ARCHIVE: AA Awards on Cathay Pacific (2015)
Dec 27, 2015, 8:23 am
#2476
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,171
Booking cx flight
Id like to book cx flight using aa miles for next december. I think aa only open award inventory 330 days out? I called and was told only mid of november latest available. I see only bs.com that december is opened for ba.
If i wait til end of jan to book december, most good seats would be taken. Any idea around this?
I guess i could use ba pts to book now then cancel and book using aa pts as time is closer? This assumes the ba seats are released into inventory and could be booked immediately.
If i wait til end of jan to book december, most good seats would be taken. Any idea around this?
I guess i could use ba pts to book now then cancel and book using aa pts as time is closer? This assumes the ba seats are released into inventory and could be booked immediately.
Dec 27, 2015, 8:54 am
#2477
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,731
There is no way around the booking window limit. You will have to wait until AA can book those flights before booking them. If you try to hold them using another program's mileage, the seats will be taken up, but there is no guarantee that if you release them from another program, that it will go back into inventory for AA to see.
Dec 27, 2015, 9:42 am
#2478
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,171
Thx ck.. Thats what i thought.. Is it exactly 330 days? It appears that they can only book nov 18.. Seems like more than 330 days
Dec 27, 2015, 10:04 pm
#2479
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Programs: BMI Diamond Club Gold forever
Posts: 6,367
Currently in Asia on 5x CX awards, booked thru Avios last year (biz) and was talking to BA yesterday about possibly changing return. Agent pointed out there were 4x F seats on one flight for HKG-LAX. Bummed we hadn't used AA miles, I almost cancelled the Avios bookings and rebooked w AA, but the Avios would take a huge loss due to devaluation since we booked in Jan 2015.
Dec 28, 2015, 8:09 pm
#2480
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP >3 Million miles,HH Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 2,887
Our usual pattern as well with no issues. We call it perfecting the itinerary which really means be flexible for as long as you can as close to departure as you can. Last year we were on an award ticket between HKG and BKK , got up in BKK and decided we'd rather be in HKG that evening, skyped AA, changed the fight, had breakfast, the ticket had been reissued and we were on our way back to Hong Kong.
Dec 28, 2015, 8:49 pm
#2481
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
Our usual pattern as well with no issues. We call it perfecting the itinerary which really means be flexible for as long as you can as close to departure as you can. Last year we were on an award ticket between HKG and BKK , got up in BKK and decided we'd rather be in HKG that evening, skyped AA, changed the fight, had breakfast, the ticket had been reissued and we were on our way back to Hong Kong.
^^^
Dec 28, 2015, 9:45 pm
#2482
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 328
So...... if I decide to fly back from SGN or SIN rather than simply the HKG to LAX, would SGN/SIN to HKG likely be added onto the same record locator?
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Dec 28, 2015, 9:50 pm
#2483
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
Coincidentally, OMAAT blog -just- did a piece on the practice:
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...icket-changes/
Further coincidentally, I was on that flight w/ Ben and his crew (on my way to Italy via MUC via AUH
) and this was my first time meeting him in person, and, really found him to be one of the warmer, more genuine, more friendly folks I've ever met through this "thing of ours" without a trace of hubris, etc., a truely, genuinely nice guy and a pleasure to have finally met him.
Dec 28, 2015, 11:00 pm
#2484
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: MSP
Posts: 330
Just wanted to say thanks for all the insight in the thread and wiki. Booked SO and I in CX J to BKK end of Jan, have a bit of flexibility so hoping to 'perfect the itinerary' and snag at least an F for her. Still need to book the return but will probably end up doing that from BKK =)
Dec 29, 2015, 7:07 am
#2485
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,538
Our usual pattern as well with no issues. We call it perfecting the itinerary which really means be flexible for as long as you can as close to departure as you can. Last year we were on an award ticket between HKG and BKK , got up in BKK and decided we'd rather be in HKG that evening, skyped AA, changed the fight, had breakfast, the ticket had been reissued and we were on our way back to Hong Kong.
Dec 29, 2015, 12:06 pm
#2486
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
Our usual pattern as well with no issues. We call it perfecting the itinerary which really means be flexible for as long as you can as close to departure as you can. Last year we were on an award ticket between HKG and BKK , got up in BKK and decided we'd rather be in HKG that evening, skyped AA, changed the fight, had breakfast, the ticket had been reissued and we were on our way back to Hong Kong.
Dec 29, 2015, 12:16 pm
#2487
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
Dec 29, 2015, 12:16 pm
#2488
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Boulder
Programs: AA Plat, CX Silver
Posts: 2,361
Dec 29, 2015, 12:49 pm
#2489
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: Free agent
Posts: 315
Not if you booked the original itinerary 21+ days earlier - all changes are free then, even for mere AAmortals (assuming award inventory exists for the change you want to make)
Dec 29, 2015, 1:15 pm
#2490
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NYC/CEB
Posts: 391
Not quite all. Date changes are free. Segments/connections/carriers changes are free as long as the origin/destination doesn't change.