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]
Apr 9, 2014, 8:05 am
#2251
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Apr 9, 2014, 8:06 am
#2252
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The lengthy details are indicated in the first post in this thread.
Apr 9, 2014, 8:24 am
#2254
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OW explorer awards: award type that allowed for multi-city-multi-stop itineraries involving multiple Oneworld partners that were priced based on distance (not on geographical zones) and didn't have to conform to the regular published fare routing rules that AA imposes on other types of award tickets.
The lengthy details are indicated in the first post in this thread.
The lengthy details are indicated in the first post in this thread.
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Apr 9, 2014, 8:31 am
#2255
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Washington DC
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153 page thread with such ridiculously great info is all history in a spoof. Testament to the vulnerability of our hobby. 
Apr 10, 2014, 11:06 pm
#2256
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,203
Two questions:
a) Anyone has tried to change dates on already ticketed tickets? (have completed 70 pct of my trip but may have to change date/time for future legs)
b) Any long timer remember when this great award was initiated?
and one comment:
eliminating such complex award where it takes hours over many days to put together am itin. (let alone years to save up miles) without any warning is pretty bad indicator of the things to come...
(I got contradictory responses from CSR)
a) Anyone has tried to change dates on already ticketed tickets? (have completed 70 pct of my trip but may have to change date/time for future legs)
b) Any long timer remember when this great award was initiated?
and one comment:
eliminating such complex award where it takes hours over many days to put together am itin. (let alone years to save up miles) without any warning is pretty bad indicator of the things to come...
(I got contradictory responses from CSR)
Last edited by Microwave; Apr 15, 2014 at 4:15 am Reason: Merged consecutive posts for readability
Apr 11, 2014, 12:40 pm
#2257
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I'd hang up and call again, escalate if necessary, and if they still give you the shaft file a DOT complaint.
Apr 11, 2014, 12:56 pm
#2258
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Location: AA Fortress, no MRs for me!
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Apr 11, 2014, 2:07 pm
#2259
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 385
Well, you certainly should be able to. But who the h*** knows what the new US of AA**les will do to its customers in this situation. They took these away instantly without warning scr**ing customers saving and planning to book these, so they might also even give the shaft to customers already enroute when they try to make changes. After all, your award does not exist anymore.
I'd hang up and call again, escalate if necessary, and if they still give you the shaft file a DOT complaint.
I'd hang up and call again, escalate if necessary, and if they still give you the shaft file a DOT complaint.
Apr 11, 2014, 10:11 pm
#2260
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 68
I want to chime in and also request that people post any experiences with date changes. I have a ticketed OW explorer award in the future that I haven't started yet, and I'd like to know if I'll hit any resistance if I need to move dates around.
Apr 14, 2014, 8:10 pm
#2261
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: World
Posts: 1,647
I'm also curious whether or not, assuming date changes are still possible, the original rules still apply. For instance could it be possible that the no connection to stopover / stopover to connection rule and no non-identical routing rules (ORD-TXL -> ORD-LHR-TXL) are no longer being enforced
?
Apr 24, 2014, 5:20 pm
#2262
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: AA Fortress, no MRs for me!
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I do have one on the books, that I have yet to take. I did call in and was told that rules still apply to those on the books, so you can still change dates, which I was unsure.
I hate to open up this wound again, but it was one of the last question I and a few others had.
I hate to open up this wound again, but it was one of the last question I and a few others had.
May 1, 2014, 9:55 am
#2263
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I do have one on the books, that I have yet to take. I did call in and was told that rules still apply to those on the books, so you can still change dates, which I was unsure.
I hate to open up this wound again, but it was one of the last question I and a few others had.
I hate to open up this wound again, but it was one of the last question I and a few others had.
May 6, 2014, 5:03 pm
#2264
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Thanks.
Last edited by zznoname; Jun 3, 2014 at 8:48 am
May 8, 2014, 7:33 am
#2265
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Location: ORD
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Thanks.
Last edited by zznoname; Jun 3, 2014 at 8:47 am