Has Miles plus Co-pay gone ?
Feb 10, 2008, 5:01 am
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Has Miles plus Co-pay gone ?
The Europe to USA co-pay seems to have disappeared from aa.com. Am I been unobservent and it has just moved (I've looked but can't see it anywhere else) or is it gone ?
Feb 10, 2008, 5:37 am
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Feb 10, 2008, 6:06 am
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Feb 10, 2008, 6:13 am
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Indeed they do but until last week you could co-pay miles and money for both complete tickets and also for upgrades-however the flight co-pay option has either moved or vanished.
Feb 10, 2008, 6:18 am
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There are essentially four options for upgrades:
#1 - buy a Y ticket that seats you in a premium cabin (Y-up, K-up fares)
#2 - use an eVIP to upgrade a coach ticket of almost any class
#3 - use 10,000 miles to upgrade a full fare coach ticket
#4 - use 25,000 + copay (300?) to upgrade from a coach ticket of almost any class.
Feb 10, 2008, 6:28 am
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Yes they do (or did-possibly)
I've purchased these in the past.
Until last week there was a (small) link to these deals on the award chart
Here's a link to when these reduced mileage co-pays were first implemented
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghlight=co+pay
I've purchased these in the past.
Until last week there was a (small) link to these deals on the award chart
Here's a link to when these reduced mileage co-pays were first implemented
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghlight=co+pay
Feb 10, 2008, 6:30 am
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Yes they do (or did-possibly)
I've purchased these in the past.
Until last week there was a (small) link to these deals on the award chart
Here's a link to when these reduced mileage co-pays were first implemented
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghlight=co+pay
I've purchased these in the past.
Until last week there was a (small) link to these deals on the award chart
Here's a link to when these reduced mileage co-pays were first implemented
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghlight=co+pay
Feb 10, 2008, 6:35 am
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Indeed it might....as the third line of my last post states !!
There's plenty of more recent posts about the reduced mileage co-pays I posted the oldest to illustrate it's a long standing award
There's plenty of more recent posts about the reduced mileage co-pays I posted the oldest to illustrate it's a long standing award
Feb 10, 2008, 7:33 am
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I think you're thinking of the BA site which allows you to purchase a ticket with money and miles.
Feb 10, 2008, 7:51 am
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No, there WAS an upgrade with co-pay. My husband and I flew to LHR and on to MUC last October and used miles plus a $300 per person per segment "co-payment" to upgrade (the option #4 bdemaria mentioned above). I wasn't thrilled that it tacked $1,200 onto the airfare even though I know what the usual rate is for Business Class. No upgrade on the LHR-MUC segments, since they were BA.
Feb 10, 2008, 8:05 am
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No, there WAS an upgrade with co-pay. My husband and I flew to LHR and on to MUC last October and used miles plus a $300 per person per segment "co-payment" to upgrade (the option #4 bdemaria mentioned above). I wasn't thrilled that it tacked $1,200 onto the airfare even though I know what the usual rate is for Business Class. No upgrade on the LHR-MUC segments, since they were BA.
Feb 10, 2008, 8:06 am
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No, there WAS an upgrade with co-pay. My husband and I flew to LHR and on to MUC last October and used miles plus a $300 per person per segment "co-payment" to upgrade (the option #4 bdemaria mentioned above). I wasn't thrilled that it tacked $1,200 onto the airfare even though I know what the usual rate is for Business Class. No upgrade on the LHR-MUC segments, since they were BA.
Last edited by bdemaria; Feb 10, 2008 at 8:35 am
Feb 10, 2008, 8:14 am
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Cash & Miles has been a long-running NW promotion. Such tickets do not earn miles or status. If AA has offered these they never caught my attention.
http://www.nwa.com/features/cmwinter08/
http://www.nwa.com/features/cmwinter08/
Feb 10, 2008, 8:18 am
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Though I am a bit vague on the details, there was indeed a program where one could purchase award tickets for reduced miles and make up the difference with money - as the number of miles decreased, the amount of money increased. I've never contemplated using it, and do not know if it still exists.