ORD-TXL-FCO on AB.
It would be just under 25k miles flown
It would be just under 25k miles flown
Last edited by teddy25; Jan 5, 2014 at 11:22 am
Jan 5, 2014, 12:00 pm
#1855
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, WOH Globalist
Posts: 1,160
Anybody know a way to search QR award inventory online if you don't have a QR account with sufficient mileage?
Jan 5, 2014, 12:18 pm
#1856
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: YQM
Posts: 341
Jan 5, 2014, 12:30 pm
#1857
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, WOH Globalist
Posts: 1,160
Looks like you can search on ba.com http://milevalue.com/qatar-award-spa...irlines-miles/
Jan 5, 2014, 4:28 pm
#1858
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,203
HEL - DEL sector
AY award flights are usually loaded on AA site.
However, in past few months of checking, I do not see a single seat on any day for upcoming 11 months - (I do see coach class few days almost every month)
is such total block out of award seats in business (even when not a single seat is sold on a particular flight) common among AA partners?
(posted here because this was part of already issued explorer award - there were plenty of availibility last summer when award ticket was issued and now it seems there is not a single date to change dummy reservation to - either some type of glitch or useful datapoint for others trying to book dummy reservations 11 months out)
However, in past few months of checking, I do not see a single seat on any day for upcoming 11 months - (I do see coach class few days almost every month)
is such total block out of award seats in business (even when not a single seat is sold on a particular flight) common among AA partners?
(posted here because this was part of already issued explorer award - there were plenty of availibility last summer when award ticket was issued and now it seems there is not a single date to change dummy reservation to - either some type of glitch or useful datapoint for others trying to book dummy reservations 11 months out)
Jan 5, 2014, 4:53 pm
#1859
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How do you know that not a single seat has been sold? AA does not "black out" AY award space.
Dummy bookings are not risk free.
Dummy bookings are not risk free.
Jan 6, 2014, 9:22 pm
#1860
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,203
Totally agree that dummy bookings for future flights are not risk-free.
Just wanted to emphasis that for others (with real world datapoint)
who may not register that from review of usual posts here.
BTW, AA agent did call back after 3.5 hours and confirmed that it is not a web glitch. She also can not see a single seat for next 11 months.