Booking AA Award travel on Etihad / EY - [2015-17 ARCHIVE]
Jun 3, 2017, 11:11 am
#2821
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,540
So, F non-apartment for 15 hours, followed by 12 hours in AUH without lounge access, followed by a 5 hr economy flight to EBB, for the price of an F award AND the coach ticket and the baggage hassle?
Versus a lower priced AA award, no cash outlay (save for taxes), 12 hours of DOH lounge, followed by J for five hours?
Wow, some people really are wired differently. I've flown EY, and even in the Apartment, there's no way I could enjoy myself knowing of the 17 hours of torture at my arrival.
Versus a lower priced AA award, no cash outlay (save for taxes), 12 hours of DOH lounge, followed by J for five hours?
Wow, some people really are wired differently. I've flown EY, and even in the Apartment, there's no way I could enjoy myself knowing of the 17 hours of torture at my arrival.
Jun 3, 2017, 11:29 am
#2822
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So, F non-apartment for 15 hours, followed by 12 hours in AUH without lounge access, followed by a 5 hr economy flight to EBB, for the price of an F award AND the coach ticket and the baggage hassle?
Versus a lower priced AA award, no cash outlay (save for taxes), 12 hours of DOH lounge, followed by J for five hours?
Wow, some people really are wired differently. I've flown EY, and even in the Apartment, there's no way I could enjoy myself knowing of the 17 hours of torture at my arrival.
Versus a lower priced AA award, no cash outlay (save for taxes), 12 hours of DOH lounge, followed by J for five hours?
Wow, some people really are wired differently. I've flown EY, and even in the Apartment, there's no way I could enjoy myself knowing of the 17 hours of torture at my arrival.
Jun 3, 2017, 5:04 pm
#2823
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 178
Hey folks. Just want to verify something here.. I think AA is right, but you guys are the experts.
Trying to go BEG-AUH-LAX. Agent quoted this as ~150K AA for the first leg in Biz, second leg in First. I was expecting the whole thing to price out as the first amount. Is this because I'm essentially changing regions?
If so, any solutions? If I can swing an award ticket on Air Serbia or Alitalia to AUH (from anywhere in Europe), would that be combinable into one ticket and price out at 115K AA? Going to BEG was just for re-positioning purposes, so I'm open to buying a placement flight for this.
Thanks all!
Trying to go BEG-AUH-LAX. Agent quoted this as ~150K AA for the first leg in Biz, second leg in First. I was expecting the whole thing to price out as the first amount. Is this because I'm essentially changing regions?
If so, any solutions? If I can swing an award ticket on Air Serbia or Alitalia to AUH (from anywhere in Europe), would that be combinable into one ticket and price out at 115K AA? Going to BEG was just for re-positioning purposes, so I'm open to buying a placement flight for this.
Thanks all!
Jun 3, 2017, 5:51 pm
#2824
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,632
Hey folks. Just want to verify something here.. I think AA is right, but you guys are the experts.
Trying to go BEG-AUH-LAX. Agent quoted this as ~150K AA for the first leg in Biz, second leg in First. I was expecting the whole thing to price out as the first amount. Is this because I'm essentially changing regions?
If so, any solutions? If I can swing an award ticket on Air Serbia or Alitalia to AUH (from anywhere in Europe), would that be combinable into one ticket and price out at 115K AA? Going to BEG was just for re-positioning purposes, so I'm open to buying a placement flight for this.
Thanks all!
Trying to go BEG-AUH-LAX. Agent quoted this as ~150K AA for the first leg in Biz, second leg in First. I was expecting the whole thing to price out as the first amount. Is this because I'm essentially changing regions?
If so, any solutions? If I can swing an award ticket on Air Serbia or Alitalia to AUH (from anywhere in Europe), would that be combinable into one ticket and price out at 115K AA? Going to BEG was just for re-positioning purposes, so I'm open to buying a placement flight for this.
Thanks all!
The second paragraph makes no sense. How can you get an AA award on Air Serbia or AZ? And why would it be combinable into one ticket ?
Jun 3, 2017, 7:06 pm
#2825
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 178
Whoops, had a brain fart. Got that confused with Etihads partners. I'll just pay the cash outlay probably and suck it up. Sorry for the dumb question!
Jun 3, 2017, 10:51 pm
#2826
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 12
Sorry, i had been working all day today and did not see replies...
The reason I am going EY instead of Qatar business is because there is absolutely no award space on DFW-DOH-EBB for one let alone two people in 8/18/17 to 8/22/17. Also this is for my parents that are missionaries in Uganda and they have never been in First before so just want them to enjoy a 15 hour flight not cramped in a small seat.
But if I'm not looking at Qatar award space correctly for those dates and there is award space available then please let me know because I would definitely prefer that route due to less hassle!
The reason I am going EY instead of Qatar business is because there is absolutely no award space on DFW-DOH-EBB for one let alone two people in 8/18/17 to 8/22/17. Also this is for my parents that are missionaries in Uganda and they have never been in First before so just want them to enjoy a 15 hour flight not cramped in a small seat.
But if I'm not looking at Qatar award space correctly for those dates and there is award space available then please let me know because I would definitely prefer that route due to less hassle!
Jun 3, 2017, 11:00 pm
#2827
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 12
Hmmm... what about business class DFW-LHR-DOH-EBB? Is that all in one award possible? for 75,000 AA miles one way in business?
Jun 3, 2017, 11:02 pm
#2828
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,632
Sorry, i had been working all day today and did not see replies...
The reason I am going EY instead of Qatar business is because there is absolutely no award space on DFW-DOH-EBB for one let alone two people in 8/18/17 to 8/22/17. Also this is for my parents that are missionaries in Uganda and they have never been in First before so just want them to enjoy a 15 hour flight not cramped in a small seat.
But if I'm not looking at Qatar award space correctly for those dates and there is award space available then please let me know because I would definitely prefer that route due to less hassle!
The reason I am going EY instead of Qatar business is because there is absolutely no award space on DFW-DOH-EBB for one let alone two people in 8/18/17 to 8/22/17. Also this is for my parents that are missionaries in Uganda and they have never been in First before so just want them to enjoy a 15 hour flight not cramped in a small seat.
But if I'm not looking at Qatar award space correctly for those dates and there is award space available then please let me know because I would definitely prefer that route due to less hassle!
OK, exaggerating slightly...you can sometimes get an award seat midweek off-season. But I have certainly observed that they had lots of empty J seats on my flight---I took the only award seat and no others were opened up at any point, I checked.
Jun 3, 2017, 11:55 pm
#2829
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US-DOH-EBB on QR - no issue
US-Europe-EBB - no issue
The 3rd region exception only allows 1 exception
Jun 4, 2017, 6:09 am
#2830
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,540
PHLDOH Aug 17 8J available.
How do I get the 25 seconds of my life back that it took ....?
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Jun 4, 2017, 6:38 am
#2831
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I've never had a problem finding J award seats (even F where they fly it) on QR on or around desired travel dates.
Too bad AA isn't as generous with its own award seats.
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Jun 4, 2017, 7:00 am
#2832
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,540
This summer is already planned, but Aug 18 I hope to incorporate QR into our plans given the new J layout. Perfect for families.
Be well - Jamie
PS - just to keep it EY-related, DARAUHJFK was only $3k/pp in F, so no messing around with miles for that one...netted something like 40k with card bonuses and cabin bonuses, rather than spending 135k (pre-deval booking).
Jun 4, 2017, 10:56 am
#2833
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: WAS, LAX
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 1,330
Just booked MLE-AUH-JFK in F for April, 2018. Called AUS call center and went straight to AAdvantage desk. Found it easily and booked with taxes/fees paid via credit card, no problemo.
Jun 4, 2017, 5:02 pm
#2834
Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: QF WP
Posts: 42
I've read the wiki and the last 10 pages or so... I have an MLE-xAUH-MEL itinerary on hold, unfortunately the AA callcentre can't see F on AUH-MEL leg even though EF is showing O2 and EY website shows guest seat available.
I did the booking on the Australian number, and have called back a 2nd time to get them to check again, but they can't see F seats on AUH-MEL for my date and the 3 dates before, but can for the day after. All dates are showing 2 F Award seats on EF and EY Website.
Any tricks/tips to help get these AUH-MEL booked into the F i can see available?
Update: I called again with some different dates where i could see availability, and same problem. she said yes, but as soon as she grabbed the MLE-AUH seat in F, then she couldn't add the AUH-MEL leg in F (but could in J).
If added the MLE-AUH leg in J then she could add the AUH-MEL leg in F (exact same flights both times)....
Anyone have any ideas? otherwise i'm going to have to 'put up' with MLE-AUH in J for the same price.
She confirmed she could book the 2 legs separate but would be 100K + 40K instead of 100k all the way
I did the booking on the Australian number, and have called back a 2nd time to get them to check again, but they can't see F seats on AUH-MEL for my date and the 3 dates before, but can for the day after. All dates are showing 2 F Award seats on EF and EY Website.
Any tricks/tips to help get these AUH-MEL booked into the F i can see available?
Update: I called again with some different dates where i could see availability, and same problem. she said yes, but as soon as she grabbed the MLE-AUH seat in F, then she couldn't add the AUH-MEL leg in F (but could in J).
If added the MLE-AUH leg in J then she could add the AUH-MEL leg in F (exact same flights both times)....
Anyone have any ideas? otherwise i'm going to have to 'put up' with MLE-AUH in J for the same price.
She confirmed she could book the 2 legs separate but would be 100K + 40K instead of 100k all the way
Last edited by ferni; Jun 4, 2017 at 5:31 pm
Jun 4, 2017, 9:11 pm
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