Lap Infant/Child attached to AA award tickets booked in another airline
Nov 7, 2018, 11:09 pm
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Even EY's most expensive fares have a sales restriction "TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF EY "
It isn't blocking sales of cheap infant fares, it is simply blocking sale of its fares to other airlines in general
If EY allows use of YY fares, then I would expect AA to be able to offer a YY fare - if it doesn't , then indeed, will need to be issued on EY stock
Regardless - even if AA was to be able to sell an EY fare, the infant discount would still be the same as if booked from EY
It isn't blocking sales of cheap infant fares, it is simply blocking sale of its fares to other airlines in general
If EY allows use of YY fares, then I would expect AA to be able to offer a YY fare - if it doesn't , then indeed, will need to be issued on EY stock
Regardless - even if AA was to be able to sell an EY fare, the infant discount would still be the same as if booked from EY
Nov 8, 2018, 5:52 am
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Its been a few years since we booked lap infant fares for our son, but from what I recall, using BA/Avios, they would charge 10% of the miles instead of the unrestricted publised fare, so that may be something to look into, esp if you are able to transfer some AMEX pints.
Mar 13, 2019, 10:11 pm
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My experience over the past couple of days is that even this is not possible. Tried calling EY seven times to add a lap child only to be consistently told that they had a meeting recently and would no longer issue lap child tickets for AA issued awards. Offered to sell me a child fare for $14k. No thank you.
Bumping this. I think Etihad actually blocks AA from charging infant fare so that they can charge the higher 20% in biz. Spoken to over 10 agents in the last few days and no one seems to able to add an infant ticket to the AAdvantage award on EY. They all say call EY to add.
Jul 24, 2019, 7:02 am
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Jul 24, 2019, 8:30 am
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It was issued on the AA website and the airlines I will be flying with is Iberia (Palma to Madrid) and then Qatar Airways ( Madrid to Doha and then Doha to Muscat)
So not sure which of the 3 do I call? Has anyone else had the same issue?
I only have a reference number for AA on the booking.
So not sure which of the 3 do I call? Has anyone else had the same issue?
I only have a reference number for AA on the booking.
Jul 24, 2019, 9:25 am
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It was issued on the AA website and the airlines I will be flying with is Iberia (Palma to Madrid) and then Qatar Airways ( Madrid to Doha and then Doha to Muscat)
So not sure which of the 3 do I call? Has anyone else had the same issue?
I only have a reference number for AA on the booking.
So not sure which of the 3 do I call? Has anyone else had the same issue?
I only have a reference number for AA on the booking.
Sometimes I prefer to get the lap child tickets purchased/issued at the airport itself for the first segment, but that’s best done 4+ hours or days or even more in advance of your desired departure time.
Jul 25, 2019, 5:38 am
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Iberia and/or Qatar is who I would deal with in order to get the best prices for a lap child ticket for PMI-MAD-DOH-MCT even for AA-issued award tickets for the accompanying adult. Not sure if it would be cheaper to get the lap child booked as a PMI-MAD-DOH-MCT ticket or to have it done as PMI-MAD + MAD-DOH-MCT, but if you’re using the child’s baggage allowance for a lap-child to check in luggage or you have less than 3 hours of connection time at MAD, you will want to have one airline ticket the whole thing (from PMI-MCT) as a single booking.
Sometimes I prefer to get the lap child tickets purchased/issued at the airport itself for the first segment, but that’s best done 4+ hours or days or even more in advance of your desired departure time.
Good idea in splitting the ticket and as they are all in one world hope they can put through the luggage all the way through (though there probably wont be any).
I usually buy at the airport for the infant when I fly Qatar Airways however I did not know if thats possible with Iberia?