Jan 18, 2021, 1:06 am
Last edit by: JDiver
Welcome to the archived 2021 "NEWBIE LOUNGE"Ask Your Consolidated / Combined AA Questions Here (flame free)
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Welcome to the Newbie Lounge!
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Q. How can I find information more easily than reading through all the threads? Now that I'm here, what do I do next?
Check out the following resources:
Searching can be key to finding important information and answers without waiting for someone to drop by and answer, and it helps prevent that information fragmentation. FlyerTalk Advanced Search can seem quirky to the infrequent user, but it's fairly powerful if one knows how to use it. There are several ways to search:
Forum basics: Now that the new AA has become by some measures "the world's largest airline", this new, combined has become a "mega-forum", very large, very active - and theoretically very difficult to find information and easy to lose one's place. Having to search for and sort through dozens - or more - of threads on baggage, airports, minimum connect times or the like could soon become unproductive and discouraging.
To prevent this from occurring, please note we try to:
Keep a few "sticky" threads: such as GUIDE posts, OSO / IROPS, etc. for urgent and quick reference, such as basic "where do I find" reasons
Keep threads to specific topics: Prevent information fragmentation and loss by consolidating questions, answers and discussion of one topic contained in one thread. (This also honors those members who have already shared valuable information and experiences.)
"Popular" threads are likely to have a Wikipost at the head that will summarize important information and have resource links. These are "community property", and as any wiki are established, maintained and updated by the members (with 90 days of tenure and 90 posts on FlyerTalk).
You may find your question or post merged into one of those threads. Be sure that we will leave a link behind from your original thread, and to look up to see if there's a wiki with information. We apologize for any possible inconvenience or difference between this forum and others, but we think you'll like some of the resources and tools here to enable more convenient, comfortable travel on AA and greater knowledge sharing.
Keep it welcoming: We're proud the members of both FFPs have kept the brickbats to a minimum; we want this forum to be welcoming, civil and information rich, so name calling (including calling a member one disagrees with "AApologist") and snark are not tolerated. Posts with such are likely to be summarily deleted in their entirety; repeated such behavior may result in suspension of one's membership privileges or being banned from this forum. Let's keep it friendly and in accordance with the FT Rules.
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NOTE: 2020 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here.
2019 NEWBIE LOUNGE older posts are here.
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The 2017 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2016 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
Thanks for reading!
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FOR THE 2022 THREAD, SEE HERE: link
Welcome to the Newbie Lounge!
Welcome to Flyertalk!
The Newbie Lounge is a place for newer and less experienced members to ask their questions about American Airlines and the AAdvantage program and have answered by our more experienced and knowledgeable members. Feel free to ask any question related to American Airlines and AAdvantage here.
NOTE: This is a "flame free" thread; flaming, personal criticism for "failing to search" etc. is not allowed (if posted, the post will be summarily deleted, the poster subject to sanctions).
Advanced questions posed by veteran FT users may be moved and / or merged into existing master or GUIDE threads, most of which have Wikiposts at the top of the page that contain summaries of important information.
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The Newbie Lounge is a place for newer and less experienced members to ask their questions about American Airlines and the AAdvantage program and have answered by our more experienced and knowledgeable members. Feel free to ask any question related to American Airlines and AAdvantage here.
NOTE: This is a "flame free" thread; flaming, personal criticism for "failing to search" etc. is not allowed (if posted, the post will be summarily deleted, the poster subject to sanctions).
Advanced questions posed by veteran FT users may be moved and / or merged into existing master or GUIDE threads, most of which have Wikiposts at the top of the page that contain summaries of important information.
We volunteer Moderators monitor this "lounge" thread to assist you as well. When browsing the fora, look at the page tops of the various forums. There will be a menu, and often "sticky" threads, and threads with header "wiki posts" (created and maintained by the FlyerTalk community) with important information relating to that forum / topic.
Don't hesitate to contact a moderator or another member if you have any additional questions. You can PM the Moderators by clicking on
, which pops up a message box; the message goes to all this forum's Moderators. Note that unlike some sites with paid staff moderators, FlyerTalk Moderators are volunteers, and most work, travel, go on holiday, etc. You can Private Message us using the PM system (My Flyertalk) and our handles.We're glad you've chosen to join the Flyertalk frequent flyer community!
Your American Airlines | AAdvantage Forum Moderation Team,
AZ Travels the World, aztimm, dstan, JDiver, JY1024, Microwave
(Our thanks to thread founder / "plank owner" HNL.)
Link to American Airlines Conditions of Carriage
Link to AAdvantage Terms and Conditions
NOTE: See below for links to the archived older threads.
Q. How can I find information more easily than reading through all the threads? Now that I'm here, what do I do next?
Check out the following resources:
- GUIDE: FT - AA Forum, LOUNGE DASHBOARD and OSO / IRROPS (Links to most important threads, "Help Desk" assistance threads, the thread with resources for off-schedule operations / irregular operations (including links to AA weather policy and tools), hub airport threads, AA lounge Dashboard for all lounges and lounge related issues.)
- FAQ: American Airlines and AAdvantage - Please check here first! (Our FAQ were originally written for the pre-merger AA forum, but there's still a lot of useful information there.)
- New and uncertain where to start here, and it's about American Airlines? Start in our "NEWBIE LOUNGE" thread, here: link.
- Do you have questions about other travel related issues that do not pertain to AA and are unsure where to start? Visit our Information Desk Forum here: U]link.
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- The NEW FlyerTalk: Helpful Hints, Tips and Suggestions to Enhance Your Experience (Information Desk Forum)
- FlyerTalk Glossary (What is all this jargon?)
- Airport Code Guide (How do I decode an airport code / find one for a city?)
Searching can be key to finding important information and answers without waiting for someone to drop by and answer, and it helps prevent that information fragmentation. FlyerTalk Advanced Search can seem quirky to the infrequent user, but it's fairly powerful if one knows how to use it. There are several ways to search:
- Canarsie's Using the Search Feature on FlyerTalk: The Definitive Thread has relocated to the Information Desk Forum; it can be found there.
- One can search FlyerTalk with Google with this web form.
- Or, if you are used to Google search, use Google Advanced Search and insert www.flyertalk.com in the "site or domain" box.
Forum basics: Now that the new AA has become by some measures "the world's largest airline", this new, combined has become a "mega-forum", very large, very active - and theoretically very difficult to find information and easy to lose one's place. Having to search for and sort through dozens - or more - of threads on baggage, airports, minimum connect times or the like could soon become unproductive and discouraging.
To prevent this from occurring, please note we try to:
Keep a few "sticky" threads: such as GUIDE posts, OSO / IROPS, etc. for urgent and quick reference, such as basic "where do I find" reasons
Keep threads to specific topics: Prevent information fragmentation and loss by consolidating questions, answers and discussion of one topic contained in one thread. (This also honors those members who have already shared valuable information and experiences.)
"Popular" threads are likely to have a Wikipost at the head that will summarize important information and have resource links. These are "community property", and as any wiki are established, maintained and updated by the members (with 90 days of tenure and 90 posts on FlyerTalk).
You may find your question or post merged into one of those threads. Be sure that we will leave a link behind from your original thread, and to look up to see if there's a wiki with information. We apologize for any possible inconvenience or difference between this forum and others, but we think you'll like some of the resources and tools here to enable more convenient, comfortable travel on AA and greater knowledge sharing.
Keep it welcoming: We're proud the members of both FFPs have kept the brickbats to a minimum; we want this forum to be welcoming, civil and information rich, so name calling (including calling a member one disagrees with "AApologist") and snark are not tolerated. Posts with such are likely to be summarily deleted in their entirety; repeated such behavior may result in suspension of one's membership privileges or being banned from this forum. Let's keep it friendly and in accordance with the FT Rules.
FlyerTalk Rules (We all agree to abide by these, and are held accountable.)
NOTE: 2020 NEWBIE LOUNGE posts are here.
2019 NEWBIE LOUNGE older posts are here.
The 2018 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2017 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
The 2016 AA NEWBIE LOUNGE post thread is here
Thanks for reading!
NEWBIE LOUNGE 2021: Ask AA newbie questions here - flame-free thread
Sep 14, 2021, 11:16 pm
#751
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 643
Friends,
I've just put in an SWU for nrt-dfw-lga. The first leg cleared, but dfw-lga did not. The record locator was showing me as having requested the usual EXP complimentary upgrade request, NOT the SWU request. I called in to AA, and they said that to make it an SWU request, they have to repress the automatic complimentary request. She says she did so, but whatever she did seems to have repressed the part of the ticket record that shows upgrade requests. Is what she did correct and beneficial?
Thanks!
I've just put in an SWU for nrt-dfw-lga. The first leg cleared, but dfw-lga did not. The record locator was showing me as having requested the usual EXP complimentary upgrade request, NOT the SWU request. I called in to AA, and they said that to make it an SWU request, they have to repress the automatic complimentary request. She says she did so, but whatever she did seems to have repressed the part of the ticket record that shows upgrade requests. Is what she did correct and beneficial?
Thanks!
Sep 15, 2021, 6:02 am
#752
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,498
Friends,
I've just put in an SWU for nrt-dfw-lga. The first leg cleared, but dfw-lga did not. The record locator was showing me as having requested the usual EXP complimentary upgrade request, NOT the SWU request. I called in to AA, and they said that to make it an SWU request, they have to repress the automatic complimentary request. She says she did so, but whatever she did seems to have repressed the part of the ticket record that shows upgrade requests. Is what she did correct and beneficial?
Thanks!
I've just put in an SWU for nrt-dfw-lga. The first leg cleared, but dfw-lga did not. The record locator was showing me as having requested the usual EXP complimentary upgrade request, NOT the SWU request. I called in to AA, and they said that to make it an SWU request, they have to repress the automatic complimentary request. She says she did so, but whatever she did seems to have repressed the part of the ticket record that shows upgrade requests. Is what she did correct and beneficial?
Thanks!
Sep 16, 2021, 8:12 pm
#754
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: PHX
Programs: AAexp, AC75k, HertzPC, NationalEE, Accor/MariottP, Hilton/HyattG
Posts: 3,614
Hello,
New to AA had a couple quick questions...
1) I have flights upcoming in October/November this year to DFW, MIA, LAX, BOG, LIM, LHR. Are the schedules and plane configurations pretty set in stone now for these routes so there likely won't be any cancellations/schedule changes?
2) For DFW-MIA and LAX-MIA, are schedule changes common from 3 class 77W to 2 class 772?
3) I heard temporarily, Canada qualifies for AC access flying J. If I flew YYC-DFW-MIA, would I get access at DFW? MIA-DFW-YYC at MIA and DFW?
Thanks in advance for your help
New to AA had a couple quick questions...
1) I have flights upcoming in October/November this year to DFW, MIA, LAX, BOG, LIM, LHR. Are the schedules and plane configurations pretty set in stone now for these routes so there likely won't be any cancellations/schedule changes?
2) For DFW-MIA and LAX-MIA, are schedule changes common from 3 class 77W to 2 class 772?
3) I heard temporarily, Canada qualifies for AC access flying J. If I flew YYC-DFW-MIA, would I get access at DFW? MIA-DFW-YYC at MIA and DFW?
Thanks in advance for your help
Sep 16, 2021, 11:55 pm
#755
Join Date: May 2021
Programs: Marriott Gold, Delta Silver, AA Platinum
Posts: 81
Hello,
New to AA had a couple quick questions...
1) I have flights upcoming in October/November this year to DFW, MIA, LAX, BOG, LIM, LHR. Are the schedules and plane configurations pretty set in stone now for these routes so there likely won't be any cancellations/schedule changes?
2) For DFW-MIA and LAX-MIA, are schedule changes common from 3 class 77W to 2 class 772?
3) I heard temporarily, Canada qualifies for AC access flying J. If I flew YYC-DFW-MIA, would I get access at DFW? MIA-DFW-YYC at MIA and DFW?
Thanks in advance for your help
New to AA had a couple quick questions...
1) I have flights upcoming in October/November this year to DFW, MIA, LAX, BOG, LIM, LHR. Are the schedules and plane configurations pretty set in stone now for these routes so there likely won't be any cancellations/schedule changes?
2) For DFW-MIA and LAX-MIA, are schedule changes common from 3 class 77W to 2 class 772?
3) I heard temporarily, Canada qualifies for AC access flying J. If I flew YYC-DFW-MIA, would I get access at DFW? MIA-DFW-YYC at MIA and DFW?
Thanks in advance for your help
2. DFW-MIA I can't really speak for that, but typically whatever plane it says on the website is the one you're flying on. LAX-MIA it is nonexistent, I've actually had my flight be upguaged to a 77W from a 772 (however there is like one case i know of)
3. Pretty much a permanent change, so yeah you would get access.
Sep 17, 2021, 11:32 am
#756
Join Date: Mar 2019
Programs: Marriott Plat, AA Plat
Posts: 122
Strangely, seeing that AA has direct JFK>PHL availability for the month of November only (~5 flights per day). No availability before in October, and none after in December and beyond. Never seen something like this before. Seeing via google flights.
I'm actually looking into booking something that has a JKF>PHL leg in the hope that it would get cancelled to reroute to a better itinerary. That's why I'm asking. Anyone with insight on this? Surely this is a schedule glitch and these flights get taken out?
I'm actually looking into booking something that has a JKF>PHL leg in the hope that it would get cancelled to reroute to a better itinerary. That's why I'm asking. Anyone with insight on this? Surely this is a schedule glitch and these flights get taken out?
Sep 17, 2021, 6:06 pm
#757
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SAN
Programs: AS 75K, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 32
Anyone know when American will extend their schedule to include second half of August 2022? Thanks.
Sep 17, 2021, 7:35 pm
#759
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: Southwest A-List, Alaska MVP
Posts: 1,231
Anyone know if there’s a way to reserve seats for an AA flight on a QR booking?
Sep 18, 2021, 7:32 am
#760
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 2,203
Assuming here that this is an award? If yes, AA can request or u can call QR. award booking, recently, have not allowed you to access seats via their website or app. If it is a paid booking, then you should be able to access seats via the QR site.
Sep 18, 2021, 8:55 am
#761
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: AA EP; Bonvoy Platinum: Hilton Gold
Posts: 535
My wife is traveling on AA economy, her return trip is tomorrow from BOS to AUS. I have access to her account, is there anyway to buy her up to the front of the plane her during travel if there is availability?
Sep 18, 2021, 9:06 am
#762
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,498
You can always just call AA and pay the fare difference to business. Otherwise there will sometimes be buy-up offers when you pull up her reservation online and/or check-in.
Sep 18, 2021, 11:06 pm
#763
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, DCA, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS, BA, DL, HH (D), MR (T/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (PLT/1,87MM), WN
Posts: 5,207
I’m about $4000 EQD away from EXP and AA is offering JFK-LHR in first for 3285 r/t (2900 EQD)? Should I go for it? Or should forget about it?
Sep 18, 2021, 11:28 pm
#764
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: Southwest A-List, Alaska MVP
Posts: 1,231
Paid and can’t do it on QR
Sep 19, 2021, 1:53 am
#765
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
Only you can decide the value of getting EXP. Do you have a reason to be in LHR? If not, there are cheaper ways to get $4000 EQD with partners.