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Sep 16, 2013, 10:01 pm
#2176
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 10,948
How fast do the 4 stickers show up for Gold/Plat members who fly 10K miles?
I have a long flight on a Saturday that I'd like to upgrade, but I'll hit a 10K milestone earlier in the day (MR-like routing). Would it be possible to call AA or go into an AC and ask them to deposit the 4 stickers into my account after I've completed the flight that gets me above the 10K mark / before the flight I'd like to upgrade?
I know you keep stickers forever but I'll be EXP soon after and don't need them since I don't travel with companions often.
I have a long flight on a Saturday that I'd like to upgrade, but I'll hit a 10K milestone earlier in the day (MR-like routing). Would it be possible to call AA or go into an AC and ask them to deposit the 4 stickers into my account after I've completed the flight that gets me above the 10K mark / before the flight I'd like to upgrade?
I know you keep stickers forever but I'll be EXP soon after and don't need them since I don't travel with companions often.
Sep 16, 2013, 10:18 pm
#2177
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: LAS
Programs: DL PM, UA PS, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,904
Thanks for the quick response. Looks like I'll have to figure out another flight to use them on. Have a few flights that are barely over 2500 miles but only need 5 stickers because of 51-mile rule. Only problem is that there will likely be a lot of EXPs on them when I am just a Gold or Plat.
Last edited by amolkold; Sep 16, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Sep 17, 2013, 4:20 am
#2178
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 51
Round teh world on inherited AAdvantage points ?
Hi everyone and please be gentle : first post.
My father was a frequent flyer until he passed away very suddenly last year, leaving about 840,000 AAdvantage miles.
I am in the UK, my sister is in NZ. I would like to use the miles to take my family (me, wife, 4 kids aged 11 through 17) to see my sister in NZ, but as the only time we can go is next July/August, which is the long UK summer holiday, I'm thinking why not go right round the world....
I know nothing about current long haul flying. Haven't even crossed the Atlantic in 30 years.
I'd like us to fly first class on at least one leg, as a once-in-a lifetime thing for the kids.
I don't mind paying cash on top if the Aadvantage points aren't enough. Budget is fairly elastic, but I like to get value for money.
Please can someone give me some pointers on:
- whether the whole thing is realistic;
- how to make most efficient use of the AAdavantage miles;
- decent round the world routes that start/end in the UK and take in Auckland, that would make a great family adventure over a 6 week maximum period (mid-July to end August 2014);
- whether anyone in AA or partner airlines would be able to help me find out which specific flights I can use miles on.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
My father was a frequent flyer until he passed away very suddenly last year, leaving about 840,000 AAdvantage miles.
I am in the UK, my sister is in NZ. I would like to use the miles to take my family (me, wife, 4 kids aged 11 through 17) to see my sister in NZ, but as the only time we can go is next July/August, which is the long UK summer holiday, I'm thinking why not go right round the world....
I know nothing about current long haul flying. Haven't even crossed the Atlantic in 30 years.
I'd like us to fly first class on at least one leg, as a once-in-a lifetime thing for the kids.
I don't mind paying cash on top if the Aadvantage points aren't enough. Budget is fairly elastic, but I like to get value for money.
Please can someone give me some pointers on:
- whether the whole thing is realistic;
- how to make most efficient use of the AAdavantage miles;
- decent round the world routes that start/end in the UK and take in Auckland, that would make a great family adventure over a 6 week maximum period (mid-July to end August 2014);
- whether anyone in AA or partner airlines would be able to help me find out which specific flights I can use miles on.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Last edited by Microwave; Sep 17, 2013 at 4:28 am Reason: Removed reference to previous thread title
Sep 17, 2013, 4:31 am
#2179
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Signatures
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: London, England
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, National Exec, AA EXP Emeritus
Posts: 9,765
Hi everyone and please be gentle : first post.
My father was a frequent flyer until he passed away very suddenly last year, leaving about 840,000 AAdvantage miles.
I am in the UK, my sister is in NZ. I would like to use the miles to take my family (me, wife, 4 kids aged 11 through 17) to see my sister in NZ, but as the only time we can go is next July/August, which is the long UK summer holiday, I'm thinking why not go right round the world....
My father was a frequent flyer until he passed away very suddenly last year, leaving about 840,000 AAdvantage miles.
I am in the UK, my sister is in NZ. I would like to use the miles to take my family (me, wife, 4 kids aged 11 through 17) to see my sister in NZ, but as the only time we can go is next July/August, which is the long UK summer holiday, I'm thinking why not go right round the world....
While we do not typically make this a practice, I've gone ahead and merged your post into the Newbie Lounge thread, which is a special sticky thread we keep for questions just like this. There are quite a few locations and resources for you to get help, and I'm sure you'll get on the right track soon.
Best of luck with the trip.
~Moderator
Sep 17, 2013, 11:35 am
#2180
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: UA, AA, BMI, MR, HH, PC
Posts: 806
Newbie confused about fees
I have an award reservation from AMS-HEL-BKK with AY. I would like to change the dates and carrier to MH on AMS-KUL-BKK. Do I need to pay the $150 change fee if I change the carrier? Thx, SF.
Sep 17, 2013, 11:54 am
#2181
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Warm, sunny Florida
Posts: 251
Silly question about fare pricing. Trying to get my mother to fly on AA 10/4 from MIA to TPA with a return flight on 10/6. Last night prices for G class tickets were $180, this morning $260. Looks like flights to TPA on 10/4 are fairly full by checking the seat arrangements on the 6pm flight she'd like to take up here. Kayak/Bing are giving me an 80% probability of price drop in the next 7 days.
To the community: How probable would a drop be within the next few days? I'm thinking she's missed the boat on the cheap fare bucket available. Last time I flew her up on here on AA booking a flight 14 days prior over Labor Day and picked up a fare for $160. I'm thinking of having her wait until Friday but I'm not sure exactly how pricing works (I fly maybe once every other year, hah!)
To the community: How probable would a drop be within the next few days? I'm thinking she's missed the boat on the cheap fare bucket available. Last time I flew her up on here on AA booking a flight 14 days prior over Labor Day and picked up a fare for $160. I'm thinking of having her wait until Friday but I'm not sure exactly how pricing works (I fly maybe once every other year, hah!)
Sep 17, 2013, 12:08 pm
#2182
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,558
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No.
Originally Posted by ScottieFlyer
I have an award reservation from AMS-HEL-BKK with AY. I would like to change the dates and carrier to MH on AMS-KUL-BKK. Do I need to pay the $150 change fee if I change the carrier? Thx, SF.
Sep 17, 2013, 3:05 pm
#2183
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 37
Hi everyone and please be gentle : first post.
My father was a frequent flyer until he passed away very suddenly last year, leaving about 840,000 AAdvantage miles.
I am in the UK, my sister is in NZ. I would like to use the miles to take my family (me, wife, 4 kids aged 11 through 17) to see my sister in NZ, but as the only time we can go is next July/August, which is the long UK summer holiday, I'm thinking why not go right round the world....
I know nothing about current long haul flying. Haven't even crossed the Atlantic in 30 years.
I'd like us to fly first class on at least one leg, as a once-in-a lifetime thing for the kids.
I don't mind paying cash on top if the Aadvantage points aren't enough. Budget is fairly elastic, but I like to get value for money.
Please can someone give me some pointers on:
- whether the whole thing is realistic;
- how to make most efficient use of the AAdavantage miles;
- decent round the world routes that start/end in the UK and take in Auckland, that would make a great family adventure over a 6 week maximum period (mid-July to end August 2014);
- whether anyone in AA or partner airlines would be able to help me find out which specific flights I can use miles on.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
My father was a frequent flyer until he passed away very suddenly last year, leaving about 840,000 AAdvantage miles.
I am in the UK, my sister is in NZ. I would like to use the miles to take my family (me, wife, 4 kids aged 11 through 17) to see my sister in NZ, but as the only time we can go is next July/August, which is the long UK summer holiday, I'm thinking why not go right round the world....
I know nothing about current long haul flying. Haven't even crossed the Atlantic in 30 years.
I'd like us to fly first class on at least one leg, as a once-in-a lifetime thing for the kids.
I don't mind paying cash on top if the Aadvantage points aren't enough. Budget is fairly elastic, but I like to get value for money.
Please can someone give me some pointers on:
- whether the whole thing is realistic;
- how to make most efficient use of the AAdavantage miles;
- decent round the world routes that start/end in the UK and take in Auckland, that would make a great family adventure over a 6 week maximum period (mid-July to end August 2014);
- whether anyone in AA or partner airlines would be able to help me find out which specific flights I can use miles on.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
An Explorer Award (FT thread about it is at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...er-awards.html) is likely the best way to maximize the amount of stops on the way to/from NZ. There are some nice examples of Explorer Awards on milevalue.com, too. The miles prices for business seats on the Explorer Awards are quite reasonable. You could do a route like LHR-SIN-SYD-AKL-PPT-LAX-LHR and stay within the 20-25K miles traveled band, which costs 150K Aadvantage miles for business class. For six travelers, that would cost 900K Aadvantage miles, which is a chunk above what you've got, but you could purchase miles to make up the difference.
The bad news is that finding six business-class saver award seats on the same flights is going to be a big challenge. You might consider splitting the family in two groups, but if it's important to keep the whole family together on each flight, you're almost certainly going to have to go in economy class. On the bright side, you could travel up to 35K miles for 140K Aadvantage miles, or right at the 840K total for your family.
One more thing - you may want to minimize the amount of flights on BA, since BA flights booked with AA miles pass along BA's hefty fuel surcharges.
Good luck!
Sep 17, 2013, 4:29 pm
#2184
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 4
Charges and Taxes after Award Ticket Change
Hi there!
I would like to book an award itinerary whereby travel commences in October and ends in August of the following year.
The route is: LAX-MIA (October) MIA-DUS (July) DUS-MIA-KIN (August).
I want to select MilesAAver, so that's 20K out and 30K back, based on the season.
Problem is: only BA has 30K awards open this far out from the return date and their Taxes and Fees are USD 450.00 compared to AB's USD 183.00/pp.
I don't want to wait too long to book the award since my first leg is next month and I'm afraid award availability (for four seats!) might disappear from my LAX-MIA leg.
Question is: if I book the award on BA and pay the Taxes and Fees will these be refunded to me if I'm able to change the award to AB should those seats open up in a couple of months?
I would like to book an award itinerary whereby travel commences in October and ends in August of the following year.
The route is: LAX-MIA (October) MIA-DUS (July) DUS-MIA-KIN (August).
I want to select MilesAAver, so that's 20K out and 30K back, based on the season.
Problem is: only BA has 30K awards open this far out from the return date and their Taxes and Fees are USD 450.00 compared to AB's USD 183.00/pp.
I don't want to wait too long to book the award since my first leg is next month and I'm afraid award availability (for four seats!) might disappear from my LAX-MIA leg.
Question is: if I book the award on BA and pay the Taxes and Fees will these be refunded to me if I'm able to change the award to AB should those seats open up in a couple of months?
Sep 17, 2013, 5:36 pm
#2185
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,453
The route is: LAX-MIA (October) MIA-DUS (July) DUS-MIA-KIN (August).
I want to select MilesAAver, so that's 20K out and 30K back, based on the season.
Problem is: only BA has 30K awards open this far out from the return date and their Taxes and Fees are USD 450.00 compared to AB's USD 183.00/pp.
I don't want to wait too long to book the award since my first leg is next month and I'm afraid award availability (for four seats!) might disappear from my LAX-MIA leg.
Question is: if I book the award on BA and pay the Taxes and Fees will these be refunded to me if I'm able to change the award to AB should those seats open up in a couple of months?
I want to select MilesAAver, so that's 20K out and 30K back, based on the season.
Problem is: only BA has 30K awards open this far out from the return date and their Taxes and Fees are USD 450.00 compared to AB's USD 183.00/pp.
I don't want to wait too long to book the award since my first leg is next month and I'm afraid award availability (for four seats!) might disappear from my LAX-MIA leg.
Question is: if I book the award on BA and pay the Taxes and Fees will these be refunded to me if I'm able to change the award to AB should those seats open up in a couple of months?
Then, just keep an eye on your return for better options to open up.
Sep 17, 2013, 7:33 pm
#2186
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 691
Silly question about fare pricing. Trying to get my mother to fly on AA 10/4 from MIA to TPA with a return flight on 10/6. Last night prices for G class tickets were $180, this morning $260. Looks like flights to TPA on 10/4 are fairly full by checking the seat arrangements on the 6pm flight she'd like to take up here. Kayak/Bing are giving me an 80% probability of price drop in the next 7 days.
To the community: How probable would a drop be within the next few days? I'm thinking she's missed the boat on the cheap fare bucket available. Last time I flew her up on here on AA booking a flight 14 days prior over Labor Day and picked up a fare for $160. I'm thinking of having her wait until Friday but I'm not sure exactly how pricing works (I fly maybe once every other year, hah!)
To the community: How probable would a drop be within the next few days? I'm thinking she's missed the boat on the cheap fare bucket available. Last time I flew her up on here on AA booking a flight 14 days prior over Labor Day and picked up a fare for $160. I'm thinking of having her wait until Friday but I'm not sure exactly how pricing works (I fly maybe once every other year, hah!)
Sep 18, 2013, 6:57 pm
#2187
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Exp, HH Diamond
Posts: 55
MCE availability on AAward ticket
One week from making Gold, when this happens will I have access to MCE ion my already booked award ticket?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Sep 18, 2013, 7:22 pm
#2189
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Exp, HH Diamond
Posts: 55
That's great news! Thank you for the quick response.
Sep 19, 2013, 12:27 am
#2190
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA CCR/GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,483
Frequent British Airways poster, first time AA poster (so please be gentle 
).
I'm travelling AA in First next April, flying to HNL from BOS via LAX (all 757), and back to IAD from LAX on a 737. I've tried to have a look but can't find definitive answers to a few questions I have:
1) Is it true that there isn't seat-back IFE in F in either of these aircraft? It seems a bit strange that it's offered on the TATL flights even in economy but for these flights, which are about 30 minutes shorter, it seems to be overhead screens if I've interpreted it correctly.
2) Assuming the above is true, I've also seen something about streaming in-flight wifi entertainment. If I bring an iPad for my dad and me does that mean we can download fresh entertainment on-board? If so, is there a cost attached?
3) Assuming 2 is true (!) what power plugs do I need to bring to charge the iPads at-seat? Is the USB plug enough? Do I need to bring my UK plug and a US adaptor?
4) I've seen somewhere about pre-ordering food. Is that only for international flights?
5) I've booked the flights via ba.com, and it has allocated 6E/F on the 757 and 6A/B on the 737. I don't seem to be able to change these seats, but should I be able to and, if so, is there any point?
Sorry for all the newbie questions, but hopefully someone can help me out with answers - thanks in advance.
).I'm travelling AA in First next April, flying to HNL from BOS via LAX (all 757), and back to IAD from LAX on a 737. I've tried to have a look but can't find definitive answers to a few questions I have:
1) Is it true that there isn't seat-back IFE in F in either of these aircraft? It seems a bit strange that it's offered on the TATL flights even in economy but for these flights, which are about 30 minutes shorter, it seems to be overhead screens if I've interpreted it correctly.
2) Assuming the above is true, I've also seen something about streaming in-flight wifi entertainment. If I bring an iPad for my dad and me does that mean we can download fresh entertainment on-board? If so, is there a cost attached?
3) Assuming 2 is true (!) what power plugs do I need to bring to charge the iPads at-seat? Is the USB plug enough? Do I need to bring my UK plug and a US adaptor?
4) I've seen somewhere about pre-ordering food. Is that only for international flights?
5) I've booked the flights via ba.com, and it has allocated 6E/F on the 757 and 6A/B on the 737. I don't seem to be able to change these seats, but should I be able to and, if so, is there any point?
Sorry for all the newbie questions, but hopefully someone can help me out with answers - thanks in advance.