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)
Dec 13, 2015, 6:28 am
#901
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cote d'Ivoire
Programs: OW Emerald - HH Diamond
Posts: 3,417
How far in advance?
Dec 13, 2015, 11:11 pm
#902
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP >3 Million miles,HH Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 2,887
What routing?
Dec 14, 2015, 12:11 am
#903
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 19
My first post here.
Just manage to book HKG-AUH-LHR without stopover at AUH.
AA charged 85K for F, wasn't it 70K?
Thanks!
Just manage to book HKG-AUH-LHR without stopover at AUH.
AA charged 85K for F, wasn't it 70K?
Thanks!
Dec 14, 2015, 12:26 am
#904
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,600
Asia 2 - Middle East 45K
Middle East - Europe 40K
Total 85K.
Whether you choose to have a stopover or not makes no difference
To do it as a 70K award, you need to make a booking for flight which goes directly to Europe from Asia 2 . E.g. CX or BA to Europe
It may cost 15k extra, but some of that may be offset by the value of Chauffeur Drive provided
Dec 14, 2015, 1:31 am
#908
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
Posts: 8,267
To my knowledge it has always been served with a 2-class A332 since the launch, hence my question. Unless the OP forgot to mention a transit point where 3-class aircraft is used, such as SIN.
Dec 14, 2015, 2:23 am
#909
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 19
My first redemption, just told her would like to book a F ticket from HKG to LHR with EY. She managed to find a seat, just check the ticket, it was really HKG-SIN-AUH-LHR. Could I change it to HKG-AUH-LHR and get 15K miles back? Don't really want to do HKG-SIN.
Dec 14, 2015, 2:53 am
#910
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
Posts: 8,267
Yes, but you will have to pay a USD150 fee, so I would personally just keep the ticket as it currently is.
Leaving aside the convenience factor, SIN-AUH on the 789 F would be worth the 15k miles extra compared to HKG-AUH in J.
Leaving aside the convenience factor, SIN-AUH on the 789 F would be worth the 15k miles extra compared to HKG-AUH in J.
Dec 14, 2015, 3:35 am
#911
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Dec 14, 2015, 1:13 pm
#912
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Aberdeen, UK
Programs: BA Executive Club, Aegean Miles+Bonus, IHG Rewards Club, Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy
Posts: 16
Follow-up to my post above:
I looked on the Etihad website, and there was inventory put back in for the A380 flight I was booted out of. So I called AA Australia, and they were able to put me back in the original A380 flight in just a few seconds.
So if anyone experiences the same problem, call Australia. US AA will not be able to help.
I looked on the Etihad website, and there was inventory put back in for the A380 flight I was booted out of. So I called AA Australia, and they were able to put me back in the original A380 flight in just a few seconds.
So if anyone experiences the same problem, call Australia. US AA will not be able to help.
Hat's off SDAA for this tip!
Dec 14, 2015, 8:05 pm
#913
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 69
Has anyone ever booked an award on the Jetihad JFK-AUH or AUH-JFK then switch to the 338 flight if an award seat opens up?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Last edited by tranceformer978; Dec 14, 2015 at 8:17 pm
Dec 14, 2015, 8:09 pm
#914
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: American Executive Platinum, Delta, Alaska, Hyatt, SPG
Posts: 63
Anyone else having difficulty seeing the Etihad flights on the BA site?
They don't seem to be showing.
They don't seem to be showing.
Dec 14, 2015, 8:12 pm
#915
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: UA, QF, VS, AA, US, HH, SPG
Posts: 974
As Etihad is not a member of One World (but an AA partner) BA will not display these flights. Use Etihad's own web site to search for awards (there are many tips on this on this forum) - it's easy to use and you don't even need to join Etihad's FF program to search for award seats - only "Guest Seats" are available with AA points.