Jan 1, 2019, 2:12 pm
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Welcome to the 2019 "NEWBIE LOUNGE"
Ask Your Consolidated / Combined AA Questions Here (flame free)
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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).
Advanced questions posed by veteran FT users may be moved and / or merged into existing master or GUIDE threads, most of which have Wikiposts at the top of the page that contain summaries of important information.
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ARCHIVE: NEWBIE LOUNGE 2019: Ask "Newbie" AA Questions Here (flame free)
May 16, 2019, 8:52 pm
#781
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: BGI | MIA
Programs: AA Platinum Pro | Hyatt Globalist | HH Diamond | SPG Gold
Posts: 316
only AA gold and Platinums receive 500 mile stickers. If you are above Platinum you will not earn them as u grades are complimentary.
May 18, 2019, 11:28 am
#784
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 6
Hey guys, I have AA miles & UR points. Flying from OGG to DFW. Saw etihad has fantastic redemption rates at 12,500 eco and 25k biz eti miles flying American Airlines metal. I got real excited and put a reservation on hold. But then it hit me, how do i transfer what i have (AA & UR) to etihad miles to book an AA flight?
What are my quickest options here if any?
What are my quickest options here if any?
Last edited by manlinear; May 18, 2019 at 11:29 am Reason: added flying AA metal
May 18, 2019, 11:45 am
#785
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,587
Hey guys, I have AA miles & UR points. Flying from OGG to DFW. Saw etihad has fantastic redemption rates at 12,500 eco and 25k biz eti miles flying American Airlines metal. I got real excited and put a reservation on hold. But then it hit me, how do i transfer what i have (AA & UR) to etihad miles to book an AA flight?
What are my quickest options here if any?
What are my quickest options here if any?
But don't be too sad: Etihad does not charge 12,500 miles for a flight between OGG and DFW; it charges 17,500 miles off-peak, and 22,500 miles peak -- exactly what it costs if you redeem AA miles.
May 18, 2019, 11:48 am
#786
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 6
You don't: AA miles cannot be transferred to another FFP, and Etihad is not a UR transfer partner.
But don't be too sad: Etihad does not charge 12,500 miles for a flight between OGG and DFW; it charges 17,500 miles off-peak, and 22,500 miles peak -- exactly what it costs if you redeem AA miles.
But don't be too sad: Etihad does not charge 12,500 miles for a flight between OGG and DFW; it charges 17,500 miles off-peak, and 22,500 miles peak -- exactly what it costs if you redeem AA miles.
Actually, i have the reservation in my inbox. Was 50k miles. 4 ppl flying eco OGG-DFW one way.
May 18, 2019, 11:56 am
#787
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
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I'm not sure it would actually ticket at that price. If you look at the Etihad redemption chart for AA, you'll see that, under domestic region redemptions, there's a separate line for domestic redemptions to/from Hawaii. Etihad generally mirrors AA's redemption rates for award travel on AA.
May 18, 2019, 9:29 pm
#788
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: IAH
Programs: UA MM, AA almost MM
Posts: 1,164
Consider buying BA basic economy tickets. It does not allow standard carry on but no checked bags. I believe I will be AA gold by the time the trip occurs. Would AA gold allow an extra checked bag on BA? If not, I will have to spend a little more for the economy standard.
May 18, 2019, 10:51 pm
#789
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 159
House wine, Budweiser (or similar) draught, well drinks (typically all institutional brands like McCormick, but occasionally a lower-priced brand sold at retail appears). House vodka with a mixer of some sort is usually pretty safe. Anything from the soda gun is complimentary. Bottled water and sparkling wine are not.
May 19, 2019, 6:25 am
#790
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,482
Yes. As mentioned above it is perfectly fine to ask what liquor they have as complimentary, or just ask for whatever drink you want with the house/complimentary liquor, etc. etc.
May 19, 2019, 10:07 am
#791
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: NYC/PHX
Programs: IATA, Sabre, AvgeekAgent
Posts: 1,958
No need to ask. Only "well" spirits are complimentary, and they are usually private label/generic options. Just say what cocktail (and by cocktail I mean simple mixed drink) you want and the bartender will generally ask if "well" is OK or whether you want a specific brand. 99% chance there will be a charge for any brand name you've ever ordered by name before.
May 19, 2019, 5:49 pm
#792
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 621
I generally don't fly AA, but I had AA miles to burn, so I have a real newb question here: on my upcoming AA flight, there's an option to specify what food item I want ahead of time. Since it says you pay once on board, I'm assuming that I can change my mind and just not take it without being charged for it?
May 19, 2019, 6:25 pm
#793
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
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I generally don't fly AA, but I had AA miles to burn, so I have a real newb question here: on my upcoming AA flight, there's an option to specify what food item I want ahead of time. Since it says you pay once on board, I'm assuming that I can change my mind and just not take it without being charged for it?
May 19, 2019, 6:27 pm
#794
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 621
May 19, 2019, 6:31 pm
#795
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,285
I generally don't fly AA, but I had AA miles to burn, so I have a real newb question here: on my upcoming AA flight, there's an option to specify what food item I want ahead of time. Since it says you pay once on board, I'm assuming that I can change my mind and just not take it without being charged for it?