Abu Dhabi preclearance facility not in aa system-help!
Oct 20, 2015, 1:52 pm
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Except that your situation is not analogous to the OP's.
In order to be ticketed on a single award, the OP will have to be booked on a NYC-CLT flight that departs the day after his arrival at JFK. It is not at all clear that AA would permit the OP to "move up" to a flight that departs a day earlier, especially when such a flight would violate the currently-published MCT.
Except that your situation is not analogous to the OP's.
In order to be ticketed on a single award, the OP will have to be booked on a NYC-CLT flight that departs the day after his arrival at JFK. It is not at all clear that AA would permit the OP to "move up" to a flight that departs a day earlier, especially when such a flight would violate the currently-published MCT.
Oct 22, 2015, 8:00 am
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Good news
Thanks for all of the suggestions! Once we landed at JFK I called aa and though initially reluctant to put us on the same day flight back to Charlotte, the aagent was able to finagle some things and we got home without having to spend the night in NYC. He indicated the main obstacle in accommodating us on the earlier flight was there were only economy saver award seats available, and that a change in class wasn't allowed after travel commences. We were able to pick up our boarding passes at the priority help desk outside of security at T8.
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Oct 22, 2015, 3:07 pm
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I asked AA about this issue and this is were reply:
I do not understand don't pax and bags get TSA style screening that meet's TSA requirements at AUH? Do you guys think this reply from AA is correct?
Although the customers clear right away, the bags entering the US have to be screened again prior to being sent on it's way, requiring the extra time.
Oct 22, 2015, 3:34 pm
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I'd say it's very possible. They may even mean that they spot-screen and/or reserve the right to screen, screen based on into accumulated since departure, etc.
Oct 22, 2015, 3:56 pm
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Speaking of bags transferred onto domestic US flights after having been flown into the US on flights that came from US CBP preclearance airports/terminals/sections, I've seen TSA printed inserts placed in some such bags. Given the TSA doesn't have its own screeners performing general screening at any non-US airport which I've used -- and that includes flights from most US CBP preclearance airports -- I take it that the CBP preclearance flights' luggage has much greater likelihood (than other connecting flight luggage on US airport-originating trips) of being opened up at connecting US airports even after having already been screened and out of the control of the passenger for the entire duration of the ticketed trip from/via a CBP preclearance flight.