Has Miles plus Co-pay gone ?

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Feb 10, 2008, 8:25 am

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There's a search feature on aa.com that occasionally works pretty well.

Looking for "reduced mileage" qucikly found this page:
http://www.aa.com/aa/pubcontent/en_U...cialAwards.jsp

Feb 10, 2008, 8:34 am

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Originally Posted by swag

There's a search feature on aa.com that occasionally works pretty well.

Looking for "reduced mileage" qucikly found this page:
http://www.aa.com/aa/pubcontent/en_U...cialAwards.jsp

Thanks for the link! It is pretty bad deal - considering that the co-pays are seemingly more expensive than buying the miles outright. I couldn't tell if if the combo tickets earn miles and/or count toward elite qualification. If so, then these make a bit more sense.

Feb 10, 2008, 9:04 am

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Originally Posted by swag

There's a search feature on aa.com that occasionally works pretty well.

Looking for "reduced mileage" qucikly found this page:
http://www.aa.com/aa/pubcontent/en_U...cialAwards.jsp

Well, what do you know, you learn something new everyday. Apparently this promotion is current and active but I find it odd that there is no obvious link to it on AA, nor does AA actively promote it, nor did anyone else seem to know about it until swag found the link.

Feb 10, 2008, 9:18 am

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Originally Posted by sukn

Well, what do you know, you learn something new everyday.

Yep. Complete news to me as well.

Feb 10, 2008, 9:23 am

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They seem to be considered award tickets, so I assume no mileage is earned. And they can't be booked online, so there's that pesky agent fee.

Most seem to price out at 2 cents per discounted mile plus $25, but a few are cheaper. That's better than purchased miles, which are 2.5 cents plus $30. And I don't see a limit on how many of these discounted awards you can use; while purchased miles are limited to 40K/year.

On the other hand, purchased miles count towards your lifetime counter, I don't think reduced mileage discount would.

Feb 10, 2008, 9:25 am

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Originally Posted by bdemaria

I would venture a guess and say that it does not count towards elite status qualification because the language involved calls these things "awards" and mentions the cash as a mileage reducing award component.

Feb 10, 2008, 12:18 pm

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Originally Posted by vasantn

Yep. Complete news to me as well.

Obviously not your day! These have been around for many years - as the OP mentioned, there were previously prominent links to these awards on the AA web.

Feb 10, 2008, 12:54 pm

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Originally Posted by sukn

This has existed for a while.

As mentioned by the OP, there used to , until recently, be a link to the reduced mileage awards page from the AAdvantage -> partners -> airlines page which has now been removed, though the page it self still exists ( as linked to above )

With the link being removed I would suspect that the awards may have been discontinued, but would suggest calling AA to check on whether still permitted

Dave

Feb 11, 2008, 2:02 am

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No it doesn't carry mileage or status earning potential-just like any other award. It is "reduced mileage award" the only difference is the part cash element.
As another poster said poor value for those who want either of those but useful in this particular case when a non frequent flyer is accompanying me and they have no need of either (or percieved need if you like).
I'll be calling AA later to find out if the recent removal of the links means this scheme is gone or merely going soon or is just currently unadvertised. I suspect the former-but it never hurts to ask.
Thanks for the useful posts and to the "I've never heard of it so it can't exist" posters-as one of you said "You learn something new every day"