ARCHIVE: 2018 HELP DESK: MileSAAver / SAAver award questions, assistance
May 31, 2018, 6:52 pm
#271
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Try DTW-AMM.
May 31, 2018, 6:55 pm
#272
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Jun 1, 2018, 9:15 am
#273
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Europe economy SAAver award round trip
Hi, trying to book economy round trip to Europe from JFK. I currently have 100k AA miles. Travel dates 29/June - 4/July. Searching AA.com, I see that my round trip costs 175k points. Are there any other options through partner airlines to book with 100k points? Or are my travel dates too expensive to book a lower points rate? Because I do see dates outside my travel dates that would only cost 60k round trip.
Jun 1, 2018, 9:35 am
#274
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Jun 1, 2018, 9:44 am
#275
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Where in Europe do you want to go?
Jun 1, 2018, 9:59 am
#276
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Hi, trying to book economy round trip to Europe from JFK. I currently have 100k AA miles. Travel dates 29/June - 4/July. Searching AA.com, I see that my round trip costs 175k points. Are there any other options through partner airlines to book with 100k points? Or are my travel dates too expensive to book a lower points rate? Because I do see dates outside my travel dates that would only cost 60k round trip.
Jun 1, 2018, 10:10 am
#277
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Your travel date is at beginning of peak season, so the options might be limited (No saver availability). Is the travel date flexible?
Jun 1, 2018, 10:36 am
#278
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Have you read the Wikipost at the top of the page of HELP DESK: MileSAAver / SAAver award questions, assistance yet?
Jun 1, 2018, 10:45 am
#279
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Travelling in peak season to Europe and expecting sAAver awards is like asking if you can find $1.00 long stem roses on 2/14. Best of luck to ya'!
Jun 1, 2018, 10:47 am
#280
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Jun 1, 2018, 11:03 am
#281
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@3Cforme, My searches on aa were for Spain,France,Italy.
@andersonCooper, yup, I guess my travel dates are expensive. Unfortunately my dates are not flexible
, or my roundtrip would only have cost 60K, like I mentioned in my post. @JDiver, I started looking at it last night, long thread.....still sifting through the info.
@andersonCooper, yup, I guess my travel dates are expensive. Unfortunately my dates are not flexible
, or my roundtrip would only have cost 60K, like I mentioned in my post. @JDiver, I started looking at it last night, long thread.....still sifting through the info.
Jun 1, 2018, 11:13 am
#282
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Tickets are ~ 900-1300 in Y on those dates. I'd just buy the flight personally.
Jun 1, 2018, 11:16 am
#283
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@3Cforme, My searches on aa were for Spain,France,Italy.
@andersonCooper, yup, I guess my travel dates are expensive. Unfortunately my dates are not flexible, or my roundtrip would only have cost 60K, like I mentioned in my post. @JDiver, I started looking at it last night, long thread.....still sifting through the info.
@andersonCooper, yup, I guess my travel dates are expensive. Unfortunately my dates are not flexible
, or my roundtrip would only have cost 60K, like I mentioned in my post. @JDiver, I started looking at it last night, long thread.....still sifting through the info.I booked JFK-MXP trip for similar time but unfortunately had to cancel due to change of plans, the price is about right and not too bad in my opinion.
Jun 1, 2018, 1:47 pm
#284
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@3Cforme, My searches on aa were for Spain,France,Italy.
Jun 1, 2018, 2:00 pm
#285
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The only other advice I will give on this is -flexibility- indeed. Start looking two weeks out. I've noticed that the AA revenue managers are in a habit of releasing award seats very close in to the departure date. Not guaranteed and I've not been searching international, but I've seen that tendency.