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[2013 NEWBIE LOUNGE] Ask Your AA-Related Questions Here (flame free)
Jul 28, 2013, 1:24 pm
#1801
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Boston
Posts: 3
First of all, I am new on this board (but have been on a few other travel discussion boards.)
Just tried to book two multi-city AA award tickets.
Outbound BOS-> CDG on 4/23/2014 and
inbound BCN -> BOS on 5/10/2014.
The flight choices for for us at saver 40,000 miles/rt/pp level all route through LHR, and costs an additional USD$660/pp for taxes. The tax alone is more than 50% of an airfare if I were to purchase a ticket out of pocket. Is this a trap?
To travel to Europe on saver AA miles how do you avoid being routed through LHR in order to avoid paying enormous airport taxes?
Thanks in advance.
Just tried to book two multi-city AA award tickets.
Outbound BOS-> CDG on 4/23/2014 and
inbound BCN -> BOS on 5/10/2014.
The flight choices for for us at saver 40,000 miles/rt/pp level all route through LHR, and costs an additional USD$660/pp for taxes. The tax alone is more than 50% of an airfare if I were to purchase a ticket out of pocket. Is this a trap?
To travel to Europe on saver AA miles how do you avoid being routed through LHR in order to avoid paying enormous airport taxes?
Thanks in advance.
Jul 28, 2013, 1:39 pm
#1802
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 174
I am going off what I'm seeing below in my account online.
Are you saying that I will have to have a total of 75,000 EQP/EQM to hit Platinum this year???
Jul 28, 2013, 1:52 pm
#1803
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
It's not about Heathrow, nor about airport taxes. Let me guess: the awards are on BA, right? You will find BA charges like a wounded ox in what we know as "YQ" fees. Select another airline (you may have to use other search tools as aa.com will not reveal all awards on all partner airlines) for a much better deal.
Use Advanced Search, thread titles only, result in threads searching for the keyword "yq" (with quotes, etc.) and you will see the problem.
It's not about Heathrow, nor about airport taxes. Let me guess: the awards are on BA, right? You will find BA charges like a wounded ox in what we know as "YQ" fees. Select another airline (you may have to use other search tools as aa.com will not reveal all awards on all partner airlines) for a much better deal.
Use Advanced Search, thread titles only, result in threads searching for the keyword "yq" (with quotes, etc.) and you will see the problem.
First of all, I am new on this board (but have been on a few other travel discussion boards.)
Just tried to book two multi-city AA award tickets.
Outbound BOS-> CDG on 4/23/2014 and
inbound BCN -> BOS on 5/10/2014.
The flight choices for for us at saver 40,000 miles/rt/pp level all route through LHR, and costs an additional USD$660/pp for taxes. The tax alone is more than 50% of an airfare if I were to purchase a ticket out of pocket. Is this a trap?
To travel to Europe on saver AA miles how do you avoid being routed through LHR in order to avoid paying enormous airport taxes?
Thanks in advance.
Just tried to book two multi-city AA award tickets.
Outbound BOS-> CDG on 4/23/2014 and
inbound BCN -> BOS on 5/10/2014.
The flight choices for for us at saver 40,000 miles/rt/pp level all route through LHR, and costs an additional USD$660/pp for taxes. The tax alone is more than 50% of an airfare if I were to purchase a ticket out of pocket. Is this a trap?
To travel to Europe on saver AA miles how do you avoid being routed through LHR in order to avoid paying enormous airport taxes?
Thanks in advance.
Jul 28, 2013, 1:55 pm
#1804
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
No; the assumption was made you had earned status via a Challenge, a shortcut to status AA offers some.
Status earned normally is not with zero resets (I believe BAEC offers this), so you will have to earn 50k EQ miles OR 50k EQ points OR fly 60 segments during the 2013 calendar year.
But the bonus miles are REDEEMABLE, not elite qualifying, miles. The only way you can make it shorter is to fly B, Y or higher class fares, in which case you will earn 1.5 EQ Points per Base / flown / EQ Mile. So: you could earn Platinum this year by flying as few 16,683 miles in B, Y or in higher fare classes, which earn more Points.
Status earned normally is not with zero resets (I believe BAEC offers this), so you will have to earn 50k EQ miles OR 50k EQ points OR fly 60 segments during the 2013 calendar year.
But the bonus miles are REDEEMABLE, not elite qualifying, miles. The only way you can make it shorter is to fly B, Y or higher class fares, in which case you will earn 1.5 EQ Points per Base / flown / EQ Mile. So: you could earn Platinum this year by flying as few 16,683 miles in B, Y or in higher fare classes, which earn more Points.
Jul 28, 2013, 2:02 pm
#1805
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Boston
Posts: 3
High taxes through LHR
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
It's not about Heathrow, nor about airport taxes. Let me guess: the awards are on BA, right? You will find BA charges like a wounded ox in what we know as "YQ" fees. Select another airline (you may have to use other search tools as aa.com will not reveal all awards on all partner airlines) for a much better deal.
Use Advanced Search, thread titles only, result in threads searching for the keyword "yq" (with quotes, etc.) and you will see the problem.
It's not about Heathrow, nor about airport taxes. Let me guess: the awards are on BA, right? You will find BA charges like a wounded ox in what we know as "YQ" fees. Select another airline (you may have to use other search tools as aa.com will not reveal all awards on all partner airlines) for a much better deal.
Use Advanced Search, thread titles only, result in threads searching for the keyword "yq" (with quotes, etc.) and you will see the problem.
Last edited by Two2Travel; Jul 28, 2013 at 2:18 pm Reason: make it more precise
Jul 28, 2013, 2:21 pm
#1806
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 174
Thanks,
I thought for a minute there I was going to have to jump ship to Delta and hear the "I told you so" remarks out of all my coworkers that fly Delta.
Another quick question.
Does American Airlines rollover your EQP/EQM that do not take you to the next status level like Delta does?
For example:
If I finish out 2013 with 65,000 EQP/EQM. Do I start 2014 with 15,000 EQP/EQM?
I thought for a minute there I was going to have to jump ship to Delta and hear the "I told you so" remarks out of all my coworkers that fly Delta.
Another quick question.
Does American Airlines rollover your EQP/EQM that do not take you to the next status level like Delta does?
For example:
If I finish out 2013 with 65,000 EQP/EQM. Do I start 2014 with 15,000 EQP/EQM?
No; the assumption was made you had earned status via a Challenge, a shortcut to status AA offers some.
Status earned normally is not with zero resets (I believe BAEC offers this), so you will have to earn 50k EQ miles OR 50k EQ points OR fly 60 segments during the 2013 calendar year.
But the bonus miles are REDEEMABLE, not elite qualifying, miles. The only way you can make it shorter is to fly B, Y or higher class fares, in which case you will earn 1.5 EQ Points per Base / flown / EQ Mile. So: you could earn Platinum this year by flying as few 16,683 miles in B, Y or in higher fare classes, which earn more Points.
Status earned normally is not with zero resets (I believe BAEC offers this), so you will have to earn 50k EQ miles OR 50k EQ points OR fly 60 segments during the 2013 calendar year.
But the bonus miles are REDEEMABLE, not elite qualifying, miles. The only way you can make it shorter is to fly B, Y or higher class fares, in which case you will earn 1.5 EQ Points per Base / flown / EQ Mile. So: you could earn Platinum this year by flying as few 16,683 miles in B, Y or in higher fare classes, which earn more Points.
Jul 28, 2013, 2:46 pm
#1807
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 10,948
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No rollover in AAdvantage, thankfully!
Originally Posted by 0335th
Thanks,
I thought for a minute there I was going to have to jump ship to Delta and hear the "I told you so" remarks out of all my coworkers that fly Delta.
Another quick question.
Does American Airlines rollover your EQP/EQM that do not take you to the next status level like Delta does?
For example:
If I finish out 2013 with 65,000 EQP/EQM. Do I start 2014 with 15,000 EQP/EQM?
I thought for a minute there I was going to have to jump ship to Delta and hear the "I told you so" remarks out of all my coworkers that fly Delta.
Another quick question.
Does American Airlines rollover your EQP/EQM that do not take you to the next status level like Delta does?
For example:
If I finish out 2013 with 65,000 EQP/EQM. Do I start 2014 with 15,000 EQP/EQM?
No; the assumption was made you had earned status via a Challenge, a shortcut to status AA offers some.
Status earned normally is not with zero resets (I believe BAEC offers this), so you will have to earn 50k EQ miles OR 50k EQ points OR fly 60 segments during the 2013 calendar year.
But the bonus miles are REDEEMABLE, not elite qualifying, miles. The only way you can make it shorter is to fly B, Y or higher class fares, in which case you will earn 1.5 EQ Points per Base / flown / EQ Mile. So: you could earn Platinum this year by flying as few 16,683 miles in B, Y or in higher fare classes, which earn more Points.
Status earned normally is not with zero resets (I believe BAEC offers this), so you will have to earn 50k EQ miles OR 50k EQ points OR fly 60 segments during the 2013 calendar year.
But the bonus miles are REDEEMABLE, not elite qualifying, miles. The only way you can make it shorter is to fly B, Y or higher class fares, in which case you will earn 1.5 EQ Points per Base / flown / EQ Mile. So: you could earn Platinum this year by flying as few 16,683 miles in B, Y or in higher fare classes, which earn more Points.
Jul 28, 2013, 3:06 pm
#1809
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,571
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No, my FF miles are American Airline miles. But when I searched AA.com for award flights BOS -> Paris on 4/23/2014, the available flights are all on BA. Same with the return BCN->BOS award flights on 5/10/2014.
Redeeming AA miles for long-haul travel on BA incurs hefty fees. Call AA and ask about routing via IB to/from ORY (IB does not serve CDG). IB award flights do not show on aa.com.
Originally Posted by Two2Travel
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
It's not about Heathrow, nor about airport taxes. Let me guess: the awards are on BA, right? You will find BA charges like a wounded ox in what we know as "YQ" fees. Select another airline (you may have to use other search tools as aa.com will not reveal all awards on all partner airlines) for a much better deal.
Use Advanced Search, thread titles only, result in threads searching for the keyword "yq" (with quotes, etc.) and you will see the problem.
It's not about Heathrow, nor about airport taxes. Let me guess: the awards are on BA, right? You will find BA charges like a wounded ox in what we know as "YQ" fees. Select another airline (you may have to use other search tools as aa.com will not reveal all awards on all partner airlines) for a much better deal.
Use Advanced Search, thread titles only, result in threads searching for the keyword "yq" (with quotes, etc.) and you will see the problem.
Jul 28, 2013, 4:13 pm
#1810
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Boston
Posts: 3
High taxes/fees through LHR
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Redeeming AA miles for long-haul travel on BA incurs hefty fees. Call AA and ask about routing via IB to/from ORY (IB does not serve CDG). IB award flights do not show on aa.com.
Redeeming AA miles for long-haul travel on BA incurs hefty fees. Call AA and ask about routing via IB to/from ORY (IB does not serve CDG). IB award flights do not show on aa.com.
Jul 28, 2013, 5:15 pm
#1811
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
No rollover, but check the thread about ELTA3 Cumulative rewards, which shows you may get some nice bonuses when you do not complete a status level but earn beyond. (You must register... and the link is to be found in the wikipost.)
Thanks,
I thought for a minute there I was going to have to jump ship to Delta and hear the "I told you so" remarks out of all my coworkers that fly Delta.
Another quick question.
Does American Airlines rollover your EQP/EQM that do not take you to the next status level like Delta does?
For example:
If I finish out 2013 with 65,000 EQP/EQM. Do I start 2014 with 15,000 EQP/EQM?
I thought for a minute there I was going to have to jump ship to Delta and hear the "I told you so" remarks out of all my coworkers that fly Delta.
Another quick question.
Does American Airlines rollover your EQP/EQM that do not take you to the next status level like Delta does?
For example:
If I finish out 2013 with 65,000 EQP/EQM. Do I start 2014 with 15,000 EQP/EQM?
Jul 28, 2013, 6:44 pm
#1812
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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It artificially inflates the number of elites.
It artificially inflates the number of elites.
Jul 28, 2013, 8:56 pm
#1813
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 174
No rollover, but check the thread about ELTA3 Cumulative rewards, which shows you may get some nice bonuses when you do not complete a status level but earn beyond. (You must register... and the link is to be found in the wikipost.)
Ok, I can see how that would or does happen.
Jul 29, 2013, 12:58 am
#1814
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 370
Booked 3 flights on AA using Avios. I got the record locator from AA and added it to my AA account. However it shows the status as unknown. Also it does not allow me to fill in the passenger details. Is this expected when you book a flight using Avios? How do I fill in my details?
Jul 29, 2013, 5:09 am
#1815
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: LAS/DXB
Programs: LH HON
Posts: 1,193
Hi,
AA.com is driving me crazy. I have booked several flights for a trip in October 2013. The bookings were done by a travel agency based in Germany back in March 2013.
Since then I am trying to access my reserveration in order to change my seating, but I am unable to do so because of an annoying bug(?) in AA's booking procedure.
It seems that neither aa.de nor aa.com is able to show up my reserveration due the fact that a travel agency is involved. I am getting the same error over and over again:
We are experiencing technical difficulties and are unable to display your reservation at this time. Please try again.
I have tried to call American Airlines German hotline which refered to the Record Locator / Sabre Code (which I already had), unfortunately thats it - they don't have any idea and suggested me to call the US hotline instead. So I did.
US Hotline was also not able to look into my reserveration because of the same error (hooray). They said they cannot do anything and I should call the German hotline instead.
So here I am, almost 5 months passed since the booking was done not able to get into my reserveration getting send from hotline A to B and vice versa.
I also attempted to get help via twitter, but as expected they don't have any clue.
SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THIS.
AA.com is driving me crazy. I have booked several flights for a trip in October 2013. The bookings were done by a travel agency based in Germany back in March 2013.
Since then I am trying to access my reserveration in order to change my seating, but I am unable to do so because of an annoying bug(?) in AA's booking procedure.
It seems that neither aa.de nor aa.com is able to show up my reserveration due the fact that a travel agency is involved. I am getting the same error over and over again:
We are experiencing technical difficulties and are unable to display your reservation at this time. Please try again.
I have tried to call American Airlines German hotline which refered to the Record Locator / Sabre Code (which I already had), unfortunately thats it - they don't have any idea and suggested me to call the US hotline instead. So I did.
US Hotline was also not able to look into my reserveration because of the same error (hooray). They said they cannot do anything and I should call the German hotline instead.
So here I am, almost 5 months passed since the booking was done not able to get into my reserveration getting send from hotline A to B and vice versa.
I also attempted to get help via twitter, but as expected they don't have any clue.
SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THIS.