JJeffrey

Haven't needed to use that in a while but just tried it for an upcoming reservation and it was the same, PNR but nothing else. That trick may be dead.

777lover

I believe they can book those 2 awards on one PNR.

AirborneLocksmith

I’m looking to book a round trip economy trip to Europe, and I’m looking to book an itinerary that only includes AA flights.
For my preferred return flights, AA doesn’t have any of the cheaper fare buckets left, but Finnair sells the preferred itinerary (all AA flights with AY codeshare flight numbers) for about $200 less than AA.
The fare includes one checked bag and as AA Platinum I will get a second bag for free no matter if I book the AA flight numbers or AY codeshare flight numbers, right?
What downsides are there to booking the AY codeshares?
If I book the itinerary on AA, I can change the flights and pay any applicable fare difference, and the same would be true for the AY ticket (“If you bought a Classic ticket on/after 15 June 2021 and change your booking, you only pay the fare difference between your original and new tickets, if any”)

erdoran

I booked a pretty complex itinerary thru iberia.

Phl-lhr on BA
lhr-mad on ib
mad-doh and doh-mle on qr

return
mle-doh-mad qr
mad-phl aa

I called IB as soon as I made this booking and gave them my Aadvantage # and said I wanted this whole trip credited to that. I confirmed and reconfirmed I was getting aa credit.

Outbound was 12/27 and no credit has shown up yet with Aa but this morning, midway through my return flights I got an email from iberia confirming I had earned miles from them. I’m sitting in their lounge right now so I asked the person at the desk how to fix and got an absolute runaround. She clearly has no clue.

how do I sort this out? I put in a missing mileage request with Aa for outbound but it’s too soon for inbound, and I suspect they get bounced because some miles were credited to ib.

help!

Carolina2Cali

I believe you are correct on all accounts. Someone else may have more to offer. Don't see any downsides, HOWEVER, question, why are you trying to stay on only AA metal? Are you trying to use an upgrade instrument or something? If so, booking through AY could indeed prove problematic. Curious as to your answer

Fluff Ermine

Thoughts on trying to maintain Plat Pro from Instant Status Pass if I fly about 20 segments a year for business & leisure, mainly transcon / Hawaii, from a non hub (SFO)? I’m keen on starting to build my AA mileage balance anyways with Bask and some other means, and thought this would be a fun little side game with some shopping portal spend and getting a sizable chunk of base miles from my Hyatt stays.

Would continue to stay loyal to United given SFO hub but flight experience has been miserable these days.

diburning

Well, wouldn't you need to requalify for Plat Pro (if that's the tier you were given), in order to get another 4 months as a Plat Pro? And then you'd need to requalify yet again to keep it for the rest of the year after that.

Fluff Ermine

That’s right. The timing aspect of it every 4 months is a little limiting so I’d have to do some spend timing / inorganic spend to get to 42K each 4 months. I’d say I can get ~60-70K LPs organically so I guess I’m wondering if it’s worth the extra effort to gather another 65K LPs for PP. Mainly just speaking from not getting jack on United as a Gold and having Flagship as a potential upgrade option on my most traveled route.

AirborneLocksmith

AA offers the only options for a one-stop itinerary, either AA transatlantic to DFW/CLT + AA domestic or BA to LHR + AA transatlantic to my destination.
AA Platinum gives me MCE on AA. I don't think I'd get free access to increased leg room seats on other OW airlines, and flying IB/AY/BA across the Atlantic would require two connections.

js1993

Is it normal for a multi-city trip (AAA-BBB/BBB-CCC) all on AA metal to have multiple ticket numbers?

Also, does the AA/B6 benefits reciprocity apply to the 70-pound bag limit that AA elites are allowed?

Thanks.

Eurynom0s

How long should it take for the mileage from an Alaska flight to credit to my account?

DebBrown

Where can I see the fare classes with seats available for a specific flight? I think I used to get this info from ExpertFlyer but no longer have the premium subscription so can't check. Is there somewhere else? We're trying to figure out why a certain day has a higher fare but all I can see is if seats are taken which isn't necessarily conclusive of number of seats sold.

Carolina2Cali

From my experience flights post every Wednesday for flights taken through Tuesday of that week, so if you fly on a Wednesday you wait a week, if you fly on a Tuesday it should be just a day... typically.

Carolina2Cali

Did I miss something, my Platinum Pro benefit I just earned (working towards EXP again before end of February) says I must choose by end of March? Last year I had a whole year to pick, by end of December. I don't want to pick an SWU this early, I have quite a few. When did this happen?

gnggng

My flight on an award ticket was chnged and meant arriving 6 hours later with a 7 hour layover.

I called AA on 01/08/2023 to request a change to a different flight the previous day. She made the change and said since part of it was on British she would have to request it. It was showing up on the award search and she said it was available.The flight has been showing as on request now for 11 days.

My question is, is this amount of time unusual, and is there a chance it won’t go through. I am concerned that it won’t and other fights available now may be booked by the time I find out?