2 tickets for same flight
Dec 9, 2013, 3:37 pm
#1
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2 tickets for same flight
I did some searching and couldn't find this discussed anywhere. I am scheduled to fly trans con, 3 class, 777. My upgrade has yet to clear and it's not looking good. An award search shows the cheapest Business class on the same flight going for 50K miles, however 1st class has several saaver seats for 37.5k miles. If my upgrade doesn't clear, I'm tempted to use miles for first. My question is, if I use that ticket, will it mess up my return segment? Can I have the gate agent scan both my coach ticket and my award ticket to A) earn my miles and B) not disrupt the return portion of my trip?
Dec 9, 2013, 3:39 pm
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As this thread does not relate specifically to post-merger activities of the new AA, I'll move this over to the pre-merger AA thread, where it's likely to get better exposure and assistance.
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Dec 9, 2013, 4:47 pm
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I did some searching and couldn't find this discussed anywhere. I am scheduled to fly trans con, 3 class, 777. My upgrade has yet to clear and it's not looking good. An award search shows the cheapest Business class on the same flight going for 50K miles, however 1st class has several saaver seats for 37.5k miles. If my upgrade doesn't clear, I'm tempted to use miles for first. My question is, if I use that ticket, will it mess up my return segment? Can I have the gate agent scan both my coach ticket and my award ticket to A) earn my miles and B) not disrupt the return portion of my trip?
Dec 9, 2013, 5:33 pm
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I don't believe it's possible. AA will also probably cancel one of the reservations as they are a duplicate. I agree with the suggestion for miles and copay. If you have EF, you can check this easily.
Dec 9, 2013, 5:48 pm
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The miles + copay books into C bucket, which is equivalent to using SWU and generally has more space compared to the complimentary X upgrade bucket.
Dec 9, 2013, 6:05 pm
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I did some searching and couldn't find this discussed anywhere. I am scheduled to fly trans con, 3 class, 777. My upgrade has yet to clear and it's not looking good. An award search shows the cheapest Business class on the same flight going for 50K miles, however 1st class has several saaver seats for 37.5k miles. If my upgrade doesn't clear, I'm tempted to use miles for first. My question is, if I use that ticket, will it mess up my return segment? Can I have the gate agent scan both my coach ticket and my award ticket to A) earn my miles and B) not disrupt the return portion of my trip?
You might be able to cancel the outbound of your ticket and keep the return.
It depends on the fare rules for your ticket.