ARCHIVE: AA Awards on Cathay Pacific (2015)
Mar 29, 2015, 12:33 pm
#766
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
DAK
Mar 29, 2015, 7:15 pm
#767
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 155
Good to know. Maybe it is a YMMV type of issue as I have been able to convince agents to switch between coterminals in the past without incurring a fee. It was on other airlines and not AA/CX.
Mar 29, 2015, 10:18 pm
#768
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,638
For AA awards, connection point you can switch (including co-terminal airports), not O/D.
Mar 29, 2015, 11:50 pm
#769
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
I have an AA miles award reservation for HKG-ORD-JFK. If space on a direct flight opens up, I know I can switch to HKG-JFK without a fee since I am not changing O or D, but what about HKG-EWR? I would think so since JFK/LGA/EWR are coterminals but I want to check if anyone has done this and if a change fee was charged.
Mar 31, 2015, 7:11 am
#770
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ORD
Programs: AAdvantage, UA, Avios
Posts: 637
Urgent! If AA makes a schedule change for my CX flight in May, am I allowed to request a refund of the miles for no fee? The times changed by 5 minutes to 10 minutes on 2 of the 4 flights. I thought that I heard somewhere you can cancel a flight and get a refund if this happens. How much time do I have to act?
I read on a blog post that it has to be within 24 hours or so of departure if it is an AA partner flight but not sure how accurate this is.
I read on a blog post that it has to be within 24 hours or so of departure if it is an AA partner flight but not sure how accurate this is.
Mar 31, 2015, 7:35 am
#771
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,666
Urgent! If AA makes a schedule change for my CX flight in May, am I allowed to request a refund of the miles for no fee? The times changed by 5 minutes to 10 minutes on 2 of the 4 flights. I thought that I heard somewhere you can cancel a flight and get a refund if this happens. How much time do I have to act?
I read on a blog post that it has to be within 24 hours or so of departure if it is an AA partner flight but not sure how accurate this is.
I read on a blog post that it has to be within 24 hours or so of departure if it is an AA partner flight but not sure how accurate this is.
Mar 31, 2015, 7:38 am
#772
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
Urgent! If AA makes a schedule change for my CX flight in May, am I allowed to request a refund of the miles for no fee? The times changed by 5 minutes to 10 minutes on 2 of the 4 flights. I thought that I heard somewhere you can cancel a flight and get a refund if this happens. How much time do I have to act?
I read on a blog post that it has to be within 24 hours or so of departure if it is an AA partner flight but not sure how accurate this is.
I read on a blog post that it has to be within 24 hours or so of departure if it is an AA partner flight but not sure how accurate this is.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/agency/Bookin...ule_240_80.jsp
DAK
Mar 31, 2015, 7:40 am
#773
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ORD
Programs: AAdvantage, UA, Avios
Posts: 637
I think for a 5 to 10 minute change there is unlikely to be any waiver or re-accommodation unless that schedule change causes a miss-connect (now violates minimum connecting times). But you could check here and see whether there is a rule that you fit within...
http://www.aa.com/i18n/agency/Bookin...ule_240_80.jsp
DAK
http://www.aa.com/i18n/agency/Bookin...ule_240_80.jsp
DAK
Mar 31, 2015, 9:46 am
#774
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Kansas City, MO
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 3,648
sneaky extra charges!
Keep an eye on your credit card statement for incorrect award ticketing charges. I just booked 2 AA awards on CX flights for next year. I was charged $38.30 in taxes each which shows on my eticket receipt. When I was looking at my credit card statement online I saw an additional $40 charge for each ticket. I called AA to ask what that was for. I was told it was the charge for booking on the phone. AA is refunding it because it isn't supposed to be charged if you can't book the partner online.
I doubt AA would have caught the "mistake" and refunded the charge if I had not asked about it.
I doubt AA would have caught the "mistake" and refunded the charge if I had not asked about it.
Apr 2, 2015, 11:36 am
#775
Join Date: May 2008
Location: SAN
Programs: AS GOLD
Posts: 403
I was charged telephone booking fees as well yesterday. I was quoted the right amounf over the phone but when the e-ticket came in. I saw the extra $40 fee. I called and inquired about it. They refunded me the $40.
Also, I have been using BA.com to check availability on CX 1st. Can't see any open seat for 1st. I decided to call AA anyway. To my surprise, there was seat for grab. I was really happy. Round trip first class.
Also, I have been using BA.com to check availability on CX 1st. Can't see any open seat for 1st. I decided to call AA anyway. To my surprise, there was seat for grab. I was really happy. Round trip first class.
Apr 4, 2015, 10:00 am
#776
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: KSTP KSPG
Programs: AOPA
Posts: 974
I have heard that if you dropped a leg of a married segment, it will come back as canceled.
Here is my experience, searched ord-xxx there are two seats, if you seach ord-hkg only one seat is available. I assume one seat can be only released by a married segment.
So I held both seats ord-hkk-xxx, with the intention of not using the last leg. When I went to ticket yesterday, there was additions $100 hkg taxes added to the final bill. So decide to take the risk and dropped part of the married segment hkg-xxx.
Come this morning, the ord-hkg leg for both seats are ticketed. Hope they don't cancel it some how.
Here is my experience, searched ord-xxx there are two seats, if you seach ord-hkg only one seat is available. I assume one seat can be only released by a married segment.
So I held both seats ord-hkk-xxx, with the intention of not using the last leg. When I went to ticket yesterday, there was additions $100 hkg taxes added to the final bill. So decide to take the risk and dropped part of the married segment hkg-xxx.
Come this morning, the ord-hkg leg for both seats are ticketed. Hope they don't cancel it some how.
Apr 4, 2015, 12:35 pm
#777
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 11,468
I have heard that if you dropped a leg of a married segment, it will come back as canceled.
Here is my experience, searched ord-xxx there are two seats, if you seach ord-hkg only one seat is available. I assume one seat can be only released by a married segment.
So I held both seats ord-hkk-xxx, with the intention of not using the last leg. When I went to ticket yesterday, there was additions $100 hkg taxes added to the final bill. So decide to take the risk and dropped part of the married segment hkg-xxx.
Here is my experience, searched ord-xxx there are two seats, if you seach ord-hkg only one seat is available. I assume one seat can be only released by a married segment.
So I held both seats ord-hkk-xxx, with the intention of not using the last leg. When I went to ticket yesterday, there was additions $100 hkg taxes added to the final bill. So decide to take the risk and dropped part of the married segment hkg-xxx.
Apr 5, 2015, 7:20 pm
#779
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 7
Just booked a flight from BKK to ORD via HKG on Cathay for November. Only economy was available, and no flexibility on dates 
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Any recommendations on when to look for additional business/first seats to open?
.Any recommendations on when to look for additional business/first seats to open?
Apr 5, 2015, 9:27 pm
#780
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,592
Are you willing to make an extra stop in JFK or LAX or SFO or BOS ?
Suggest to check weekly until 2 weeks prior departure.
Check daily within the last 2 weeks.
Check almost hourly within the last 48 / 24 hours.
You may check on ba.com or jal or qantas
You may find some difference with what AA phone will say with the above sites.
IMHO, don't spend miles for a Y ticket
BTW, does JAL a legal routing for a single 67500 award ? Believe yes