New AA Award Chart with Dynamic Pricing
Apr 6, 23, 11:27 am
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Try for DC-Boston-Augusta/Rochester/BUF or something like that. It is sometimes cheaper in miles than DCA-BOS.
Apr 6, 23, 11:31 am
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This is like a tsunami were the first wave is just the beginning. It took DL a while to crack down on partner redemptions after it went “dynamic”, but DL got there too quickly from my perspective. AA will likely be able to get there quicker nowadays.
AA’s got a whole bunch of that YQ revenue coming in from mileage tickets for BA’s TATL flights, and so it will be interesting to see what AA does to choke off the “escape routes” to try to get away from AA’s devaluation monster.
AA’s got a whole bunch of that YQ revenue coming in from mileage tickets for BA’s TATL flights, and so it will be interesting to see what AA does to choke off the “escape routes” to try to get away from AA’s devaluation monster.
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Apr 6, 23, 11:48 am
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Beside devaluation of them, not much beyond that. AAs got a big, fat YQ goose in the mileage ticket picture that means AA has a somewhat different balancing act to pull off with regard to partner flights than has happened with other programs that have gone dynamic.
Apr 6, 23, 11:54 am
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Apr 6, 23, 12:12 pm
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Ouch. Glad I booked our tickets when I did. SJD-ALB on 10/8 I snagged for 60k in F. Now they are ALL 95k. For comparison, UA wanted 135k and DL wanted 125k (but once I login I believe UA went down to 125k and DL went down the 15%). However, UA for that flight date only had 12+ hour flights (overnights). DL had a one-stop (SJD-ATL-ALB) but still was almost double what AA wanted. Well, until now.
Apr 6, 23, 12:16 pm
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Long-hauls for me are buying Y and using an SWU, or just buying J to Asia via SQ as they are usually under $5k roundtrip.
Apr 6, 23, 12:33 pm
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That's ostensibly a more challenging endeavor for them from a technical standpoint because tmk partners don't charge them for seats on a dynamic basis (i.e. they use a fairly simple transfer pricing formula instead). I suppose there are ways to skin that beast though.
Apr 6, 23, 12:37 pm
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makes sense.
Apr 6, 23, 1:26 pm
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