Married segment availability for partner awards?
Jun 14, 2022 | 8:52 pm
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Married segment availability for partner awards?
I had been searching for JL award space between US-Japan. I noticed when searching DTW-TYO, a number of options show up through New York on JAL, whereas when searching NYC-TYO directly, zero options appear.
Has AA extended their married segment availability to cover partner flights? Is this new? Do you think the nonstop is something I would be able to book over the phone with an agent?
Has AA extended their married segment availability to cover partner flights? Is this new? Do you think the nonstop is something I would be able to book over the phone with an agent?
Jun 14, 2022 | 9:45 pm
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The partner controls their availability, including married segment logic if they so desire.
Jun 14, 2022 | 11:51 pm
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First, it's definitely not an AA thing. AS doesn't show F availability for just flight either.
Is this a matter of them only offering the availability to certain destinations (that they don't serve?) I always thought that married segment referred to multiple flights on the same operating carrier.
Last edited by VegasGambler; Jun 15, 2022 at 11:55 am
Jun 15, 2022 | 12:12 am
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It's possible JAL doesn't want to offer F award seats NYC-TYO since they might have a higher chance filling seats on that route with paying F passengers -- i.e., they don't want otherwise revenue passengers to decide to use miles instead. Meanwhile, it's less likely someone flying from FNT (for example) would be buying F to TYO.
Jun 15, 2022 | 12:29 am
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Dec 9, 2024 | 10:03 pm
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"We didn't find a match, so we added nearby airports" - itinerary via target airport
I was looking for an award trip between Auckland and Adelaide, but aa.com tells me that there's no availability on that date. But I can fly via Adelaide to Kangaroo Island (island just south of Adelaide). Yeah, that seems logical... LOL!
Dec 10, 2024 | 2:14 pm
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