ARCHIVE: AA Awards on Cathay Pacific (2016)
Mar 10, 2016, 9:14 am
#1036
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Kansas City, MO
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 3,659
AAdvantage spokesperson "officially" confirmed that to a blogger several weeks ago.
It is fairly clear from the AA person on what can be changed without reprice and what will trigger reprice. She SPECIFICALLY said Date change would not trigger reprice. AA system may not handle it properly, but AA would have to keep that promise.
It is fairly clear from the AA person on what can be changed without reprice and what will trigger reprice. She SPECIFICALLY said Date change would not trigger reprice. AA system may not handle it properly, but AA would have to keep that promise.
I am counting on this being true and being able to switch the dates of my vacation trip to Vietnam from January to March.
Mar 10, 2016, 9:36 am
#1037
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: Marriott LT Plat; WoH Exp; AS Gold; AA Plat
Posts: 371
You should be able to upgrade (for free) to J on CMB-HKG sector 10 to 14 days before your flight. CX has historically opened availability close in.
Mar 10, 2016, 1:03 pm
#1038
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Miami
Posts: 138
Understood, but this would also work for other F products, so I'm just curious if I can lock in the rates.
Mar 10, 2016, 2:09 pm
#1039
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,804
Happy, you have a lot more faith in what spokespersons say than I do. If this is true why hasn't AA put it in writing somewhere on their web site? Because this situation has never happened before, with ticket changes made after a devaluation, no one has yet to try and report the definitive results.
I am counting on this being true and being able to switch the dates of my vacation trip to Vietnam from January to March.
I am counting on this being true and being able to switch the dates of my vacation trip to Vietnam from January to March.
Over these many years of booking AA awards, you still NOT realize that AA hardly publishes ANYTHING related to various rules?
Luckily we have JonNYC and his super reliable source on the rules that only show up in AA internal system but NEVER on AA website. And we have all been going by those UNPUBLISHED rules, for how ever long they were revealed.
There are many of such rules have NEVER been put on AA site for goodness sake, such as the one you have used countless times, switching between different carriers like JL and CX, or upfare from J to F without paying $150 - do you ever see these rules being published on AA website?
Yet, you have been using those rules for just how many times, successfully? These rules are never published on AA site. Would you ever not be able to use those rules to your benefits?
Sometimes you just need to stop worrying and have some faith on the common wisdom of this forum.
Last edited by Happy; Mar 10, 2016 at 6:35 pm
Mar 10, 2016, 2:27 pm
#1040
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 122
I want to snag a HKG-LAX F class before the deval, I am planning on traveling in the second half of the year. Any way I can put a placeholder?
Mar 10, 2016, 2:52 pm
#1041
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: HH Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Elite Gold
Posts: 1,032
Mar 10, 2016, 3:06 pm
#1043
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: HH Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Elite Gold
Posts: 1,032
You can continue to look before the deval for CX or find an F ticket on JL for now or you can buy an F on AA metal and switch. This last option is riskier because there may or may not be an issue with changing from AA to OW partner. I personally have had agents tell me it's okay, but haven't followed through yet.
Mar 10, 2016, 3:10 pm
#1044
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 122
You can continue to look before the deval for CX or find an F ticket on JL for now or you can buy an F on AA metal and switch. This last option is riskier because there may or may not be an issue with changing from AA to OW partner. I personally have had agents tell me it's okay, but haven't followed through yet.
Mar 10, 2016, 3:23 pm
#1045
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: HH Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Elite Gold
Posts: 1,032
Mar 10, 2016, 4:53 pm
#1047
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
Mar 10, 2016, 6:03 pm
#1048
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: DL PM, MR Titanium/LTP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,130
Right now I have the following routing for next week for two of us:
DPS - HKG (KA J) - HND (CX F) // NRT - ORD (JL F) - CLT - RDU (AA F)
Ideally I'd like to cut out the HKG - HND//NRT - ORD portion but right now I can only find 1 F on the day that we need for HKG - USA.
Is there any way (without incurring a fee) to snag that 1 F seat now (and keep the other itinerary intact for the other person) and then hope that CX releases another (there are 3 flights on the day in question that still show F4 so I'm hopeful)?
Or will they only make a fee-free change if I can swap the entire itinerary (aka both of us) onto the CX F direct (e.g., if CX releases 2F on any of these flights between now and departure next week)?
DPS - HKG (KA J) - HND (CX F) // NRT - ORD (JL F) - CLT - RDU (AA F)
Ideally I'd like to cut out the HKG - HND//NRT - ORD portion but right now I can only find 1 F on the day that we need for HKG - USA.
Is there any way (without incurring a fee) to snag that 1 F seat now (and keep the other itinerary intact for the other person) and then hope that CX releases another (there are 3 flights on the day in question that still show F4 so I'm hopeful)?
Or will they only make a fee-free change if I can swap the entire itinerary (aka both of us) onto the CX F direct (e.g., if CX releases 2F on any of these flights between now and departure next week)?
Mar 10, 2016, 6:22 pm
#1049
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 2,028
Right now I have the following routing for next week for two of us:
DPS - HKG (KA J) - HND (CX F) // NRT - ORD (JL F) - CLT - RDU (AA F)
Ideally I'd like to cut out the HKG - HND//NRT - ORD portion but right now I can only find 1 F on the day that we need for HKG - USA.
Is there any way (without incurring a fee) to snag that 1 F seat now (and keep the other itinerary intact for the other person) and then hope that CX releases another (there are 3 flights on the day in question that still show F4 so I'm hopeful)?
Or will they only make a fee-free change if I can swap the entire itinerary (aka both of us) onto the CX F direct (e.g., if CX releases 2F on any of these flights between now and departure next week)?
DPS - HKG (KA J) - HND (CX F) // NRT - ORD (JL F) - CLT - RDU (AA F)
Ideally I'd like to cut out the HKG - HND//NRT - ORD portion but right now I can only find 1 F on the day that we need for HKG - USA.
Is there any way (without incurring a fee) to snag that 1 F seat now (and keep the other itinerary intact for the other person) and then hope that CX releases another (there are 3 flights on the day in question that still show F4 so I'm hopeful)?
Or will they only make a fee-free change if I can swap the entire itinerary (aka both of us) onto the CX F direct (e.g., if CX releases 2F on any of these flights between now and departure next week)?
Mar 10, 2016, 6:39 pm
#1050
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,804
Yes. Agent needs to split your PNR into 2 PNRs before changing one person's itinerary. I would call NOW to grab that 1F. Then keep monitoring the other F to show up.