New - using miles for better seats
Aug 1, 2020, 10:41 pm
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New - using miles for better seats
Checking into my flight for tomorrow I found a new little quirk - AA is offering seat options (MCE, etc.) for a mileage copay. Didn't get to see what the mileage redemption rates were, but its an interesting quirk.
Aug 1, 2020, 11:33 pm
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Rest assure, AA is not going to ask for a few hundred, but thousands. So it is best to forget it and pay with cash instead.
Aug 2, 2020, 2:42 pm
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You're Platinum Pro? Why is AA trying to charge you a co-pay in any currency?
Aug 2, 2020, 5:23 pm
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KL/AF use €0.004 per mile.
Perhaps it simply said “$0 or 0 miles”, hence why he couldn’t see the rate.
Aug 2, 2020, 6:15 pm
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Delta has done this for C+ and F upgrades for years now. It’s usually an offer that includes a money and/or mileage upgrade. Miles are usually charged at the equivalent pay with miles rate.
Aug 3, 2020, 8:34 am
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I miss the days when the seat map on the plane.. had your pick of any seat.... expect J and F of course...
you know there will be a time, when they will start charging for every seat you choose....
you know there will be a time, when they will start charging for every seat you choose....
Aug 3, 2020, 8:39 am
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If you don't have any status that's basically already the case unless you want to sit in 28B or something like that.
Aug 3, 2020, 8:45 am
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Aug 3, 2020, 9:13 am
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I was put in F once before I had status, and it was a total surprise. But certainly never something I would expect.
I saw something about the seats for miles on a Facebook group a week or so ago and the only thing I wondered was, "what took them so long."
Aug 3, 2020, 9:56 am
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I remember the days that the check in agent assigned your seat but with flight loads back then unless you were traveling at a peak time, or showed up towards the end of check in, it was always the choice of a window or aisle. The same service and spacing so there was far less stress if you were in 8A versus 25A, unless you had a tight connection.
Aug 3, 2020, 10:39 am
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Back when I could select any seat (before I had any status), I never expected J or F. Not sure why someone would expect to get one of those, especially without status.
I was put in F once before I had status, and it was a total surprise. But certainly never something I would expect.
I saw something about the seats for miles on a Facebook group a week or so ago and the only thing I wondered was, "what took them so long."
I was put in F once before I had status, and it was a total surprise. But certainly never something I would expect.
I saw something about the seats for miles on a Facebook group a week or so ago and the only thing I wondered was, "what took them so long."
Aug 3, 2020, 3:49 pm
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