Booking AA Award travel on Etihad / EY - [2015-17 ARCHIVE]
Oct 11, 17, 5:57 pm
#3256
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 794
AUH-JFK - 0 business or F close in. Doesn't matter what etihad shows.
AUH-ORD - 0 J on Oct 13 even when it's showing 3 Guest Business.
0 J on Oct 16 when showing 1 Guest Business
2 J on Oct 17 when showing 4 Guest Business
Blocking seems to be coming from Etihad.
AUH-ORD - 0 J on Oct 13 even when it's showing 3 Guest Business.
0 J on Oct 16 when showing 1 Guest Business
2 J on Oct 17 when showing 4 Guest Business
Blocking seems to be coming from Etihad.
Oct 11, 17, 6:27 pm
#3257
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North America
Posts: 2,197
Just this week I was able to book non-USA EY premium awards without issue. I went by the availability I saw on ExpertFlyer and the US-AA rep had no issues finding the same availability. EY clearly doesn't want partners redeeming miles on their JFK route, that's for sure.
Oct 11, 17, 7:07 pm
#3258
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MLB
Programs: DL DM/2.9M, AA EXP, *A Gold
Posts: 241
Originally Posted by CodeAdam10
Just this week I was able to book non-USA EY premium awards without issue. I went by the availability I saw on ExpertFlyer and the US-AA rep had no issues finding the same availability. EY clearly doesn't want partners redeeming miles on their JFK route, that's for sure.
Oct 11, 17, 10:36 pm
#3259
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: New York, New York
Programs: United Premier, AA Gold, Alaska MVP; Bonvoy Gold; Free Agent Super Duper Diamond Treasure Chest ;)
Posts: 4,673
Data point. Managed to find and book J AUH-LAX for Jan first week. Had a cousin call in with his CK status.
Oct 12, 17, 10:14 am
#3260
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 182
Originally Posted by CodeAdam10
Just this week I was able to book non-USA EY premium awards without issue. I went by the availability I saw on ExpertFlyer and the US-AA rep had no issues finding the same availability. EY clearly doesn't want partners redeeming miles on their JFK route, that's for sure.
Oct 12, 17, 10:18 am
#3261
Join Date: Feb 2002
Programs: Hilton Diamond
Posts: 174
It appears they are doing POS (point of sale) blocking from North America/South America/Asia/Australia/Europe for seats 30 days out into and out of NA. ANA also cannot pull up availability from Japan either so it isn't exclusive to AA.
Maybe more success if there is a middle east call center as they likely cannot block that. I'm just not sure if AA has one.
Maybe more success if there is a middle east call center as they likely cannot block that. I'm just not sure if AA has one.
Oct 12, 17, 10:43 am
#3262
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,420
It's unfortunate EY is making this change to availability. I'm really glad I flew the Apartment in February. My wife and I were going from AUH-LAX and I considered flying in F direct to LAX on 777, but now I'm glad we did AUH-JFK-LAX instead or else we might have never been able to do it.
Oct 12, 17, 10:58 am
#3263
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Benicia, California, USA
Programs: AA PLT,AS,UA PP,J6,FB,EY,LH,SQ,HH Dmd,Hyatt Glbl,Marriott Plat,IHG Plat,Accor Gold
Posts: 10,755
Originally Posted by knit-in
Data point. Managed to find and book J AUH-LAX for Jan first week. Had a cousin call in with his CK status.
Oct 12, 17, 7:10 pm
#3264
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Posts: 27,733
Originally Posted by Thunderroad
Thanks for this info. AFAIK, it's unique in recent experience. Any other CKs out there who've had such success or could call to try to duplicate?
Oct 12, 17, 8:08 pm
#3265
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 80
Originally Posted by knit-in
Data point. Managed to find and book J AUH-LAX for Jan first week. Had a cousin call in with his CK status.
Oct 12, 17, 8:25 pm
#3266
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally Posted by ravi100
This is definitely a new wrinkle. Seems to me that this indicates that this is a AA block -- to only be cleared for CK customers?
Oct 12, 17, 9:02 pm
#3267
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Originally Posted by ravi100
This is definitely a new wrinkle. Seems to me that this indicates that this is a AA block -- to only be cleared for CK customers?
Originally Posted by JonNYC
Definitely not, no.
Oct 12, 17, 10:16 pm
#3268
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: WAS, LAX
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 1,326
Originally Posted by Thunderroad
Please tell us more...
Oct 12, 17, 10:41 pm
#3269
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,423
Originally Posted by JonNYC
To the extent that availability exists for one agent vs. another (and that's less and less the case-- it _was_ the case when S.Pacific agents were able to see availability that most N.American agents couldn't, but this new wrinkle is more restrictive than that) that's a result of their pseudo-city sign-in, so CK/EP agent vs non-CK/EP agent really shouldn't have any real bearing there.
Anyway, probably not a good idea to take any single report of success too seriously.
Oct 12, 17, 11:04 pm
#3270
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 5,920
Originally Posted by flyingmusicianlax
Read JonNYC's second most recent post carefully. The term "pseudo city sign-in" is key.
