AA oneworld & Other Airline Partner Award information, rules (master thd)
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oneworld and other airline Awards Rules, Information 2015 on NOTE: Check AA award charts for current awards costs.List of airlines you can use in redeeming awards: oneworld airlines (and their oneworld affiliates) are:
Non-oneworld airlines one can redeem (MileSAAver) awards on are:
Airlines that can be booked for award travel on aa.com: oneworld alliance partners and other partners
All other airlines have to be requested by telephone; calling to book awards that cannot be booked online no longer incurs telephone service fees. Routing assistance, etc. Check this oneworld interactive map and timetable by Innosked to see potential routes, and you can sign up for British Airways Executive Club or Qantas Frequent Flyer to use their sites to find awards (look for the lowest level awards) you can't see on aa.com. Also see this link to AA.com listing oneworld airlines with information about each.
Originally Posted by JonNYC
(Routings allowed)
 Booking for, or changing an award to, travel sooner than 21 days out requires an early booking fee (waived for Executive Platinum members). One can not book farther out, change to closer in and evade this fee any longer (as of 16 Feb 2012) Booking Business or First awards with JL / Japan Airlines one will only be able to fly in Economy domestically in Japan, but upgrades are quite inexpensive at Ą1,000 or so per flight. See more below in "General Rules" Latest changes:
AA Region Definitions* Region definitions changed again May 6, 2016. Link Links and resources:
_________________________________________________ updated April 2021. Modified and updated from JonNYC's original post in the archived thread (please feel free to update): Introduction There are two types of awards discussed below, AA Awards and oneworld and Other Airlines Awards, which are targeted to passengers traveling to a single destination. As of 1 October 2010 awards may be redeemed for travel on all British Airways flights, including previously excluded flights between the U.S. and U.K. Note that additional British Airways high YQ surcharges, as well as Iberia's lower YQ surcharges, apply based on class-of-service and market flown: see Earning and redeeming AA miles / upgrading on BA/IB; BA fuel surcharge (Oct 1, 2010) Award Rules
General Rules, Routing and Connections Passenger has 4h on domestic / 23h59m international travel to connect. If there are no scheduled flights within this timeframe, regardless of availability, the passenger must take the next scheduled flight but, may not exceed 24 hours. If the connection exceeds 24 hours, it will be considered a stopover may require two awards). If there is a non-stop flight that departs after the 4h / 23h59m windows and arrives at the destination earlier than a connecting flight within the 4h / 23h59m window, the passenger may be booked on the non-stop flight. Effective on 14 Jul 2014 on an all-AA-metal award itinerary, you now have up to 18 hours to connect when traveling to/from Hawaii [[URL="http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25730421-post993.html"]Ref] The particular carrier's Maximum Permitted Miles / MPM + 25% on a particular route. (The MPM by itself often exceeds the distance between the origin and destination airports because connections may be required.) Or, the "most significant carrier" (e.g. DFW-SFO-HKG-BKK, CX SFO-HKG is the prevailing or most significant carrier) must publish a non-constructed fare between your origin and destination. To price as a single award, AAdvantage requires the most significant carrier to publish a cash fare (non-constructed) between the origin and destination. Airline MSC would have to have a published fare from XXX to YYY that allows travel on all included airlines, and routing that you want. If the MSC only offers constructed fares between your desired origin and destination, AA will price this as two awards. Stopovers None allowed. Partner award inventories Award booking inventory classes for each carrier in the AAdvantage Award program are listed below and may be useful when on the phone with an AA rep or when checking availability. See also the Award Booking Codes page in the FlyerGuide wiki for updated information. Code:
oneworld Partners First Business Economy -------------------------------------------------------- AA - American Airlines Z U T -------------------------------------------------------- AY – Finnair U X -------------------------------------------------------- BA – British Airways Z U X -------------------------------------------------------- CX – Cathay Pacific Z U T KA - DragonAir -------------------------------------------------------- IB – Iberia U X -------------------------------------------------------- JL – Japan Airlines (Intl) Z U T JL – Japan Airlines (Dom) Z D S -------------------------------------------------------- LA – LATAM / LAN Chile Z U T (ending in 2020) XL - LAN Ecuador LP - LAN Peru 4M - LAN Argentina -------------------------------------------------------- MH - Malaysia Airlines P U X -------------------------------------------------------- QF - QANTAS Airways P U X -------------------------------------------------------- QR - Qatar Airways Z U X -------------------------------------------------------- RJ – Royal Jordanian U X -------------------------------------------------------- S7 – S7 Airlines U E -------------------------------------------------------- UL - SriLankan Airlines -------------------------------------------------------- Other Partners First Business Economy -------------------------------------------------------- FJ – Fiji Airways U X -------------------------------------------------------- TN – Air Tahiti Nui F for Business U for Economy -------------------------------------------------------- LY – El Al Israel P X E -------------------------------------------------------- EY - Etihad O I N -------------------------------------------------------- HA – Hawaiian Airlines D T -------------------------------------------------------- General Routing Rules Routing General Rules Passenger has 4h / 23h59m to connect (depending on domestic or international travel). If there are no scheduled flights within this timeframe, regardless of availability, the passenger must take the next scheduled flight but, may not exceed 24 hours. If the connection exceeds 24 hours, it will be considered a stopover. If there is a non-stop flight that departs after the 4h / 23h59m window and arrives at the destination earlier than a connecting flight within the 4h / 23h59m window, the passenger may be booked on the non-stop flight. It is not necessary to check every flight/carrier to ensure passenger is booked on next scheduled flight. Must meet Married Segment Logic - a prospective trip may be available when searching segment by segment, yet not be bookable through from origin to destination. When selling seats for through flights and the desired inventory is not available, you cannot opt to sell the flight point-to-point. If sold point-to-point, the error response MULTIPLE SEGMENTS FOR SAME FLIGHT - SELL AS ONE SEGMENT will be received, indicating this booking is not allowed. Overriding the error check by ending the PNR twice is not acceptable. If the partner airline doesn’t sell an unconstructed ticket for the desired routing, it won’t offer an award using that routing. Within North America
North America To/from Other Regions
Travel Wholly Within or Between All Other Regions These awards do not allow a connection via North America and therefore, do not include travel on American Airlines.
Travel Via a Third Region Travel via a third region is not allowed (note the exception table below). EXCEPTION TABLE: To/From Via
Regions:
Travel on LAN direct flights between North America and South America Region 2 are allowed. Currently, only one market, Miami to/from Buenos Aries, has direct service. These can only be booked by the liaisons. Contact support for booking assistance. For permitted changes and fees, see this post Awards assistance tools: Use at your own risk; may not be up to date. These are not recommendations.
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May 25, 22, 6:36 pm
#196
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Originally Posted by no2chem
I mean I don't think it's a fare reason. The 8:40pm CHQ-HEL-VNO shows up just fine, single award, 12.5K miles
It's only the 11am that has this issue, even though there's clearly X availability on both the CHQ-HEL and HEL-VNO segments. If it was due to the fare, the 8:40pm flight wouldn't work.
Why would married segment logic apply to a flight at a particular time of day?...
It's only the 11am that has this issue, even though there's clearly X availability on both the CHQ-HEL and HEL-VNO segments. If it was due to the fare, the 8:40pm flight wouldn't work.
Why would married segment logic apply to a flight at a particular time of day?...
Looking on Expert Flyer for 6 July, searching for CHQ-VNO on AY shows X0 for AA1856 and AY1105 - for the evening departure, there is plenty of award availability on both segments
Checking AA1856 CHQ-HEL on its own and checking AY1105 on its own, there is economy award availability
As such it is correct that AA is booking it as 2 separate awards and charging 25,000 miles
May 25, 22, 7:28 pm
#197
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
Why wouldn't it apply ?
Looking on Expert Flyer for 6 July, searching for CHQ-VNO on AY shows X0 for AA1856 and AY1105 - for the evening departure, there is plenty of award availability on both segments
Checking AA1856 CHQ-HEL on its own and checking AY1105 on its own, there is economy award availability
As such it is correct that AA is booking it as 2 separate awards and charging 25,000 miles
Looking on Expert Flyer for 6 July, searching for CHQ-VNO on AY shows X0 for AA1856 and AY1105 - for the evening departure, there is plenty of award availability on both segments
Checking AA1856 CHQ-HEL on its own and checking AY1105 on its own, there is economy award availability
As such it is correct that AA is booking it as 2 separate awards and charging 25,000 miles
CHQ-HEL is X3/X9 for all flights that day
HEL-VNO is X9/X6/X6
and yes, as you point out, CHQ-HEL-VNO shows X0 for AY1856/1105 (the morning flight) while X9 for the evening flight
I guess some magical amadeus logic is deciding X3 also means don't sell a connection or something.
May 25, 22, 7:37 pm
#199
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
Nothing magical nor anything to do with Amadeaus- it is down to AY on what availability it wants to offer
yes, it is up to AY to configure it, but I highly doubt AY has any clue the reason for some of the weird rules and restrictions their configuration generates
this is why things like fuel dumps and mistake fares existed in the first place.
May 25, 22, 9:41 pm
#200
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Originally Posted by no2chem
yes, it is up to AY to configure it, but I highly doubt AY has any clue the reason for some of the weird rules and restrictions their configuration generates
