New AA Award Chart with Dynamic Pricing
Apr 7, 23, 10:46 am
#151
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That doesn't seem to be true domestic awards (which is where the real value on AA metal has been for a while IMO -- partner J/F for international and AA Y + possible comp upgrade for domestic).
The "starting at" price is 7500 miles, which is significantly lower than the old sAAver price of 12,500. Also, it didn't take me long to find a PHX-BUR flight for 6500 miles (literally the first day I checked for PHX-LAX). I would expect these 6500 mile flights to eventually go away, which is a devaluation, but not a huge one. I'm not sure if 6500 miles was the floor before but I haven't seen anything cheaper within at least the past year.
The "starting at" price is 7500 miles, which is significantly lower than the old sAAver price of 12,500. Also, it didn't take me long to find a PHX-BUR flight for 6500 miles (literally the first day I checked for PHX-LAX). I would expect these 6500 mile flights to eventually go away, which is a devaluation, but not a huge one. I'm not sure if 6500 miles was the floor before but I haven't seen anything cheaper within at least the past year.
The cheap long-haul J award days on AA are gone....and have been.
Apr 7, 23, 10:53 am
#152
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yeah. remind me that again when I score 2-3 business class flights to the uk each year that have a cash cost of 6-8k (a few days notice - on any airline, not just AA) for 115k miles OR LESS on occasion. the house doesnt win ALL of the time, only MOST of the time. sorry if you havent figured out how to advance from any seven or keno...
Apr 7, 23, 11:12 am
#153
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DL breaks out award constructions at "Fare Rules" link, so you don't actually need to guess. The 40K booking is a combination of 17.5K and 22.5K awards as can be seen below (mileage amounts are encoded in award fare basis codes). There could be inventory issues on through awards on route or they simply don't allow through awards with this routing.
Sorry to keep going a bit OT, but since we all think AA is going to the dark side, understanding of and comparison to its predecessors-of-evil is useful.
Apr 7, 23, 11:14 am
#154
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yeah. remind me that again when I score 2-3 business class flights to the uk each year that have a cash cost of 6-8k (a few days notice - on any airline, not just AA) for 115k miles OR LESS on occasion. the house doesnt win ALL of the time, only MOST of the time. sorry if you havent figured out how to advance from any seven or keno...
Apr 7, 23, 11:17 am
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that MAY be the case in the future, but right now it isnt and historically it has not been. and thats NOT what the poster i responded to was claiming.
Apr 7, 23, 11:28 am
#156
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Some of the partner deals may still work, but the AA-only deals in this article from March aren't available anymore.
The 10 Best Deals We’ve Found Using American AAdvantage Miles [Thrifty Traveler, which I have absolutely no association with]
The 10 Best Deals We’ve Found Using American AAdvantage Miles [Thrifty Traveler, which I have absolutely no association with]
Apr 7, 23, 11:45 am
#157
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Some of the partner deals may still work, but the AA-only deals in this article from March aren't available anymore.
The 10 Best Deals Weve Found Using American AAdvantage Miles [Thrifty Traveler, which I have absolutely no association with]
The 10 Best Deals Weve Found Using American AAdvantage Miles [Thrifty Traveler, which I have absolutely no association with]
come on man....
Apr 7, 23, 11:47 am
#158
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Apr 7, 23, 1:30 pm
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LOL
“This product has become the product that our members have gravitated to,” said Chris Isaac, director of loyalty for American Airlines, in an interview with CNBC. The airline followed up by noting award prices set dynamically were lower than the static award chart “up to 85% of the time over the last few years.”
“This product has become the product that our members have gravitated to,” said Chris Isaac, director of loyalty for American Airlines, in an interview with CNBC. The airline followed up by noting award prices set dynamically were lower than the static award chart “up to 85% of the time over the last few years.”
Apr 7, 23, 2:11 pm
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One of my biggest takeaways from this is that EXP seems A LOT more appealing now. It seems much better to buy a Y TATL ticket for 30k-40k and just do an in-app upgrade, etc. versus spending 180k for a one way flight.
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Apr 7, 23, 2:21 pm
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"just apply" implies it's easy to apply an SWU. It's not. Finding C space availability can be tricky and require a lot of flexibility and patience.
Apr 7, 23, 2:27 pm
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Apr 7, 23, 2:35 pm
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Apr 7, 23, 2:45 pm
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