PNR says F, e-ticket says "Coach"
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I had a first this morning: my Z award SFO-LAX-NRT (AA/JL) was ticketed and the e-ticket e-mail clearly states that the JAL segment is in coach. I checked my PNR (on both AA and JL) and it says First and gives us the expected seats. I called the EXP line and both agents say it's showing fine and one requested a ticket reprint so hopefully I'll have that in writing.
Has anyone seen this before? I'm only concerned because I know that it's the e-ticket that matters more than the PNR. If I show up at LAX and am told I'm in coach I don't have much of a leg to stand on if my ticket agrees with them!
Does anyone have other advice for anything I should do to make sure my e-ticket is correct? Luck favors the prepared.
Also, this is urgent as I travel in 328 days!
The reprint also says coach. Grr.
Has anyone seen this before? I'm only concerned because I know that it's the e-ticket that matters more than the PNR. If I show up at LAX and am told I'm in coach I don't have much of a leg to stand on if my ticket agrees with them!
Does anyone have other advice for anything I should do to make sure my e-ticket is correct? Luck favors the prepared.
Also, this is urgent as I travel in 328 days!
The reprint also says coach. Grr.
Last edited by JY1024; May 8, 2014 at 11:12 am Reason: merged consecutive posts
#2
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I would be concerned first on domestic leg, coach on international. EXP agents may not see this as a JAL flight.
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The coach segment is the JAL segment LAX-NRT, so I am indeed concerned. I'm not sure what you mean by EXP agents may not see this as a JAL flight?
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I had issues with a Cathay segment that I was assured was BIZ, but was coach and EXP agent said was First.
Can you select a seat on the JAL site and cross reference selected seat to a first/ biz seat?
Can you select a seat on the JAL site and cross reference selected seat to a first/ biz seat?
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I had a first this morning: my Z award SFO-LAX-NRT (AA/JL) was ticketed and the e-ticket e-mail clearly states that the JAL segment is in coach. I checked my PNR (on both AA and JL) and it says First and gives us the expected seats. I called the EXP line and both agents say it's showing fine and one requested a ticket reprint so hopefully I'll have that in writing.
Has anyone seen this before? I'm only concerned because I know that it's the e-ticket that matters more than the PNR. If I show up at LAX and am told I'm in coach I don't have much of a leg to stand on if my ticket agrees with them!
Does anyone have other advice for anything I should do to make sure my e-ticket is correct? Luck favors the prepared.
Also, this is urgent as I travel in 328 days!
Has anyone seen this before? I'm only concerned because I know that it's the e-ticket that matters more than the PNR. If I show up at LAX and am told I'm in coach I don't have much of a leg to stand on if my ticket agrees with them!
Does anyone have other advice for anything I should do to make sure my e-ticket is correct? Luck favors the prepared.
Also, this is urgent as I travel in 328 days!
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Indeed it does. But what do I do if someone later tells me it's in coach? My ticket clearly says coach and there have been several stories of people getting screwed because their e-ticket didn't match their PNR.
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Had this issue with both JL and CX - both times ticketed First, res showed up as Business and listed coach seats. Was incredibly annoying, but worked out fine.
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I sense if you can pick first seats on JAL, you are good to go.
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Well, it sounds like I'm not alone and it's likely a glitch in the e-ticket e-mail. Thanks for the comments!
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I have a similar sitaution: my pnr properly records jal flights in z class but says they are "discount" while showing my aa positioning flights are in first. It sounds like this should be fine but I just wanted to double check!
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Mine reads this way:
Japan Airlines JL 61
Los Angeles (LAX)
Travel Time : 11 h 35 m
Cabin Class : First
Seat : 2K , 2G
Tokyo (NRT)
Booking Code : Z
Plane Type : 773
Nothing about "discount" in my case.
Japan Airlines JL 61
Los Angeles (LAX)
Travel Time : 11 h 35 m
Cabin Class : First
Seat : 2K , 2G
Tokyo (NRT)
Booking Code : Z
Plane Type : 773
Nothing about "discount" in my case.
#12
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It's an old issue that's been ongoing for years: awards in premium cabins on partner airlines, showing as Economy. Booking code (Z for F, and U for J, for most Oneworld airlines) should confirm the correct cabin.
There's a thread on it somewhere. I don't understand why AA hasn't been able to fix it for so long.
As others have said, provided you can verify with the partner airline that you are in F/J, and have confirmed seat in F/J cabin, there should be no problem.
Good idea to carry a printout from that airline's site too.
Happy Travels.
There's a thread on it somewhere. I don't understand why AA hasn't been able to fix it for so long.
As others have said, provided you can verify with the partner airline that you are in F/J, and have confirmed seat in F/J cabin, there should be no problem.
Good idea to carry a printout from that airline's site too.
Happy Travels.
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Sound advice. Thanks NDFan for putting my fears to rest!
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I had a similar situation with a MH award ticket in business class. The PNR on their system said coach and when I looked the ticket up on the Saudia website, it didn't show the cabin class. I called MH who said it was correct, in business class, and assigned business class seats, which I could print on their PNR. The MH agent tried to tell me it was because I was using an iPad, but when I looked on my desktop in various browsers, I had the same result: it said coach. Another call to MH closer to travel and I was able to order Chef on Call. It worked out fine, but I was worried and I never did get any documentation, other than my seat assignments, that I had a business class ticket.