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This is the ARCHIVE through 2015 for older posts from the MileSAAver / SAAver Award Availability - Help, Assistance & Discussion (consolidated) thread.
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Help with British Airways / BA surcharge / YQ (AA award on BA, consolidated)
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Mar 13, 2014, 7:50 am
#4561
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
It's not on purpose. We have so many government requirements and limitations when incurring in flights, along with a very restricted sales of tickets on all international airlines, that it's not easy.
Edit: Finally concluded i'm just going to MIA this time. Thanks for the heads up.
Edit: Finally concluded i'm just going to MIA this time. Thanks for the heads up.
. Is including the NRT-MIA return too expensive to pay for it?
Mar 13, 2014, 1:36 pm
#4563
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Caracas
Programs: Former AA PLT/GLD, A3 *G, Priority Pass
Posts: 1,144
Yeah, its tough. The second CCS-MIA-CCS, once you miss that CCS-MIA leg, it will cancel the MIA-CCS return that you do want to fly. So, doing that won't help you at all. MIA is likely best, it doesn't seem that what you wanted to do is going to work. You could do MIA-NRT with an award as well, but I know why you want to pay for it . Is including the NRT-MIA return too expensive to pay for it?
. Is including the NRT-MIA return too expensive to pay for it?I didn't find travel companions
Too intimidated by going that far. If i've get more enthusiasm on my party, i would have tried to combine an Open Jaw- Multicity with an award, instead of going the "no show" route and possibly end up in Tokyo.
Mar 13, 2014, 4:13 pm
#4564
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: ORD
Posts: 269
I'm aware of being able to find prices but I didn't know you could find taxes and carrier charges on award tickets on ITA as well. Can you go into a little more detail or provide a link? I've only ever known of being able to look up revenue ticket prices.
Mar 13, 2014, 4:34 pm
#4565
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,588
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I do not believe that that will work for AA awards on IB metal. Both AA and IB limit the surcharge for IB award flights to a figure that is considerably less than that assessed on IB cash tickets.
I do not believe that that will work for AA awards on IB metal. Both AA and IB limit the surcharge for IB award flights to a figure that is considerably less than that assessed on IB cash tickets.
Mar 13, 2014, 5:33 pm
#4566
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: ORD
Posts: 269
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I do not believe that that will work for AA awards on IB metal. Both AA and IB limit the surcharge for IB award flights to a figure that is considerably less than that assessed on IB cash tickets.
I do not believe that that will work for AA awards on IB metal. Both AA and IB limit the surcharge for IB award flights to a figure that is considerably less than that assessed on IB cash tickets.
Any idea how I could find the out of pocket costs of the AA award ticket then? Or just call American for a dummy booking? I've gotten different amounts when looking through Iberia, British Airways and Quantus, and I haven't been able to look it up on American's site.
Mar 13, 2014, 5:37 pm
#4567
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,588
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Any idea how I could find the out of pocket costs of the AA award ticket then? Or just call American for a dummy booking? I've gotten different amounts when looking through Iberia, British Airways and Quantus, and I haven't been able to look it up on American's site.
As far as I know, you have to call AA to get an accurate figure. Any surcharge will also trigger certain U.S. taxes/fees that would not apply to a surcharge-free redemption.
Originally Posted by sound48
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I do not believe that that will work for AA awards on IB metal. Both AA and IB limit the surcharge for IB award flights to a figure that is considerably less than that assessed on IB cash tickets.
I do not believe that that will work for AA awards on IB metal. Both AA and IB limit the surcharge for IB award flights to a figure that is considerably less than that assessed on IB cash tickets.
Any idea how I could find the out of pocket costs of the AA award ticket then? Or just call American for a dummy booking? I've gotten different amounts when looking through Iberia, British Airways and Quantus, and I haven't been able to look it up on American's site.
Mar 13, 2014, 6:20 pm
#4568
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: ORD
Posts: 269
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry: BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
As far as I know, you have to call AA to get an accurate figure. Any surcharge will also trigger certain U.S. taxes/fees that would not apply to a surcharge-free redemption.
As far as I know, you have to call AA to get an accurate figure. Any surcharge will also trigger certain U.S. taxes/fees that would not apply to a surcharge-free redemption.
Mar 13, 2014, 6:35 pm
#4569
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 4,861
The taxes and fees are the same with a few exceptions.
Mar 18, 2014, 7:28 am
#4570
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: UK
Programs: Bonvoy Gold, AA Plat, Volare Premier, VS Silver, National Emerald Elite, Hertz President Circle
Posts: 2,526
I am holding a ticketed MilesAAver reservation. I'd like to change one of the flights (US domestic) for a couple of days later. The later day is not showing availability. I've been monitoring for weeks - it may be released closer to the flight. To save myself some time. is there a way of waitlisting a request for the later flight for it to be processed should availability appear? Thanks.
Mar 18, 2014, 1:04 pm
#4571
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA & UK -- AA EXP 3.5MM, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Avis President's Club
Posts: 6,411
No waitlisting on AA. Best bet is to use Expertflyer and set up an alert. It's only about $10 per month / $100 a year. It will monitor the inventory for you, thus saving you a tremendous amount of time and effort.
I am holding a ticketed MilesAAver reservation. I'd like to change one of the flights (US domestic) for a couple of days later. The later day is not showing availability. I've been monitoring for weeks - it may be released closer to the flight. To save myself some time. is there a way of waitlisting a request for the later flight for it to be processed should availability appear? Thanks.
Mar 18, 2014, 2:55 pm
#4572
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 143
Business Saver to LHR
This has probably been covered before, but I cannoth find anything using the search function...I apologize in advance...
I am trying to get to London from LAX in Business Saver (50K one way) on AA metal. There is not a single seat available for the next 331 days. Is this possible? Is AA not releasing any seats any longer and forcing everyone to go on BA?
Thanks
I am trying to get to London from LAX in Business Saver (50K one way) on AA metal. There is not a single seat available for the next 331 days. Is this possible? Is AA not releasing any seats any longer and forcing everyone to go on BA?
Thanks
Mar 18, 2014, 3:15 pm
#4573
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Signatures
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: London, England
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, National Exec, AA EXP Emeritus
Posts: 9,765
Please note the sticky at the top of the consolidated thread which is titled Welcome to the New American Airlines Forum! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING. With all of the changes about, it is important to know where to post, and reading that thread before posting (as the title suggests
) will help get you in the right place.~Moderator
Mar 18, 2014, 4:01 pm
#4574
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LGA, JFK
Posts: 1,018
This has probably been covered before, but I cannoth find anything using the search function...I apologize in advance...
I am trying to get to London from LAX in Business Saver (50K one way) on AA metal. There is not a single seat available for the next 331 days. Is this possible? Is AA not releasing any seats any longer and forcing everyone to go on BA?
Thanks
I am trying to get to London from LAX in Business Saver (50K one way) on AA metal. There is not a single seat available for the next 331 days. Is this possible? Is AA not releasing any seats any longer and forcing everyone to go on BA?
Thanks
I have an AwardNexus alert set up for 1 J SAAver JFK-LHR rt on 2 certain days in August, since I would prefer to switch from my booked BA tickets. Occasionally BA flights appear, last a few days, then disappear. Have not seen a single AA seat on either day since September.
Mar 18, 2014, 4:05 pm
#4575
vishnu88
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: Chase UR, AAdvantage, Dividend Miles, United MileagePlus
Posts: 100
I am trying to find seats on LHR-LAX on BA F(or AA F on the new 777 if possible)but it seems like the seats have drastically changed in the past week. I plan to travel the week of Aug 15.
There used to be plenty of availability on the LHR-SFO-LAX routing(and the LHR-PHX-LAX) but now I see only LHR-JFK-LAX routing. I'd prefer a longer time in the BA F flight, that's why I'd prefer the west coast routing.
Is this usual for MilesAAver availability? Should I expect these routings to come back? I have set up an EF alert already.
There used to be plenty of availability on the LHR-SFO-LAX routing(and the LHR-PHX-LAX) but now I see only LHR-JFK-LAX routing. I'd prefer a longer time in the BA F flight, that's why I'd prefer the west coast routing.
Is this usual for MilesAAver availability? Should I expect these routings to come back? I have set up an EF alert already.