Experience with AA reprotecting C class to BA?
Apr 20, 2020, 5:20 pm
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Experience with AA reprotecting C class to BA?
In the past, when AA has had IRROPS on a transatlantic C class flight (ie, using eVIP), AA has reprotected onto BA metal (booked as either the AA codeshare or even onto the BA flight number). That happened to me twice, on day of departure. Has anyone had an actual experience (rather than speculation), when AA has cancelled its flight several months in advance and the AA metal alternative (in this case, 8 hours earlier), won't work? The first agent I spoke with said they won't reprotect in BA business, but will if I downgrade. It's my understanding that the AA/BA joint venture does provide for reprotection in the originally ticketed cabin (ie, business).
Apr 20, 2020, 5:44 pm
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In the past, when AA has had IRROPS on a transatlantic C class flight (ie, using eVIP), AA has reprotected onto BA metal (booked as either the AA codeshare or even onto the BA flight number). That happened to me twice, on day of departure. Has anyone had an actual experience (rather than speculation), when AA has cancelled its flight several months in advance and the AA metal alternative (in this case, 8 hours earlier), won't work? The first agent I spoke with said they won't reprotect in BA business, but will if I downgrade. It's my understanding that the AA/BA joint venture does provide for reprotection in the originally ticketed cabin (ie, business).
In this case your originally ticketed cabin is economy, so the agent was correct in that if you wanted to downgrade back to economy then they could rebook you on BA (most likely as the AA codeshare flight number).
There's a big difference between schedule changes in advance and day of departure irrops.
Apr 21, 2020, 8:50 am
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Every time my SWU / VIP has been protected on BA (going back to when one couldn’t earn AA miles flying BA USA-UK or v.v.) has been during IROPS / OSO. A couple of times there were schedule changes the upgrade was maintained only on AA metal, though that required less desirable changes.
to AA for evidently relaxing this policy a bit given the current situation. Makes sense given the lack of AA metal long haul options.
Apr 21, 2020, 8:34 pm
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Apr 21, 2020, 11:08 pm
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1. LAX-SYD the next day2. LAX-HKG-SYD
3. LAX-MEL-SYD
All in J. Basically jump on the first one that I could.
Apr 22, 2020, 4:53 pm
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I didn't have luck in mid-March.
I was forced to fly Hkg KUL NRT DFW DCA btv all in J class in AA codeshare or AA in the end. No dice on hkg JFK xxx btv.
But I got 4500 EQD instead of 350 EQD.
I was forced to fly Hkg KUL NRT DFW DCA btv all in J class in AA codeshare or AA in the end. No dice on hkg JFK xxx btv.
But I got 4500 EQD instead of 350 EQD.