ARCHIVE: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles
Oct 27, 2014, 5:32 am
#436
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looks like a very, very tight connection. Please have a look at the very bad on-time arrival statistic of EY1. 30 minutes delay are more or less the norm.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ey1/
any chance to change to the nonstop AUH-JFK or consider a later LH/UA-flight out of FRA?
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ey1/
any chance to change to the nonstop AUH-JFK or consider a later LH/UA-flight out of FRA?
Thanks for the link
Oct 27, 2014, 6:47 am
#437
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
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Does AA charge the same taxes and fees as indicated on the RY site for an EY redemption ?
Looking at DUB->MLE for next Sept, I am seeing total taxes and fees of €152, €139 of which is described as a fuel surcharge.
Looking at DUB->MLE for next Sept, I am seeing total taxes and fees of €152, €139 of which is described as a fuel surcharge.
Oct 27, 2014, 6:57 am
#438
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Our upcoming IAD-AUH-KTM EY First redemption was $46.00 PP for the roundtrip with no surcharges.
Oct 27, 2014, 7:50 am
#439
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You route however doesn't have a fuel surcharge on an EY redemption, and shows $29 in full for fees. Checking out my intended route in more detail shows that it is the DUB->AUH sector that has an indicated fuel surcharge of €139. Flying out of LHR or MAN shows a fuel surcharge of £5.
So the question is, if the EY site indicates a fuel surcharge, does AA always charge it ?
Oct 27, 2014, 7:54 am
#440
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Oct 27, 2014, 7:58 am
#441
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Oct 27, 2014, 3:12 pm
#442
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Lots of availability
I'm flying home from South Africa near spring and found lots of availability JNB-AUF-SFO.
AA does treat this as separate awards though. I paid 135K for J to AUH and F to SFO. This is still less miles that it would have cost me if I had used my Etihad Guest Miles.
The taxes were only $69 compared to the $775 in taxes I'm paying for the EK one way.
AA does treat this as separate awards though. I paid 135K for J to AUH and F to SFO. This is still less miles that it would have cost me if I had used my Etihad Guest Miles.
The taxes were only $69 compared to the $775 in taxes I'm paying for the EK one way.
Oct 30, 2014, 2:57 pm
#443
Join Date: Jan 2008
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A few pages back someone said the JFK/AUH EY 100 is Etihad and flight 102 is Jet airways.Can someone confirm this?
Oct 30, 2014, 3:27 pm
#444
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I'm flying home from South Africa near spring and found lots of availability JNB-AUF-SFO.
AA does treat this as separate awards though. I paid 135K for J to AUH and F to SFO. This is still less miles that it would have cost me if I had used my Etihad Guest Miles.
The taxes were only $69 compared to the $775 in taxes I'm paying for the EK one way.
AA does treat this as separate awards though. I paid 135K for J to AUH and F to SFO. This is still less miles that it would have cost me if I had used my Etihad Guest Miles.
The taxes were only $69 compared to the $775 in taxes I'm paying for the EK one way.
Oct 31, 2014, 6:26 pm
#445
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Agoura Hills, CA USA
Posts: 2,663
at last minute scored a first class seat from IAD-AUH and onward to DOH in business on EY using 90K American miles.. Taxes were 7 USD!! ...
Nov 7, 2014, 10:18 am
#446
Join Date: Dec 2012
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If I want to book a flight BEY-AUH-IAD in F but only J is available for the BEY-AUH leg will it price out in two separate awards?
Also I can stop in AUH for under 24 hours correct?
Also I can stop in AUH for under 24 hours correct?
Nov 7, 2014, 8:48 pm
#447
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I think you'll find that in your situation you can get the above on one award but it will price at the F level for the whole trip. And yes, you can stopover in AUH for less than 24 hours.
Nov 9, 2014, 5:28 am
#448
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Is BKK-AUH-LHR not a valid routing? I have been quoted this as 60k rather than 52.5k?
Nov 9, 2014, 8:27 am
#450
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