Jan 13, 2015, 2:43 pm
Last edit by: SingaporeDon
Booking Award Seats on EY / Etihad Airways Using AA / AAdvantage Miles
This thread is about "how to" book Etihad / EY award seats using AA AAdvantage miles. This wiki is new, so anyone with 90/90 who wishes to add helpful information is, of course, urged to do so.
- You cannot search or book awards for travel on EY (Etihad) on www.aa.com
- You can search award availability on EY's website. Look for seats on flights operated by Etihad Airways labeled as "GuestSeats".
- You have to call AA to book them. You may need to request the AA agent to look up the inventory one segment at a time in order to find the inventory in their system. OR:
- Your best bet is to call AA Australia (+61 2-9101-1948 ) - although the call center is actually in Suva, Fiji -as they can see the inventory reliably, and you can book (or put the EY segments on hold so you can flesh out the award afterward).
- A handy EY route map is at http://flights.etihad.com/routemap
- The applicable AAdvantage miles award chart is the oneworld and Other Airline Award Chart
- Award routing rules are in the wikipost of this thread
- It can be instructive to read about our members' successful award bookings on EY using AAdvantage miles in the Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles (>= 2015) thread. [Note: posts prior to 2015 about this topic (with the exception of a few 2014 end of year posts brought forward for continuity) are archived at ARCHIVE: Success stories of award booking on Etihad using AA miles]
- If you find EY inventory from your continent but not your city of choice, as usual you can include any other AAdvantage award airlines in order to complete the itinerary. E.g. LHR-xAUH-DEL-xAUH-CDG on EY connecting to CDG-LHR on BA.
How to: Use AA Miles to Book Award on Etihad / EY (Archive - 2015 and earlier)
Dec 8, 2015, 6:08 pm
#1081
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Also, a question!
I'm trying to decide how to return to the USA and debating between a 77W from AUH-DFW that I can confirm in First or an A380 on AUH-JFK that I can confirm in Business. I really want to take advantage of last-minute space to upgrade AUH-JFK to Apartment but I don't know if I can count on that happening.
If I book a 77W in Business to JFK and then space on an A380 opens up in Apartment, will they let me change flights/planes to accommodate the upgrade as long as the origin/destination are the same? If there is also First availability on that 77W, will they require me to take that as opposed to letting me switch to the A380?
I'm trying to decide how to return to the USA and debating between a 77W from AUH-DFW that I can confirm in First or an A380 on AUH-JFK that I can confirm in Business. I really want to take advantage of last-minute space to upgrade AUH-JFK to Apartment but I don't know if I can count on that happening.
If I book a 77W in Business to JFK and then space on an A380 opens up in Apartment, will they let me change flights/planes to accommodate the upgrade as long as the origin/destination are the same? If there is also First availability on that 77W, will they require me to take that as opposed to letting me switch to the A380?
Dec 8, 2015, 6:36 pm
#1082
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: KYE
Posts: 4,156
Concourse A (where the QF flights park) J lounge is massive and don't think it ever gets to a crowded point, as opposed to B's.
Dec 8, 2015, 6:43 pm
#1083
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,542
Also, a question!
I'm trying to decide how to return to the USA and debating between a 77W from AUH-DFW that I can confirm in First or an A380 on AUH-JFK that I can confirm in Business. I really want to take advantage of last-minute space to upgrade AUH-JFK to Apartment but I don't know if I can count on that happening.
If I book a 77W in Business to JFK and then space on an A380 opens up in Apartment, will they let me change flights/planes to accommodate the upgrade as long as the origin/destination are the same? If there is also First availability on that 77W, will they require me to take that as opposed to letting me switch to the A380?
I'm trying to decide how to return to the USA and debating between a 77W from AUH-DFW that I can confirm in First or an A380 on AUH-JFK that I can confirm in Business. I really want to take advantage of last-minute space to upgrade AUH-JFK to Apartment but I don't know if I can count on that happening.
If I book a 77W in Business to JFK and then space on an A380 opens up in Apartment, will they let me change flights/planes to accommodate the upgrade as long as the origin/destination are the same? If there is also First availability on that 77W, will they require me to take that as opposed to letting me switch to the A380?
Dec 8, 2015, 8:10 pm
#1084
Join Date: May 2009
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I currently have a LHR-AUH award booked in F. I'm wondering if I found a way to do CDG-LHR-AUH if I could avoid the APD out of LHR. Seems to be about $400/person in taxes and fees for my 2 awards LHR-AUH and AUH-MEL. Wondering if there are any ways to reduce that without too much extra travel/effort.
Dec 8, 2015, 10:01 pm
#1085
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: USA
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Posts: 270
One more question if you don't mind... I may be pushing my luck here, but if I book Business on the 77W to DFW and then First on the A380 opens up to JFK, would they allow me to upgrade and route AUH-JFK-DFW via A380 and then connect to DFW?
Okay fine, two questions... What do you think I should do? Top priority is to secure Apartment space in the A380, second priority is to get back to DFW as expediently as possible.
Really appreciate the guidance!
Dec 8, 2015, 10:32 pm
#1086
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry: BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.1030 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
If you switch from an all-EY routing to an EY+AA routing (or vice versa), you will be subject to the $150 change fee.
Originally Posted by Steven6702
Also, a question!
I'm trying to decide how to return to the USA and debating between a 77W from AUH-DFW that I can confirm in First or an A380 on AUH-JFK that I can confirm in Business. I really want to take advantage of last-minute space to upgrade AUH-JFK to Apartment but I don't know if I can count on that happening.
If I book a 77W in Business to JFK and then space on an A380 opens up in Apartment, will they let me change flights/planes to accommodate the upgrade as long as the origin/destination are the same? If there is also First availability on that 77W, will they require me to take that as opposed to letting me switch to the A380?
I'm trying to decide how to return to the USA and debating between a 77W from AUH-DFW that I can confirm in First or an A380 on AUH-JFK that I can confirm in Business. I really want to take advantage of last-minute space to upgrade AUH-JFK to Apartment but I don't know if I can count on that happening.
If I book a 77W in Business to JFK and then space on an A380 opens up in Apartment, will they let me change flights/planes to accommodate the upgrade as long as the origin/destination are the same? If there is also First availability on that 77W, will they require me to take that as opposed to letting me switch to the A380?
Dec 9, 2015, 1:19 am
#1087
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: KYE
Posts: 4,156
I currently have a LHR-AUH award booked in F. I'm wondering if I found a way to do CDG-LHR-AUH if I could avoid the APD out of LHR. Seems to be about $400/person in taxes and fees for my 2 awards LHR-AUH and AUH-MEL. Wondering if there are any ways to reduce that without too much extra travel/effort.
Dec 9, 2015, 12:12 pm
#1088
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Just for kicks, I called up the EXP desk to see if they could find space on AUH-LAX (showing at least 2 in guest business) for next April. The agent said she could only find Y, so I thanked her and hung up.
Called AA Australia via Skype and was able to find and ticket the flight I wanted, in J, in under five minutes. Thanks to everybody for sharing their recent experiences with booking EY premium space. ^
Called AA Australia via Skype and was able to find and ticket the flight I wanted, in J, in under five minutes. Thanks to everybody for sharing their recent experiences with booking EY premium space. ^
Dec 9, 2015, 12:18 pm
#1089
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
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I currently have a LHR-AUH award booked in F. I'm wondering if I found a way to do CDG-LHR-AUH if I could avoid the APD out of LHR. Seems to be about $400/person in taxes and fees for my 2 awards LHR-AUH and AUH-MEL. Wondering if there are any ways to reduce that without too much extra travel/effort.
Calling to change by adding CDG-LHR might reduce your taxes, but France also has a high "solidarity" tax for premium passengers.
If you leave from say BRU, AMS and almost any other European port, that will completely drop the APD for you (but add that airport's departure tax.)
Dec 9, 2015, 1:58 pm
#1090
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Or because EY is not a oneworld member, so the routing change is what costs that, not the award type?
Dec 9, 2015, 3:29 pm
#1091
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Even if no new award is needed, there is a change fee applicable ( as per the fees list ) - for an EP member using miles from own account, the fee would be waived
Dec 9, 2015, 5:25 pm
#1092
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,632
YesThe award code (things we don't generally see, something like UD22X5D) is actually different for OW and non-OW even if the start/end regions are the same and the mileage required is the same. So it's a change of award type.
Dec 9, 2015, 6:52 pm
#1093
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Upgrades on Eithad using AA miles?
Is it possible to upgrade on Eithad flights using AA miles? If it is, is there a chart which explains how many miles needed.
Thanks
Thanks
Dec 10, 2015, 4:24 am
#1095
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NZ
Programs: AA, UA, QF, TK, EY, NZ
Posts: 447
Has anyone had success putting together an itinerary with an EY flight and another airline's? I'm trying to find AKL-BNE-AUH with AKL-BNE on QF J and BNE-AUH on EY F but the price is appearing as two separate awards (17,500 and 60,000) rather than one for the region. Is this something to do with EY bookings/different classes or should someone be able to price up the 60,000 it theoretically should be?