Jan 1, 2019, 2:12 pm
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The Newbie Lounge is a place for newer and less experienced members to ask their questions about American Airlines and the AAdvantage program and have answered by our more experienced and knowledgeable members. Feel free to ask any question related to American Airlines and AAdvantage here.
NOTE: This is a "flame free" thread; flaming, personal criticism for "failing to search" etc. is not allowed (if posted, the post will be summarily deleted, the poster subject to sanctions).
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ARCHIVE: NEWBIE LOUNGE 2019: Ask "Newbie" AA Questions Here (flame free)
Sep 21, 2019, 9:34 pm
#1546
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,593
Hi! I’m planning to use AA miles to book one way tickets for 3 in economy from BCN to LHR next July. I have the booking on hold but haven’t purchased.
Does anyone know what economy level this will be on BA? Trying to figure out all the extras I could be charged. I know seats would be extra, any idea on checked bags? It shows fare code X on the AA site.
Thank you!!
Does anyone know what economy level this will be on BA? Trying to figure out all the extras I could be charged. I know seats would be extra, any idea on checked bags? It shows fare code X on the AA site.
Thank you!!
Sep 22, 2019, 7:01 am
#1547
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: USA
Programs: AA Exp
Posts: 519
Sorry if already answered. Sitting on my phone and tough to search.
I put ticket on 24 hold today. If I purchase it tomorrow, do I still have 24 hours to cancel it? Or did I burn the 24 hours with the hold?
TIA
I put ticket on 24 hold today. If I purchase it tomorrow, do I still have 24 hours to cancel it? Or did I burn the 24 hours with the hold?
TIA
Sep 22, 2019, 8:06 am
#1548
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
You still have 24 hours to cancel after ticketing, as long as it’s more than 2 days before your departure. I’ve been able to cancel within 24 hours of ticketing, even when it was within 2 days of departure, but I believe the AA rule is 2 days.
Sep 22, 2019, 1:42 pm
#1549
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 95
You should get one free checked bag per passenger on such a redemption. But if you have -- or can get -- some BA Avios, that would provide better value: just 6,500 or 7,500 Avios + 17.5 GBP per passenger, instead of 12,500 AA miles plus whatever fees AA collects on such a redemption.
Thank you for the info on the checked bag, that helps greatly!!
Sep 22, 2019, 8:39 pm
#1550
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: USA
Programs: AA Exp
Posts: 519
Thanks, that basically gives me two days to change my mind.
Sep 23, 2019, 10:32 pm
#1551
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 5
Upgrade for companion?
As platinum pro, I thought one companion traveling with you can be upgraded as well? I held a flight for 24 hrs and received an email saying AA was unable to auto request an upgrade (as it usually does). How do I put myself in best position to get an upgrade for us both?
Sep 23, 2019, 10:41 pm
#1552
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,285
As platinum pro, I thought one companion traveling with you can be upgraded as well? I held a flight for 24 hrs and received an email saying AA was unable to auto request an upgrade (as it usually does). How do I put myself in best position to get an upgrade for us both?
Sep 24, 2019, 1:36 pm
#1553
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 42
Hello,
I have a query regarding AAdvantage elite status, and the likely expiry date of the status. I have read several articles and posts related to qualification periods v membership periods, but unfortunately cannot find the exact answer I am looking for (and indeed different sources unfortunately seem to contradict each other).
In the event I meet the requirements in January 2020, does anyone know if the status should last until January 31,2021 or if instead it should last until January 31,2022?
The source of my confusion is that some sources seem to indicate that it should last for the year you qualify, the following year + January from the next year after that (i.e. until January 31,2022). However a strict reading of the qualification and membership period of the AA website suggests that the benefits would last only until January 31, 2021 since they last from qualification "through the end of the next membership year" (since the membership year I would be in ends on January 31, 2020, it seems the 'next' membership year would end on January 31, 2021).
It is clear to me that if I met the requirements in December 2019 the status would last until January 31, 2021, and that if I met the requirements in February 2020 the status would last until January 31,2022. However the 'inbetween' position of qualifying in January seems a little grey.
I appreciate this is an unusual situation (since it is probably very rare to do enough travel to qualify in just one month!) but just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience/ view on this?
Thank you so much!
I have a query regarding AAdvantage elite status, and the likely expiry date of the status. I have read several articles and posts related to qualification periods v membership periods, but unfortunately cannot find the exact answer I am looking for (and indeed different sources unfortunately seem to contradict each other).
In the event I meet the requirements in January 2020, does anyone know if the status should last until January 31,2021 or if instead it should last until January 31,2022?
The source of my confusion is that some sources seem to indicate that it should last for the year you qualify, the following year + January from the next year after that (i.e. until January 31,2022). However a strict reading of the qualification and membership period of the AA website suggests that the benefits would last only until January 31, 2021 since they last from qualification "through the end of the next membership year" (since the membership year I would be in ends on January 31, 2020, it seems the 'next' membership year would end on January 31, 2021).
It is clear to me that if I met the requirements in December 2019 the status would last until January 31, 2021, and that if I met the requirements in February 2020 the status would last until January 31,2022. However the 'inbetween' position of qualifying in January seems a little grey.
I appreciate this is an unusual situation (since it is probably very rare to do enough travel to qualify in just one month!) but just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience/ view on this?
Thank you so much!
Sep 24, 2019, 3:01 pm
#1554
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,483
Hello,
I have a query regarding AAdvantage elite status, and the likely expiry date of the status. I have read several articles and posts related to qualification periods v membership periods, but unfortunately cannot find the exact answer I am looking for (and indeed different sources unfortunately seem to contradict each other).
In the event I meet the requirements in January 2020, does anyone know if the status should last until January 31,2021 or if instead it should last until January 31,2022?
The source of my confusion is that some sources seem to indicate that it should last for the year you qualify, the following year + January from the next year after that (i.e. until January 31,2022). However a strict reading of the qualification and membership period of the AA website suggests that the benefits would last only until January 31, 2021 since they last from qualification "through the end of the next membership year" (since the membership year I would be in ends on January 31, 2020, it seems the 'next' membership year would end on January 31, 2021).
It is clear to me that if I met the requirements in December 2019 the status would last until January 31, 2021, and that if I met the requirements in February 2020 the status would last until January 31,2022. However the 'inbetween' position of qualifying in January seems a little grey.
I appreciate this is an unusual situation (since it is probably very rare to do enough travel to qualify in just one month!) but just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience/ view on this?
Thank you so much!
I have a query regarding AAdvantage elite status, and the likely expiry date of the status. I have read several articles and posts related to qualification periods v membership periods, but unfortunately cannot find the exact answer I am looking for (and indeed different sources unfortunately seem to contradict each other).
In the event I meet the requirements in January 2020, does anyone know if the status should last until January 31,2021 or if instead it should last until January 31,2022?
The source of my confusion is that some sources seem to indicate that it should last for the year you qualify, the following year + January from the next year after that (i.e. until January 31,2022). However a strict reading of the qualification and membership period of the AA website suggests that the benefits would last only until January 31, 2021 since they last from qualification "through the end of the next membership year" (since the membership year I would be in ends on January 31, 2020, it seems the 'next' membership year would end on January 31, 2021).
It is clear to me that if I met the requirements in December 2019 the status would last until January 31, 2021, and that if I met the requirements in February 2020 the status would last until January 31,2022. However the 'inbetween' position of qualifying in January seems a little grey.
I appreciate this is an unusual situation (since it is probably very rare to do enough travel to qualify in just one month!) but just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience/ view on this?
Thank you so much!
This of course assumes you qualify by "natural" methods and not via a challenge or some type of fastrack or promo, etc., which can have different rules.
Sep 24, 2019, 3:37 pm
#1555
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 42
Any status you qualify for in calendar year 2020 will be good through Jan. 31, 2022. So if you fly enough for status in Jan. 2020, it will be good through Jan. 31, 2022.
This of course assumes you qualify by "natural" methods and not via a challenge or some type of fastrack or promo, etc., which can have different rules.
This of course assumes you qualify by "natural" methods and not via a challenge or some type of fastrack or promo, etc., which can have different rules.
Sep 24, 2019, 10:39 pm
#1556
Join Date: Jan 2019
Programs: AAdvantage, HHonors, Avis
Posts: 3
Giving away a throwaway ticket
I have a return flight for a RT I am booked on that I can’t make due to a work schedule change. I will be heading to the airport and jumping on a Delta flight around the same time instead (better schedule for that particular airport, and with the change fee it was cheaper to just not take the American flight).
My buddy is flying back to my origin airport on Southwest. Can we both go through security (me on my American ticket, he on his Southwest ticket) and him take my American flight while I take a Delta flight instead? My thought is he might be able to cancel the Southwest flight for a refund past security and save a few bucks.
Not sure of the legality of it, thoughts?
My buddy is flying back to my origin airport on Southwest. Can we both go through security (me on my American ticket, he on his Southwest ticket) and him take my American flight while I take a Delta flight instead? My thought is he might be able to cancel the Southwest flight for a refund past security and save a few bucks.
Not sure of the legality of it, thoughts?
Sep 24, 2019, 10:47 pm
#1557
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,285
I have a return flight for a RT I am booked on that I can’t make due to a work schedule change. I will be heading to the airport and jumping on a Delta flight around the same time instead (better schedule for that particular airport, and with the change fee it was cheaper to just not take the American flight).
My buddy is flying back to my origin airport on Southwest. Can we both go through security (me on my American ticket, he on his Southwest ticket) and him take my American flight while I take a Delta flight instead? My thought is he might be able to cancel the Southwest flight for a refund past security and save a few bucks.
Not sure of the legality of it, thoughts?
My buddy is flying back to my origin airport on Southwest. Can we both go through security (me on my American ticket, he on his Southwest ticket) and him take my American flight while I take a Delta flight instead? My thought is he might be able to cancel the Southwest flight for a refund past security and save a few bucks.
Not sure of the legality of it, thoughts?
Sep 24, 2019, 11:09 pm
#1558
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 208
This is probably a dumb question but I was having trouble finding an answer online
I am AA Platinum, flying SEA-LHR with three family members
I know I can access OneWorld lounges at both ends with one guest
What is not clear to me is whether or not I can purchase two extra passes for the kids to get them in also?
Is this written somewhere ?
I am AA Platinum, flying SEA-LHR with three family members
I know I can access OneWorld lounges at both ends with one guest
What is not clear to me is whether or not I can purchase two extra passes for the kids to get them in also?
Is this written somewhere ?
Sep 25, 2019, 6:34 am
#1559
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,483
This is probably a dumb question but I was having trouble finding an answer online
I am AA Platinum, flying SEA-LHR with three family members
I know I can access OneWorld lounges at both ends with one guest
What is not clear to me is whether or not I can purchase two extra passes for the kids to get them in also?
Is this written somewhere ?
I am AA Platinum, flying SEA-LHR with three family members
I know I can access OneWorld lounges at both ends with one guest
What is not clear to me is whether or not I can purchase two extra passes for the kids to get them in also?
Is this written somewhere ?
Sep 25, 2019, 7:20 am
#1560
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: WAS/TYO
Programs: AA PPro, TP Gold, UA Silver, Bonvoy/Hilton Gold, Global Entry
Posts: 296
This is very trivial, but I let 400 ish miles expire a few years ago.
Every time I login on aa.com ever since, it always asks me if I want to reinstate them. It's become an extremely mild annoyance. Is there any way to permanently disable these notifications?
Every time I login on aa.com ever since, it always asks me if I want to reinstate them. It's become an extremely mild annoyance. Is there any way to permanently disable these notifications?