Jan 23, 2019, 9:56 am
Last edit by: SpammersAreScum
Premium Economy awards can be booked on at least some partner airlines.
This booking "tool" includes PE awards
Booking class for MileSAAver Premium Economy is X class.
MileSAAver is appearing to be:
US-Europe 40,000 miles
US-Asia 50,000 miles
... but can be less
Link to Gary Leff’s View From the Wing page
Aircraft with Premium Economy:
Airbus A330-200
Boeing 777-200 and -300
Boeing 787-8 in retrofit currently, completion expected by Q3
Boeing 787-9
Gary Leff States there will not be any associated upgrade changes (Y to PE, PE to J) at this time.
Link to AA AAdvantage flight award chart including PE
This booking "tool" includes PE awards
Booking class for MileSAAver Premium Economy is X class.
MileSAAver is appearing to be:
US-Europe 40,000 miles
US-Asia 50,000 miles
... but can be less
Link to Gary Leff’s View From the Wing page
Aircraft with Premium Economy:
Airbus A330-200
Boeing 777-200 and -300
Boeing 787-8 in retrofit currently, completion expected by Q3
Boeing 787-9
Gary Leff States there will not be any associated upgrade changes (Y to PE, PE to J) at this time.
Link to AA AAdvantage flight award chart including PE
Premium economy award redemption as of 24 Jan 2019
Jan 24, 2019, 11:13 am
#46
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Los Angeles& Telluride
Programs: UA1K, 1MM,AA Exec. Platinum, Global Entry, Nexus
Posts: 731
On the phone with AA looking for 2 PE seats to LHR anytime in July or Aug. And the costs are off the charts. 110K for one way. that's a bunch of crap.
Time to burn my miles on a great NZ trip and tell all legacy carriers to kiss my A--.
Time to burn my miles on a great NZ trip and tell all legacy carriers to kiss my A--.
Jan 24, 2019, 11:22 am
#47
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 6
Good luck... online tool shows availability from MCO-MAD for 110k miles, SAAver tickets all show unavailable for premium economy. Looks like they're just hoping people will go straight to the AAnytime fares
Jan 24, 2019, 11:50 am
#50
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: MIA
Posts: 498
Couple stand outs here.
- HOLY CRAP that Hawaii cost seems egregious
- AA didnt add a lower 48 cost so I guess its going to continue to allow MCE upgrade costs for PE access on domestic wide body
- Why didnt AA add a cost for Mexico? They fly up to 3x daily 787 to Cancun this winter which seems more relevant than the Summer Alaska service
Jan 24, 2019, 11:58 am
#51
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: PHL
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Hilton HHonors Diamond
Posts: 1,202
Yeah, those rates are insane especially coupled with the fares to Hawaii in premium economy. AA's fares in premium and first are actually quite reasonable XXX-DFW-Hawaii IMO.
If people blow 100K miles for a $1,600 ticket, then AA knows what it is doing and we can only fault uninformed flyers for that chart.
If people blow 100K miles for a $1,600 ticket, then AA knows what it is doing and we can only fault uninformed flyers for that chart.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:13 pm
#52
Join Date: Aug 2003
Programs: Bonvoy Amb; AA EXP
Posts: 1,136
The issue with that logic is it could potentially assign an inflated value to miles. If this is the new normal, maybe $100K is what a $1,600 ticket costs in miles. I'm in your camp though, and I am not predisposed to want to use miles in the case you present.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:51 pm
#53
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 745
1.6 cpm is not an unreasonable valuation for AA miles, especially since the reward flight is likely a lot more flexible than the cash one.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:53 pm
#54
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MSY; 2-time FT Fantasy Football Champ, now in recovery.
Programs: AA lifetime GLD; UA Silver; Marriott LTTE; IHG Plat,
Posts: 14,517
Jan 24, 2019, 1:36 pm
#57
Join Date: Aug 2003
Programs: Bonvoy Amb; AA EXP
Posts: 1,136
Plenty of saver miles available on BA, though! Of course they are $1,200 each way for gas...
Jan 24, 2019, 1:42 pm
#58
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,027
That's not a "BA thing" that's a supply and demand thing.
Regards
Jan 24, 2019, 2:02 pm
#59
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
Saver Economy space on AA is quite plentiful in my experience. I also thought Hawaii pricing was odd, but I wonder if it has to do with the difference between a predominantly leisure vs business market— and depending on origin Hawaii is actually farther than Europe.
Jan 24, 2019, 3:32 pm
#60
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MSY; 2-time FT Fantasy Football Champ, now in recovery.
Programs: AA lifetime GLD; UA Silver; Marriott LTTE; IHG Plat,
Posts: 14,517
There's no surcharge option for AA to push you to instead, so I'd hoped (foolishly I guess) that availability might be better...
