No int'l. AA saaver or SWU availability 11+ days out – Being resolved? (Nov 2014)
Nov 28, 2014, 4:53 pm
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Nov 28, 2014, 5:47 pm
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As I have posted elsewhere on FT I just booked 2 JFK-TXL-FCO returning LIN-DUS-JFK on AB using Aadvantage points 200,000 total for 2 people. Both TATL segments are J. Wife and I are traveling in Oct 2015. Booked awards as I saw availability but return was just booked 2 days ago.
Nov 28, 2014, 6:28 pm
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As I have posted elsewhere on FT I just booked 2 JFK-TXL-FCO returning LIN-DUS-JFK on AB using Aadvantage points 200,000 total for 2 people. Both TATL segments are J. Wife and I are traveling in Oct 2015. Booked awards as I saw availability but return was just booked 2 days ago.
Nov 28, 2014, 6:43 pm
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I'm looking for Biz awards DTW-LIM via either DFW or MIA for ANY two week period in August or Sept and there is not a single sAAver seat in Coach or Business after April 14th. There are coach sAAvers prior to April 14th but not a single business sAAver from tomorrow through 330 days out. Clearly the April 14th date means something.
Pretty sad. I prefer LAN anyways and they have loads of coach seats, but also not a single Biz seat from either JFK, MIA or LAX. I'm having a hard time imagining that Lima is such a premium route....
Pretty sad. I prefer LAN anyways and they have loads of coach seats, but also not a single Biz seat from either JFK, MIA or LAX. I'm having a hard time imagining that Lima is such a premium route....
Nov 29, 2014, 9:17 am
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I am seeing as of today AA mile savers from CCS to MIA and MIA-CCS further out till March.
Very few spread out in the whole calendar year (2015), but available from December up to March as the furthest point.
Very few spread out in the whole calendar year (2015), but available from December up to March as the furthest point.
Nov 29, 2014, 9:48 am
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A theory
I think the timing could be because AA wants there to be availability for upgrades for the US elites who receive SWUs in March or so when the programs combine. Imagine the outcry from them if availability for the year has been taken by the AA EXPs.
If I'm correct then availability should open after the programs combine.
If I'm correct then availability should open after the programs combine.
Nov 29, 2014, 11:00 am
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I tend to think that we overestimate elite numbers because the population of FT is so elite-heavy. But two airlines top elites are still not a great proportion of the flying public, plus they'll figure they have quite a few more flights on which to accommodate their elite pool, so I doubt they're really thinking of us. I'm leaning toward an unplanned side effect of schedule loads.
Nov 30, 2014, 8:51 am
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AA miles have been devalued big time
Agree. This change in int'l saaver availability no more than a few months out changes my whole vacation planning strategies. No more vacations planned 11 months in advance if I want to use AA miles for airline seats. It will be very difficult to put in for time off at work for last minute travel. No more cruises booked in advance to get the best prices if needing an award ticket to match up with the cruise. This is going to really suck!!!
Nov 30, 2014, 9:00 am
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Agree. This change in int'l saaver availability no more than a few months out changes my whole vacation planning strategies. No more vacations planned 11 months in advance if I want to use AA miles for airline seats. It will be very difficult to put in for time off at work for last minute travel. No more cruises booked in advance to get the best prices if needing an award ticket to match up with the cruise. This is going to really suck!!!
Nov 30, 2014, 9:06 am
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In terms of revenue management repopulating milesaaver award inventory-- Saturday night is not a relevant "cross over"-- would have to wait till Monday/Tuesday to draw any conclusions about their actions going forward.
Nov 30, 2014, 9:20 am
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I think the timing could be because AA wants there to be availability for upgrades for the US elites who receive SWUs in March or so when the programs combine. Imagine the outcry from them if availability for the year has been taken by the AA EXPs.
If I'm correct then availability should open after the programs combine.
If I'm correct then availability should open after the programs combine.
Nov 30, 2014, 9:27 am
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All the inventory is claimed to have disappeared with the Saturday changes last week, no?. I hope you are right, and by Tuesday, it will be "fixed" if indeed a glitch.
Nov 30, 2014, 10:13 am
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So, Saturday night/Sunday is meaningless in terms of getting this resolved. That said, this whole weekend isn't of much significance as it didn't have large schedule load.