Booking AA Award travel on Etihad / EY - [2015-17 ARCHIVE]
Sep 28, 2017, 8:38 am
#3211
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 7
I was able to placea SYD to AUH EY F in march on hold by calling US center this week. No dice on AUH to LHR or AUH to JFK in J
Sep 28, 2017, 2:50 pm
#3212
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 69
So called the NZ call center (as I did a year ago) to book EY F and they keep transferring me for award flights. The person they transfer me to cannot see availability on F, I asked where she is and they are in Trinidad and Tobago, evidently this is where all the international award flight calls are being routed to.
1 year ago I didn't have to transfer to anyone.
[edit] called NZ again, didn't get a transfer and they cannot see any dates in 2018 JFK-AUH
1 year ago I didn't have to transfer to anyone.
[edit] called NZ again, didn't get a transfer and they cannot see any dates in 2018 JFK-AUH
Last edited by patrickf3; Sep 28, 2017 at 3:03 pm
Sep 28, 2017, 7:07 pm
#3213
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 220
with the boatload of AA miles I am just thinking of booking on economy for my IAD-AMD trip. Any other suggestions for using award miles for that route in late december? Its peak time so lot of award seats aren't there or vanishing quickly.
Sep 28, 2017, 7:31 pm
#3214
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: US Air, UA BA LH AI DELTA MARRIOTT CHOICE SGP
Posts: 9,883
Last resort an award booking site.
Also keep trying as often as you can...you may have to connect in India with 9W .
Sep 28, 2017, 8:11 pm
#3215
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 220
Right now my award tickets are on hold. Rep came back with almost $700 for infant ticket!! No way adult fare is $7000 on etihad economy. I checked its for around$ 1700 for the dates I want in december for IAD-AMD.
So rep said to contact Etihad and see how much infant can be added for to the existing reservation. That seems odd as why would etihad add infant for award tickets issued by AA. Isn't it?
Should I HUCA? or contact Etihad for infant addition to existing resv? I am bit lost here and not sure how should I proceed?
appreciate any help
Sep 28, 2017, 8:27 pm
#3216
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 644
Ok so I succumbed to economy redemption - I know not best use of miles but having two young child in itinerary and one infant I don't wanna take longer than needed flights.
Right now my award tickets are on hold. Rep came back with almost $700 for infant ticket!! No way adult fare is $7000 on etihad economy. I checked its for around$ 1700 for the dates I want in december for IAD-AMD.
So rep said to contact Etihad and see how much infant can be added for to the existing reservation. That seems odd as why would etihad add infant for award tickets issued by AA. Isn't it?
Should I HUCA? or contact Etihad for infant addition to existing resv? I am bit lost here and not sure how should I proceed?
appreciate any help
Right now my award tickets are on hold. Rep came back with almost $700 for infant ticket!! No way adult fare is $7000 on etihad economy. I checked its for around$ 1700 for the dates I want in december for IAD-AMD.
So rep said to contact Etihad and see how much infant can be added for to the existing reservation. That seems odd as why would etihad add infant for award tickets issued by AA. Isn't it?
Should I HUCA? or contact Etihad for infant addition to existing resv? I am bit lost here and not sure how should I proceed?
appreciate any help
Sep 28, 2017, 8:41 pm
#3218
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,581
You will probably have to get AA to issue the ticket - most carriers ime will require the infant to be issued with the adult and will not issue it standalone
AA will charge 10% of the lowest fare for travel that it can sell - this could easily be a lot more than the operating airline would charge siince many fares have restrictions on who can issue it
Looking at IAD-AMD , EY's fares all have restrictions that mean that AA cannot issue them
The lowest 1 way fare that AA can issue would seem to be $5012.00 for an adult => $501.20 for an infant plus taxes/charges of $24.70 for a total of about $523.90
$700 sounds a bit high for economy class
AA will charge 10% of the lowest fare for travel that it can sell - this could easily be a lot more than the operating airline would charge siince many fares have restrictions on who can issue it
Looking at IAD-AMD , EY's fares all have restrictions that mean that AA cannot issue them
The lowest 1 way fare that AA can issue would seem to be $5012.00 for an adult => $501.20 for an infant plus taxes/charges of $24.70 for a total of about $523.90
$700 sounds a bit high for economy class
Sep 28, 2017, 8:48 pm
#3219
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 220
You will probably have to get AA to issue the ticket - most carriers ime will require the infant to be issued with the adult and will not issue it standalone
AA will charge 10% of the lowest fare for travel that it can sell - this could easily be a lot more than the operating airline would charge siince many fares have restrictions on who can issue it
Looking at IAD-AMD , EY's fares all have restrictions that mean that AA cannot issue them
The lowest 1 way fare that AA can issue would seem to be $5012.00 for an adult => $501.20 for an infant plus taxes/charges of $24.70 for a total of about $523.90
$700 sounds a bit high for economy class
AA will charge 10% of the lowest fare for travel that it can sell - this could easily be a lot more than the operating airline would charge siince many fares have restrictions on who can issue it
Looking at IAD-AMD , EY's fares all have restrictions that mean that AA cannot issue them
The lowest 1 way fare that AA can issue would seem to be $5012.00 for an adult => $501.20 for an infant plus taxes/charges of $24.70 for a total of about $523.90
$700 sounds a bit high for economy class
I have 60k bonus miles coming in but after hold period expires. Now I read that AA doesn't extend hold but can cancel the hold and rebook if seats still available. Also, Citi doesn't expedite bonus miles IIRC.
Also, If I let my hold expire and if I had booked infant fare via AAor EY will any or both refund the infant fare or that is goner??
Thanks,
Sep 28, 2017, 8:56 pm
#3220
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 2,203
If they don’t refund or u feel space might not be available when u have enough miles, you could go ahead and just buy the needed miles now.
wowser!!! I'm just short of 16000 AA miles otherwise I would just give my 9 months old her own seat.
I have 60k bonus miles coming in but after hold period expires. Now I read that AA doesn't extend hold but can cancel the hold and rebook if seats still available. Also, Citi doesn't expedite bonus miles IIRC.
Also, If I let my hold expire and if I had booked infant fare via AAor EY will any or both refund the infant fare or that is goner??
Thanks,
I have 60k bonus miles coming in but after hold period expires. Now I read that AA doesn't extend hold but can cancel the hold and rebook if seats still available. Also, Citi doesn't expedite bonus miles IIRC.
Also, If I let my hold expire and if I had booked infant fare via AAor EY will any or both refund the infant fare or that is goner??
Thanks,
Sep 28, 2017, 9:04 pm
#3221
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 644
I called Etihad with my Etihad first class seat record locator ( I got this record locator from AA when I made the award reservation) and asked them to add the infant to my reservation. They quoted 500$ for an infant seat from hyd-dfw couple of months back and that's what I paid
Sep 28, 2017, 9:18 pm
#3222
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 220
I called Etihad with my Etihad first class seat record locator ( I got this record locator from AA when I made the award reservation) and asked them to add the infant to my reservation. They quoted 500$ for an infant seat from hyd-dfw couple of months back and that's what I paid
Sep 28, 2017, 9:54 pm
#3223
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 21
called to both Australia (61-2-91011948) and US for First class redemption; they can't see award space that I'm able to see on EY website.
Sep 28, 2017, 10:05 pm
#3224
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 644
In the current state there is no use for AA miles on etihad to/from US for biz or first and so I using miles for economy isn't a bad option. However trying calling etihad again just to double check the infant ticket price
Sep 29, 2017, 6:09 pm
#3225
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: New Jersey
Programs: Marriott Platinum Premier, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, MileagePlus Gold
Posts: 24
Dude, chill out. If you look at the original postI made I said AUH to JFK. One way, bro. Did not say round trip. Also, of course I confirmed the Guest First space is available — on Etihad and Expert flyer — before each call I made. I also took a break to make a ham sandwich, go for a run, and watch some baseball too. But since you wanted info, if you search 9.5 to 10 months out you’ll generally find 9 business guest seats and 2 first guest on every EY103 and EY101 flight.