Sep 28, 2013, 10:20 pm
Last edit by: Prospero
oneworld and non-oneworld airline awards currently bookable on AA.com:
AA, AS, AY, BA, FJ, IB, HA, JL, MH, QF, RJ
The current, up-to-date list of airlines that can be booked online for AAdvantage awards is at this link.
Airlines that can be booked for award travel on aa.com:
oneworld alliance partners
NOTE: To search for partner awards, go to advanced search from the awards search or home page and select all airlines.
For travel using AAdvantage miles on other airlines, you must call reservations (you only pay the applicable "optional" fee for if you can book online but choose to call).
List of airlines you can use in redeeming awards:
oneworld airlines (and their oneworld affiliates) are:
AA, AS, AY, BA, FJ, IB, HA, JL, MH, QF, RJ
The current, up-to-date list of airlines that can be booked online for AAdvantage awards is at this link.
Airlines that can be booked for award travel on aa.com:
oneworld alliance partners
- AA - American Airlines
- BA - British Airways (awards incur YQ airline imposed surcharge)
- AY - Finnair
- IB - Iberia*
- JL - Japan Airlines
- MH - Malaysia Airlines
- QF - Qantas
- RJ - Royal Jordanian Airlines
- Now QR and SL are bookable too
- AS - Alaska Airlines
- FJ - Fiji Airlines
- HA - Hawaiian Airlines
NOTE: To search for partner awards, go to advanced search from the awards search or home page and select all airlines.
For travel using AAdvantage miles on other airlines, you must call reservations (you only pay the applicable "optional" fee for if you can book online but choose to call).
List of airlines you can use in redeeming awards:
oneworld airlines (and their oneworld affiliates) are:
- AA - American Airlines and American Eagle
- BA - British Airways (and BA Cityflyer, Comair, Eastern Airways, Open Skies, Sun Air of Scandinavia, BA Limited) (incurs high YQ surcharge)
- CX - Cathay Pacific (and KA - Dragonair)
- AY - Finnair (and Privilege Style, Flybe Finland)
- IB - Iberia (and Air Nostrum, Iberia Express) (incurs YQ surcharge)
- JL - Japan Airlines (and J-Air)
- LA - LAN (and LAN Express, LAN Colombia, LP - LAN Peru)
- MH - Malaysia Airlines
- RJ - Royal Jordanian
- QF - Qantas (and QantasLink, Jetconnect)
- QR - Qatar Airways
- S7 - S7 (and Globus)
- UL - SriLankan Airlines
- JJ - TAM
- AS - Alaska Airlines
- EY - Etihad
- FJ - Fiji Airways
- GF - Gulf Air
- HA - Hawaiian Airlines
- TN - Air Tahiti Nui
9W - Jet Airways (India)(not partner any more)
AA award bookable on AA.com (AA, AS, AY, BA, FJ, IB, HA, JL, MH, QF, RJ)
Sep 19, 2019, 10:02 am
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Did BA award flights between LHR-ATH disappear overnight?
Feb 19, 2022, 11:02 am
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Getting ready to book AAdvantage awards on QF. Detailed fare rules for the tickets state this about cancellation: "BEFORE TRAVEL BEGINS - MILEAGE MAY BE REINSTATED WITHIN 1 YEAR FROM ORIGINAL TICKET ISSUANCE DATE IF MILES HAVE NOT EXPIRED - USD 150.00 REINSTATEMENT CHARGE APPLIES."
Does this supercede AAdvantage awards being cancellable for no fee?
Does this supercede AAdvantage awards being cancellable for no fee?
Feb 19, 2022, 11:07 am
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Getting ready to book AAdvantage awards on QF. Detailed fare rules for the tickets state this about cancellation: "BEFORE TRAVEL BEGINS - MILEAGE MAY BE REINSTATED WITHIN 1 YEAR FROM ORIGINAL TICKET ISSUANCE DATE IF MILES HAVE NOT EXPIRED - USD 150.00 REINSTATEMENT CHARGE APPLIES."
Does this supercede AAdvantage awards being cancellable for no fee?
Does this supercede AAdvantage awards being cancellable for no fee?
Feb 19, 2022, 3:31 pm
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Feb 19, 2022, 3:38 pm
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Nope: "all" means all.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.]https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.[/url]
(Scroll down to "Manage your award travel.")
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.]https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.[/url]
(Scroll down to "Manage your award travel.")
Feb 19, 2022, 3:53 pm
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Nope: "all" means all.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.]https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.
(Scroll down to "Manage your award travel.")
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.]https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/redeem/award-travel/award-travel.jsp#:~:text=and%20reinstating%20miles-,Canceling%20flight%20awards%20and%20reinstating%2 0miles,before%20the%20first%20flight%20departs.
(Scroll down to "Manage your award travel.")
Feb 19, 2022, 3:59 pm
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What's going on with the taxes/fees calculations for roundtrip award travel?
Why would the roundtrip taxes and fees be much higher than two one-ways for the exact same flights?
(I'm aware of BA's high fee ($700) for US-Europe award flights when flying BA across the Atlantic; that's not what I'm complaining about. I can get around that by booking a one-way outbound trip that avoids BA)
Example 1:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and AY: $5.60 in taxes and fees (no "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA, AY and BA (BA across the Atlantic on the return), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $883 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Example 2:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic): $756 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic both ways), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $1605 in taxes and fees ($1400 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Why would the roundtrip taxes and fees be much higher than two one-ways for the exact same flights?
(I'm aware of BA's high fee ($700) for US-Europe award flights when flying BA across the Atlantic; that's not what I'm complaining about. I can get around that by booking a one-way outbound trip that avoids BA)
Example 1:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and AY: $5.60 in taxes and fees (no "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA, AY and BA (BA across the Atlantic on the return), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $883 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Example 2:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic): $756 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic both ways), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $1605 in taxes and fees ($1400 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Mar 2, 2022, 9:02 am
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What's going on with the taxes/fees calculations for roundtrip award travel?
Why would the roundtrip taxes and fees be much higher than two one-ways for the exact same flights?
(I'm aware of BA's high fee ($700) for US-Europe award flights when flying BA across the Atlantic; that's not what I'm complaining about. I can get around that by booking a one-way outbound trip that avoids BA)
Example 1:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and AY: $5.60 in taxes and fees (no "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA, AY and BA (BA across the Atlantic on the return), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $883 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Example 2:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic): $756 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic both ways), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $1605 in taxes and fees ($1400 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Why would the roundtrip taxes and fees be much higher than two one-ways for the exact same flights?
(I'm aware of BA's high fee ($700) for US-Europe award flights when flying BA across the Atlantic; that's not what I'm complaining about. I can get around that by booking a one-way outbound trip that avoids BA)
Example 1:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and AY: $5.60 in taxes and fees (no "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA, AY and BA (BA across the Atlantic on the return), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $883 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Example 2:
One-way business class US-Sweden on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic): $756 in taxes and fees ($700 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
One-way business class Sweden-US on BA and AA (BA across the Atlantic): $274 in taxes and fees ($126 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
Roundtrip business class US-Sweden-US on AA and BA (BA across the Atlantic both ways), the exact same flights as the two one-ways: $1605 in taxes and fees ($1400 in "OTHER TAXES & CARRIER-IMPOSED FEES")
So when booking a roundtrip US-Sweden-US, you will be subject to the higher ex-US fuel surcharges even for the return segments since the PNR's first point of departure is the US.
But by splitting it to separate one-way PNR's, you would only be subject to the lower ex-Sweden fuel surcharges for the return segments since PNR #2 first point of departure is Sweden.
Make sense?
Mar 2, 2022, 10:10 am
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The BA fuel surcharges vary by country of departure, with the US having some of the highest while Sweden and Denmark have some of the lowest.
So when booking a roundtrip US-Sweden-US, you will be subject to the higher ex-US fuel surcharges even for the return segments since the PNR's first point of departure is the US.
But by splitting it to separate one-way PNR's, you would only be subject to the lower ex-Sweden fuel surcharges for the return segments since PNR #2 first point of departure is Sweden.
Make sense?
So when booking a roundtrip US-Sweden-US, you will be subject to the higher ex-US fuel surcharges even for the return segments since the PNR's first point of departure is the US.
But by splitting it to separate one-way PNR's, you would only be subject to the lower ex-Sweden fuel surcharges for the return segments since PNR #2 first point of departure is Sweden.
Make sense?
), but now I know why the higher fees are shown for the roundtrip.
Mar 3, 2022, 12:35 am
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I have an AA award booking in J from MEL to LHR via Tokyo on JL and AY.
With the Ukraine situation its looking like the flights will either be cancelled or retimed to misconnect. I cant see any other award seats for those dates on another route (QF/MH/QR etc). Does AA have responsibility to rebook me or will they just refund my points?
Thanks!
With the Ukraine situation its looking like the flights will either be cancelled or retimed to misconnect. I cant see any other award seats for those dates on another route (QF/MH/QR etc). Does AA have responsibility to rebook me or will they just refund my points?
Thanks!