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 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 ¥1,000 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 11MAY15 by hillrider. 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 -------------------------------------------------------- JJ - TAM Airlines O I X -------------------------------------------------------- JL – Japan Airlines (Intl) Z U T JL – Japan Airlines (Dom) Z D S -------------------------------------------------------- LA – LATAM / LAN Chile Z U T 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 -------------------------------------------------------- AS – Alaska Airlines A W -------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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
Resources
Links to other threads of interest: MileSAAver / SAAver Award Availability - Help, Assistance & Discussion (consolidated) Help with British Airways / BA surcharge / YQ (AA award on BA, consolidated) UK APD / Air Passenger Duty charged for UK departures Award with available segments not bookable? (Married Segment issues) MileSAAver / SAAver award reduction / scarcity >= Aug 2011 onward (consolidated) Ticket or Award status: On Request, Pending, Purchased and Ticketed (consolidated) Link to archived older posts from this thread. Thanks and a tip of the hat to aktchi, eponymous-coward, guv1976, hillrider, iztok, JonNYC and others who have contributed to this wiki. 
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Aug 20, 15, 11:52 am
#421
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Newbie with booking AA miles on JL. Am I correct to call AAdvantage line and have the live agent book an award seat for me using AA miles on JL?
That AA doesn't allow you to use AA mile on the partner flight on their website?
My preferred route is DCA-JFK-NRT (oneway).
If I find available JL3 and available AA that connects to JL3 (find on BA site), then I can just call AA and book this?
I am usually the United/ANA but this time I need to use my AA mile and this is the first time ever booking with AA mile. Thank you in advance.
That AA doesn't allow you to use AA mile on the partner flight on their website?
My preferred route is DCA-JFK-NRT (oneway).
If I find available JL3 and available AA that connects to JL3 (find on BA site), then I can just call AA and book this?
I am usually the United/ANA but this time I need to use my AA mile and this is the first time ever booking with AA mile. Thank you in advance.
Aug 20, 15, 1:28 pm
#422
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,312
Originally Posted by msiamsia
Newbie with booking AA miles on JL. Am I correct to call AAdvantage line and have the live agent book an award seat for me using AA miles on JL?
That AA doesn't allow you to use AA mile on the partner flight on their website?
My preferred route is DCA-JFK-NRT (oneway).
If I find available JL3 and available AA that connects to JL3 (find on BA site), then I can just call AA and book this?
I am usually the United/ANA but this time I need to use my AA mile and this is the first time ever booking with AA mile. Thank you in advance.
That AA doesn't allow you to use AA mile on the partner flight on their website?
My preferred route is DCA-JFK-NRT (oneway).
If I find available JL3 and available AA that connects to JL3 (find on BA site), then I can just call AA and book this?
I am usually the United/ANA but this time I need to use my AA mile and this is the first time ever booking with AA mile. Thank you in advance.
Aug 31, 15, 7:36 pm
#423
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: ADL
Programs: QFF, AAdvantage, Hilton Honors Silver
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LHR-MEL [2 awards vs 1]
Looked to get a business AA points redemption from LHR-MEL, but couldn't find one on the date (in April 2016) I need. Called to see if any other airline (not linked to the websites search engine) was available, and they found an Etihad flight with good connection times, but the points required is 75,000. Why is this? If I could go a day earlier, which I can't, with QF, it would be 60000. What gives?
Aug 31, 15, 8:04 pm
#424
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Originally Posted by LukeO9
Looked to get a business AA points redemption from LHR-MEL, but couldn't find one on the date (in April 2016) I need. Called to see if any other airline (not linked to the websites search engine) was available, and they found an Etihad flight with good connection times, but the points required is 75,000. Why is this? If I could go a day earlier, which I can't, with QF, it would be 60000. What gives?
Connection in the Asia 2 airport of Singapore or Bangkok (or possibly in addition, the Asia 1 airport of Tokyo Narita or Osaka) allowed when traveling between Europe and the South Pacific.
Its misleading when the QF option connects in the Middle East. Or perhaps it doesn't with the same flight number.
So why not the asia 2 port of KUL? Strange.
p.s. the point of this thread is clear.
Aug 31, 15, 8:33 pm
#425
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Europe <-> S. Pacific award can be a single award if:
- connecting in Asia1 or Asia2 (published fare allowing)
- taken on the single flight # QF flight that connects in DXB
- using QR connecting in DOH (published fare allowing)
Using EY connecting in AUH is 2 awards, as you found out.
- connecting in Asia1 or Asia2 (published fare allowing)
- taken on the single flight # QF flight that connects in DXB
- using QR connecting in DOH (published fare allowing)
Using EY connecting in AUH is 2 awards, as you found out.
Aug 31, 15, 9:30 pm
#426
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Thanks Jon.
I can get LHR-KUL...I'll see if I can then get an MH flight from there.
I can get LHR-KUL...I'll see if I can then get an MH flight from there.
Sep 1, 15, 2:33 pm
#427
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 7
AA reward booking on Air Berlin
Hello,
I am trying to book a AA reward through their website to fly from Gdansk to Berlin in first week of July 2016. Unfortunately the availability is shown only to June 30.
What might be a reason for that?
Other Air Berlin flights are bookable for AA miles but not this one.
I am trying to book a AA reward through their website to fly from Gdansk to Berlin in first week of July 2016. Unfortunately the availability is shown only to June 30.
What might be a reason for that?
Other Air Berlin flights are bookable for AA miles but not this one.
Sep 1, 15, 3:07 pm
#428
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Maybe AB hasn't released awards yet.
Sep 1, 15, 5:22 pm
#429
Join Date: Apr 2012
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They released Helsinki to Berlin up until July 28.
In fact it is not only GDN is not available but also WAW and KGD..
In fact it is not only GDN is not available but also WAW and KGD..
Sep 1, 15, 8:54 pm
#430
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I got LHR-KUL BA33 + KUL-ADL MH139, 60,000 points.
with $US500 taxes!!!!
Thanks Jon.
with $US500 taxes!!!!
Thanks Jon.
Sep 1, 15, 8:57 pm
#431
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Originally Posted by LukeO9
I got LHR-KUL BA33 + KUL-ADL MH139, 60,000 points.
with $US500 taxes!!!!
Thanks Jon.
with $US500 taxes!!!!
Thanks Jon.
Plus, I believe that EY award tickets are entitled to the chauffeur drive services
I would rate EY better than BA+MH
Sep 1, 15, 9:10 pm
#432
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
You might be better off value wise by using the extra 15k and travelling off on EY and not having to pay the BA surcharges
Plus, I believe that EY award tickets are entitled to the chauffeur drive services
I would rate EY better than BA+MH
Plus, I believe that EY award tickets are entitled to the chauffeur drive services
I would rate EY better than BA+MH
Also, BA33 is the new 787...haven't flown it yet.
Sep 1, 15, 9:26 pm
#433
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Originally Posted by LukeO9
I considered that Dave (but didn't know about the car service..thx), but I just changed the departure port to LBA, which has to be BA.
Also, BA33 is the new 787...haven't flown it yet.
Also, BA33 is the new 787...haven't flown it yet.
BA hasn't improved its products on its new aeroplanes - they are just basically the same as on other aeroplanes
Each to their own though
Sep 1, 15, 9:30 pm
#434
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry: BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.1030 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
If MH's LHR-KUL flight subsequently opens up for award travel, the OP can switch to that flight and get a refund of the hefty surcharges assessed on the long-haul BA flight.
If MH's LHR-KUL flight subsequently opens up for award travel, the OP can switch to that flight and get a refund of the hefty surcharges assessed on the long-haul BA flight.
Sep 1, 15, 9:37 pm
#435
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Le bump.
