HofstraJet

Looking to book US-Europe-Australia on one PNR. I am aware it is multiple awards (two J saver are cheaper than one anytime in J going the other way) - any way to get them on one PNR so I will be protected in case of IRROPS? Website doesn't seem to allow it.

Thanks!

JJeffrey

Yes you should be able to book it as one PNR. I've done this several times.

When trying to book it at aa.com, are you using the multi-city booking?

guv1976

All AAdvantage awards are now one-ways. Just as you can have two one-way awards which form a roundtrip placed in a single PNR, so too can you have two one-way awards which don't form a roundtrip placed in a single PNR.

And keep in mind that, since you are booking two awards, you are free to have a lengthy stopover in Europe, if desired.

HofstraJet

guv1976

What, exactly, happens when you attempt to book U.S.-Europe as the first flight on the multi-city booking engine, and Europe-Australia (on a subsequent date) as the second flight?

Dave Noble

It makes perfect sense to get the awards booked as a through booking rather than 2 separate bookings. You will get the benefits of baggage checked through and protection should you misconnect which you will not get otherwise

If not stopping over, wouldn't it be an easier journey just to fly JFK-AUH if it is available?

HofstraJet

At first, it kept telling me that one of the flights wasn't available but when I booked individually, it would be available. That issue resolved itself in a day or so and now the website goes to the next page where it shows the cost summary and passenger details but then when I click to go to the following page, I get the "This page has taken flight" error. Tried a few browsers and cleared cookies, so it seems to be a website issue. Going to call in.

Thanks for the tip - I looked into that but there's no non-stop in J/F and the fees are also much higher. May position into another city to get a premium cabin across the Atlantic since if I do the first leg as CLT/RDU/MIA/ORD to CDG/LHR, then the TATL leg becomes available in J to the connecting European city as opposed to doing US-AUH/AUH-Melbourne which then won't provide a premium cabin TATL. I've got it down to 142,500 miles and $69.20 in J all the way (instead of 375K miles going the other way through LAX).

Am going to call to get it booked.

iadisgreat

Nevermind

guv1976

I hope that you weren't putting in your intended connecting points in the multi-city booking engine. So, for example, on the second line of the search engine, you should just be entering, say, CDG-SYD. The search engine should then produce available award routings -- if there is availability. If you search segment by segment, you might run into a "married segment" availability problem.

HofstraJet

Correct - line 1 would be ORD-CDG and line 2 CDG-SYD. The system routes me through PHL to get to CDG and through AUH to get to SYD, all of which is fine with decent layovers.

guv1976

Easier, yes. But slightly more miles -- at least in Business Class.

HofstraJet

And no J availability on TATL when doing it that way.

JJeffrey

I just played around with a few dates for a dummy multi-city booking of RDU-LHR + LHR-SYD and get the same error. Summary page just after selecting flights shows up fine, then you click Continue and get the "this page must have taken flight" error page.

Last year I booked RDU-LHR-AUH-HKT as a single PNR award ticket (before you could book EY awards at aa.com). I just tried a dummy booking of that as well and got the same error, so it's definitely an aa.com issue. Should be no problem to book, just need to call AA.