bertheike

I learned again some bad news !

mikewhyatt

Does anyone know when availability starts to open up for 2018? Looking to book BOM to JFK in Jan, but it seems like availability stopped popping up for The Residence starting Jan 3..

cmd320

I don't think The Residence can be booked using AAdvantage. Unless I've missed something.

Dave Noble

Indeed, the residences cannot be booked using AAdvantage miles.

mikewhyatt

Ah crap, I had called AA Australia twice now and even specifically asked how many miles it would require for the etihad residence for two passengers and was told it was 115k points. Oh well, I guess I will now need 230k points for two passengers one way for the apartment?

Dave Noble

The cost will depend on the routing, but if the 1st class award cost is 115k miles then it will be 230k for 2

If the Residence was something that could be booked, it would not be something cheaper than a business class award

SeeBuyFly

Interesting experience. Eleven days ago, I overslept the day booking opened for early Jan 2018 MAA-AUH-ORD, and so by the time I called in, the 2 J seats EY had released on AUH-ORD that morning had already been booked.

Eleven days later, in the late evening (US time) yesterday, EY released four more J award seats on the same flight. Amazing and quite unexpected.

But the problem was, on etihad.com I could see MAA-AUH and AUH-ORD, but not MAA-ORD. I called AA-USA, and sure enough the agent said nothing available for MAA-ORD.

I explained the situation to him, and he tapped away for a while, and then said yes, by holding the longhaul first and then adding the shorthaul to it, he was able to book it as a single award. The agent did say "we aren't supposed to do it segment by segment", which is something I've heard from other agents also, but then he did it.

Of course EY's booking weirdness is never consistent, but maybe if someone else encounters a similar problem, it is worth asking the agent to hold one flight then add the other; if that doesn't work do it in reverse.

NecessaryIndulgences

"Don't call me Shirley."

(Sorry, just getting caught up on this thread and couldn't resist)

omaralt

Called the australia office 2 days ago when i saw availability on etihad guest but they couldn't see anything. just called the Australia office again and they could see plenty of availability for departing AUH in the summer. the frustrating part is there are very little AA business saver domestic tickets so finding a flight from/to my final destination (TPA) is difficult. so i initially booked AMM-AUH (business on RJ) and then AUH to JFK (first). but then i realized there are no non-stop JFK to TPA on AA. so i considered buying a one way delta ticket but then realized that that means i would have to get my bags in JFK and rechecked them on delta vs checking them in AUH straight to tampa. so i called back and they found availability on AUH to DFW in first.

i had previously booked my departing from on QR from PHL - DOH - AMM. so now i will buy a TPA-PHL, DFW-TPA flight. you still following me here? :P

FlyerTalkUserName

We're in the same boat. Ticketed EY J/F and AA domestic first for HKT-AUH-JFK-DCA-TPA this summer. Also have SYD-LAX-DFW-TPA next January. Guess it's worth it since I have to book positioning flights on the outbound *A awards due to UA's limited domestic award availability at EOS.

SFO777

Changing to DFW or PHL and buying a separate AA ticket is not going to solve your problem.
Effective last month, EY will no longer check your bags to your final destination if you have a separate tickets.

Suggest you learn to travel with carry-ons or just deal with the fact that you'll have to retrieve and re-check... and allow plenty of time.

omaralt

oh wow that's for letting me know. I haven't booked the award tickets yet, still on hold. I'll try to maybe have the agent include the positioning flight on the same PNR. I'll report back if I'm successful. If not it's gonna be a headache

omaralt

i guess the question for me is will royal Jordanian check my bags through to Tampa from Amman? I'm flying RJ to EY to AA...

SeeBuyFly

I think the logically appropriate response would have to be "Don't call me surely". No, that didn't make any sense either.

llcooljayce

Hey guys,

Need a bit of help. I've read through a ton of posts but maybe I'm not quite grasping it.

Planning on flying from SYD-AUH-JFK in EY F

Here are my questions:

1. Is my redemption considered redeemable for 110K? The AA award chart has a note that seems to indicate it's transPacific only routings???

2. If the routing is redeemable for 110K, I assume I need to connect in AUH within 23:59 ... is that correct?

3. Any idea what the taxes and fees would be for this redemption?

Thanks guys!