Booking AA Award travel on Etihad / EY - [2015-17 ARCHIVE]
Sep 20, 2017, 10:25 am
#3151
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 264
CX does not have First from BOM to HKG. That's my second option. Etihad has availability for all other regions except for US, and BA flies a A380 to Chicago, that's why I am looking into this route.
Sep 20, 2017, 10:31 am
#3152
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 118
Did you verify with AA that the Etihad flight from BOM-LHR was redeemable through them. Several others, including myself, have not been able to get the LHR flights to appear either..though all other European flights work.
Sep 20, 2017, 10:55 am
#3153
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP, UA Gold
Posts: 98
Others can correct me, but I didn't think you could transit two regions to get to a final destination in a fourth region? I thought you could do BOM-LHR-ORD or BOM-AUH-ORD, but didn't think you could transit through both Europe and Middle East to get to India?
Sep 20, 2017, 1:09 pm
#3154
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My knowledge of and respect for award routing rules is less than profound, but yes I believe you are right. Transit via AUH or LHR, not both. Unless one flies on two awards.
Sep 20, 2017, 2:25 pm
#3155
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This would be transitting through a 3trd region - Europe
India/Middle East - Europe - USA
Transit via Europe is permitted for India/Middle East to USA
I would be surprised, however, if it was permitted as a single award since it would not comply with EY's routing rules for its fares from BOM-ORD
Sep 20, 2017, 2:29 pm
#3156
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
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Sep 20, 2017, 3:04 pm
#3157
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP, UA Gold
Posts: 98
Middle East and India count as the same region for routing
This would be transitting through a 3trd region - Europe
India/Middle East - Europe - USA
Transit via Europe is permitted for India/Middle East to USA
I would be surprised, however, if it was permitted as a single award since it would not comply with EY's routing rules for its fares from BOM-ORD
This would be transitting through a 3trd region - Europe
India/Middle East - Europe - USA
Transit via Europe is permitted for India/Middle East to USA
I would be surprised, however, if it was permitted as a single award since it would not comply with EY's routing rules for its fares from BOM-ORD
Sep 21, 2017, 4:27 am
#3158
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: NY
Posts: 733
called AA OZ line, no availability on EY.
Asked the agent about it, she confirmed that she hasn't seen any availability on EY in weeks, which is very unusual, and she said she didn't know why.
It stinks...I need to change a routing, and my booking is a 4-person, 3 AAdvantage account, 5 record locator booking...meaning change fee will be $150 per record locator....and there is no availability to change it to.
this hobby is getting hard....
Asked the agent about it, she confirmed that she hasn't seen any availability on EY in weeks, which is very unusual, and she said she didn't know why.
It stinks...I need to change a routing, and my booking is a 4-person, 3 AAdvantage account, 5 record locator booking...meaning change fee will be $150 per record locator....and there is no availability to change it to.
this hobby is getting hard....
Sep 21, 2017, 8:33 am
#3159
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,963
called AA OZ line, no availability on EY.
Asked the agent about it, she confirmed that she hasn't seen any availability on EY in weeks, which is very unusual, and she said she didn't know why.
It stinks...I need to change a routing, and my booking is a 4-person, 3 AAdvantage account, 5 record locator booking...meaning change fee will be $150 per record locator....and there is no availability to change it to.
this hobby is getting hard....
Asked the agent about it, she confirmed that she hasn't seen any availability on EY in weeks, which is very unusual, and she said she didn't know why.
It stinks...I need to change a routing, and my booking is a 4-person, 3 AAdvantage account, 5 record locator booking...meaning change fee will be $150 per record locator....and there is no availability to change it to.
this hobby is getting hard....
Sep 21, 2017, 8:38 am
#3160
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Sep 21, 2017, 7:50 pm
#3161
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: US Air, UA BA LH AI DELTA MARRIOTT CHOICE SGP
Posts: 9,883
Sep 22, 2017, 12:09 pm
#3162
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 27
Another data point
Spoke with AA CSRs based in the US and Trinidad (via Australia phone number) today (9/22). Neither could book EY F on the A380 AUH-JFK or JFK-AUH in July 2018 (or October 2017). I did ask about EY J on the 787 IAD-AUH (they did see one seat in mid-October), but that's it.
Sep 22, 2017, 12:36 pm
#3163
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 3
Middle East and India count as the same region for routing
This would be transitting through a 3trd region - Europe
India/Middle East - Europe - USA
Transit via Europe is permitted for India/Middle East to USA
I would be surprised, however, if it was permitted as a single award since it would not comply with EY's routing rules for its fares from BOM-ORD
This would be transitting through a 3trd region - Europe
India/Middle East - Europe - USA
Transit via Europe is permitted for India/Middle East to USA
I would be surprised, however, if it was permitted as a single award since it would not comply with EY's routing rules for its fares from BOM-ORD
Now whether that is worth it or not is up to you, but it would be one of the few routings where one could fly in the apartment on a route from the US to the middle east using AA miles.
Sep 22, 2017, 1:32 pm
#3164
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I spoke with AA yesterday and was able to confirm that JFK-LHR-AUH-MLE was a valid routing and could be booked for 115K miles in First. So you could fly AA Flagship and enjoy Flagship Dining in JFK, then Etihad apartment on from LHR-AUH and then onto MLE in First.
Now whether that is worth it or not is up to you, but it would be one of the few routings where one could fly in the apartment on a route from the US to the middle east using AA miles.
Now whether that is worth it or not is up to you, but it would be one of the few routings where one could fly in the apartment on a route from the US to the middle east using AA miles.
Sep 22, 2017, 1:47 pm
#3165
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 7
Called AA US line today and was told that EY was not a valid partner from SYD to AUH or AUH to JFK. Told by two different people. Don't have time now but will try AUS line later.