Jan 13, 2015, 1:39 pm
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Awards: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles (>= 2015)
This thread is about our members' successful award bookings on Etihad / EY using AAdvantage miles. Please do not post to this thread if you want tips and assistance on booking Etihad awards with AA miles but see this thread: How to use AA miles on Etihad / EY (Consolidated / Master Thread). The wikipost of that thread also contains instructions on how to search for EY availability.
Note: posts prior to 2015 about this topic (with the exception of a few 2014 end of year posts brought forward for continuity) may be found at ARCHIVE: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles
Success stories booking awards on Etihad using AA miles (Archive - 2015 and earlier)
Mar 6, 2015, 9:59 am
#166
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: Marriott, AAdvantage, United, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,687
Help please 
I want to book an award from BKK to AUH, stopover, then on to JFK using AA miles. I know AA doesn't allow stopovers, so that is out of the picture.
My question then is, can you book BKK-AUH-JFK? I don't see any miles listed on Asia 2 to Middle East on AA partner award chart.
Thanks!
I want to book an award from BKK to AUH, stopover, then on to JFK using AA miles. I know AA doesn't allow stopovers, so that is out of the picture.
My question then is, can you book BKK-AUH-JFK? I don't see any miles listed on Asia 2 to Middle East on AA partner award chart.
Thanks!
Mar 6, 2015, 10:31 am
#167
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DCA
Posts: 7,769
Help please
I want to book an award from BKK to AUH, stopover, then on to JFK using AA miles. I know AA doesn't allow stopovers, so that is out of the picture.
My question then is, can you book BKK-AUH-JFK? I don't see any miles listed on Asia 2 to Middle East on AA partner award chart.
Thanks!
I want to book an award from BKK to AUH, stopover, then on to JFK using AA miles. I know AA doesn't allow stopovers, so that is out of the picture.
My question then is, can you book BKK-AUH-JFK? I don't see any miles listed on Asia 2 to Middle East on AA partner award chart.
Thanks!
Mar 6, 2015, 10:58 am
#168
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: Marriott, AAdvantage, United, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,687
Mar 6, 2015, 11:07 am
#169
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,632
Since you have to use TWO awards, these are separate trips and you can stop at AUH as long as you like. Stopovers are not allowed in the middle of a single-award-multiple-flight trip, but no single award is applicable to this trip. To do BKK-JFK on a single award you have to go transpacific.
Mar 7, 2015, 4:41 pm
#170
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Mar 7, 2015, 5:44 pm
#171
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: DCA
Posts: 7,769
Presuming you're looking for the long way down under? So that will be EY into AUH, then their car service over to DXB to pick up QF I take it?
Mar 8, 2015, 12:04 pm
#172
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: London
Programs: SK Gold, ITA Executive, Sixt Diamond, Hertz PC, Avis PC, IHG Platinum
Posts: 5,164
I am looking at AUH-SYD on EY [I've checked this on etihad.com] and then onto AKL [via MEL or BNE] on QF.
Strange case of availability and/or lack of it:
Checking SYD-AKL on AA, I am only offered Y. Checking DXB-SYD-AKL on AA, it offers SYD-AKL in C. Checking SYD-AKL on BA - it has no availability at all. Checking on EF, I can see some seats in C. About to check on QF and then will try extrapolate some flights that should/will have SYD-AKL in C.
Mar 8, 2015, 2:08 pm
#173
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: A few
Posts: 5,499
Seeing F7 and F8 on JFK-AUH in the coming days... is Etihad now in the biz of opening up the cabins if flights are empty? That would be very nice!
Mar 8, 2015, 3:34 pm
#174
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,666
Just booked AUH-LHR for May in the new Apartments! 
Doing DEL-AUH-LHR-TXL for 40K with EY F on the first two segments is quite the deal!
Doing DEL-AUH-LHR-TXL for 40K with EY F on the first two segments is quite the deal!
Mar 8, 2015, 6:15 pm
#175
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Programs: AA EXP/1MM - SPG Gold - HH Gold - MR Silver
Posts: 32
Just booked PSP-SFO-JFK-AUH-MLE starting on 19JAN16. 90K AA. Pretty good deal I think..
19JAN-PSP-SFO-AS F/C
20JAN-SFO-JFK-AA F/C
21JAN-JFK-AUH-EY F/C (A380)
23JAN-AUH-MLE-EY B/C
19JAN-PSP-SFO-AS F/C
20JAN-SFO-JFK-AA F/C
21JAN-JFK-AUH-EY F/C (A380)
23JAN-AUH-MLE-EY B/C
Last edited by AerophilePS; Mar 8, 2015 at 6:36 pm
Mar 8, 2015, 6:32 pm
#176
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Denver • DEN-APA
Programs: AF Platinum, EK Gold, AA EXP, UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 21,602
Mar 8, 2015, 6:38 pm
#177
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Programs: AA EXP/1MM - SPG Gold - HH Gold - MR Silver
Posts: 32
Mar 9, 2015, 8:57 pm
#178
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,666
Just booked the following for 40K in Dec:
CPH-LHR BA J
LHR-AUH EY F
Nice to have the daytime flight to enjoy the cabin/service instead of the red-eye from AUH. Going to use the EY Chauffeur to get myself to DXB to catch 8 hours later:
DXB-SYD QF F
SYD-CHC QF J
Worked out nicely - paid a 20K premium over flying the direct QF LHR-MEL flight a day, but I get to try the new Apartments, spend another day in NZ, land in CHC over AKL (wasn't available a day later) and I get to use the SYD QF F lounge.
Fingers crossed that mid-December AUH-SYD award inventory will open up (been watching it for weeks and nothing.)
CPH-LHR BA J
LHR-AUH EY F
Nice to have the daytime flight to enjoy the cabin/service instead of the red-eye from AUH. Going to use the EY Chauffeur to get myself to DXB to catch 8 hours later:
DXB-SYD QF F
SYD-CHC QF J
Worked out nicely - paid a 20K premium over flying the direct QF LHR-MEL flight a day, but I get to try the new Apartments, spend another day in NZ, land in CHC over AKL (wasn't available a day later) and I get to use the SYD QF F lounge.
Fingers crossed that mid-December AUH-SYD award inventory will open up (been watching it for weeks and nothing.)
Mar 10, 2015, 7:32 am
#179
Formerly known as hcampana
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AMS
Programs: Hilton Diamond
Posts: 463
Booked 2 seats in May for 60,000 AA miles per person RT
EY AMS-AUH-MLE in J
EY MLE-AUH-DUS(789) in J
Is there any likelihood that F seats will open up in the 789 leg, and will AA allow me to change the ticket and pay extra miles to get the F seats?
thanks
(sorry this is actually my first AA award booking so please go easy in me
)
EY AMS-AUH-MLE in J
EY MLE-AUH-DUS(789) in J
Is there any likelihood that F seats will open up in the 789 leg, and will AA allow me to change the ticket and pay extra miles to get the F seats?
thanks
(sorry this is actually my first AA award booking so please go easy in me
)
Mar 10, 2015, 8:06 am
#180
Join Date: May 2012
Location: MIA
Programs: AA EXP - MR Plat - HH Gold
Posts: 251
Booked 2 seats in May for 60,000 AA miles per person RT
EY AMS-AUH-MLE in J
EY MLE-AUH-DUS(789) in J
Is there any likelihood that F seats will open up in the 789 leg, and will AA allow me to change the ticket and pay extra miles to get the F seats?
thanks
(sorry this is actually my first AA award booking so please go easy in me)
EY AMS-AUH-MLE in J
EY MLE-AUH-DUS(789) in J
Is there any likelihood that F seats will open up in the 789 leg, and will AA allow me to change the ticket and pay extra miles to get the F seats?
thanks
(sorry this is actually my first AA award booking so please go easy in me
)AA will let you change your ticket but you will be charged to get your miles reinstated and then charged taxes and fees for the new F ticket, if you are able to change it. The only way you can avoid this is if you are executive platinum.