frankspurs

Yesterday,I booked a first class award ticket through AA on CX JFK to MEL via HGK. CX845 to HGK is in first and CX163 to MEL is in Biz class. It cost 102,500 miles.
According to AA chart it should be 75K miles and the new chart that comes into effect 3/22 quotes 100K. Is this right? I have until midnight 3/20 to confirm the booking.
I was only able to book o/w as it was 341 days out, I have to wait until 4/2 to book the return, will it be the same amount of miles.
Thank you for any light you can throw on this.

susiesan

How were you able to book an award with AA at 341 days out? Did you use AA miles or another airline's miles?

tom911

You can't transit Asia for a US-Australia award ticket. You're being charged 67,500 miles for the JFK-HKG segment in F and 35,000 for business HKG-MEL. That comes out to the 102,500 miles you were charged.

frankspurs

Susie, I used AA miles

frankspurs

Tom 911, As I can't book my return till 4/2, what are my best options to return in F with 100K

tom911

Ideally, an AA or Qantas seat in business at 80K each way Australia-US come April. Doesn't mean those seats will be available, though. You could set some flight alerts on Expert Flyer over several days, for every available flight out of Australia, and hope something opens up. I've had some success with that over the years with Qantas flights in business.

frankspurs

Thank you Tom911, I just joined Expert Flyer, don't know why I have not before.

flame

Thank you, appreciate the reply

bamba70

Hi everyone
I'm trying to find an award from TLV to anywhere in India. Tried searching on aa.com for many different dates, and for DEL, BOM, BLR - to no avail.
Any idea why nothing comes up? Are there some rules preventing such awards?
Thanks

guv1976

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Israel and India are both in the same AA zone: Middle East/Indian sub-continent. A same-zone award does not permit connections in any other zone.

The only AA partner that flies from TLV to somewhere else in the same zone is RJ, which flies TLV-AMM, but RJ no longer flies to India.

If a single AA award between TLV and India is possible, it would require flying RJ to AMM, and then connecting there to India via AUH or DOH. But since award travel on EY and QR cannot be displayed on aa.com, you must call AA to see if such a routing is even possible on a single award.

I suggest that you start by searching for dates when aa.com shows award availability for TLV-AMM on RJ. If you find a date that works for you, then call AA to see if they can build a connection on EY/QR/RJ to India via AMM and AUH or DOH.

Good luck!

bamba70

Thanks guv1976!

jujubean71

I'd like to use AAdvantage miles before devaluation to book:

Grand Rapids (GRR) > Mumbai (BOM)
Delhi (DEL) > GRR
November travel, first or business class

Looking for any pointers as this will be my first trip to India. Should I book on AA or partner airline for the best experience for the "price"?

I could also use AmEx on any carrier but would really like to use up some AAdvantage Miles.

Thanks!

guv1976

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I don't understand your question.

AA does not fly to India these days. If you are going to redeem AA miles, you will have to fly a partner carrier, at least into and out of India.

Are you asking something else?

arfaczar

Also check QR availability to/from DOH on BA.com

And EY availability to/from AUH on etihad.com

jujubean71

My mistake. Sorry. I wasn't seeing British Airways listed at first on the booking screen. Is BA the only partner for this itinerary?