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 25, 2019, 12:25 am
#61
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Although I didn't need to be reminded, being restricted to AA metal, what this new tool has done is highlight the extreme scarcity of premium awards at reasonable redemption rates. I have yet to find a single date in 2019 when 2 TATL PE Saver awards are available. In that respect this change is virtually an irrelevance.
Last edited by Blueboys999; Jan 25, 2019 at 12:32 am
Jan 25, 2019, 8:13 am
#62
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Jan 25, 2019, 10:36 am
#63
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Jan 25, 2019, 5:52 pm
#64
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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While AA is still not booking PE awards on partner airlines, I just got a PE between JFK-HKG-SGN using my AS miles for a mere 35K and $29! 50K is absurd, but I suspect the idea is to sell the seats, not "give" them away as awards. Though wish we could do a miles upgrade from Y to PE for my JFK-GRU-JFK flights in April. Maybe they'll have a buy-up option since the cabin is quite empty (as is J and F two months out!
BTW was trying to use the aa.com booking tool this afternoon, as well as the app, to check out PE availability and nothing was showing in the flight class bar.
BTW was trying to use the aa.com booking tool this afternoon, as well as the app, to check out PE availability and nothing was showing in the flight class bar.
Jan 27, 2019, 9:33 pm
#66
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Location: TPA
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Posts: 2,811
www.aa.com/booking/search?from=lax&to=TYO&depart=2019-01-28&pax=2&eliteLevel=executivePlatinum&milesBalance =412509&cabin=&type=OneWay&errors&App-Token&locale=en_US&pos=US
interesting, if you look at the URL that the new search engine passes when you do a search it includes your elite status and mileage balance. This suggests to me that searches may finally include the "hidden" extra inventory that is supposed to be available to EXP and CK (similar to what DL and United already do I believe).
It also passes your mileage balance which is interesting. The optimist in me thinks that they need that perhaps because they will let you book awards that you don't yet have enough miles for. The pessimist in me thinks its because they will charge higher prices for people with more miles :-)
Trying to figure out the cabin code for PE, i tried W for the LAX-NRT legs and got 32.5K. Is that the Saaver miles for PE between US and N. Asia??? We will find out tomorrow I guess. (If so there is plenty of availability for that.)
UPDATE: No the 32.5K for economy saaver. Can't figure out what code they are using for premium economy, maybe someone else can. Tool is down now anyway.
interesting, if you look at the URL that the new search engine passes when you do a search it includes your elite status and mileage balance. This suggests to me that searches may finally include the "hidden" extra inventory that is supposed to be available to EXP and CK (similar to what DL and United already do I believe).
It also passes your mileage balance which is interesting. The optimist in me thinks that they need that perhaps because they will let you book awards that you don't yet have enough miles for. The pessimist in me thinks its because they will charge higher prices for people with more miles :-)
Trying to figure out the cabin code for PE, i tried W for the LAX-NRT legs and got 32.5K. Is that the Saaver miles for PE between US and N. Asia??? We will find out tomorrow I guess. (If so there is plenty of availability for that.)
UPDATE: No the 32.5K for economy saaver. Can't figure out what code they are using for premium economy, maybe someone else can. Tool is down now anyway.
Jan 28, 2019, 6:10 am
#67
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Both cookies and the referer header can be edited client-side, so that wouldn't be very effective either. If the server relies on the info for processing, it should be stored in a server-side session or something (which could have a cookie as a pointer).
Jan 29, 2019, 12:32 am
#69
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AA EP; HH Diamond; Marriott Plat; IHG Plat; National EE
Posts: 342
Another great roll-out by American. Looking at, for example, DFW-LHR I can't find a single saver redemption at 40K for PE this year. Might have been nice to actually make some seats available at inception.
Jan 29, 2019, 9:05 pm
#70
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Skyview
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 32
Although I didn't need to be reminded, being restricted to AA metal, what this new tool has done is highlight the extreme scarcity of premium awards at reasonable redemption rates. I have yet to find a single date in 2019 when 2 TATL PE Saver awards are available. In that respect this change is virtually an irrelevance.
Jan 30, 2019, 8:53 am
#72
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Jan 30, 2019, 9:17 am
#73
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My error was looking for flights to somewhere that I would be interested in visiting at a time when I would be prepared to go!
Jan 30, 2019, 9:28 am
#74
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Since when does PE cost more than lie flat J? Or are you being amazingly obtuse....
