Sep 24, 2014, 7:42 am
Last edit by: JDiver
El Al partnership ended November 2014
Effective November 1, 2014, flights taken on El Al ceased accruing AAdvantage miles due to the discontinuation of American's frequent flyer relationship with El Al. (BUT read post 121 and onward.)
All award travel on El Al had to be booked and ticketed by October 31, 2014. Travel was valid one year after ticket date, and had to be completed by October 31, 2015. No changes to the El Al segments were allowed during that period.
AA and El Al may continue to code share on some flights.
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Effective November 1, 2014, flights taken on El Al ceased accruing AAdvantage miles due to the discontinuation of American's frequent flyer relationship with El Al. (BUT read post 121 and onward.)
All award travel on El Al had to be booked and ticketed by October 31, 2014. Travel was valid one year after ticket date, and had to be completed by October 31, 2015. No changes to the El Al segments were allowed during that period.
AA and El Al may continue to code share on some flights.
(Source)
American Airlines and LY / EL AL Israel Airlines Codeshares
Feb 15, 2008, 6:56 am
#31
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: EL AL Gold, BA Gold, LH M&M
Posts: 1,050
Any news on AA and LY codeshare?
Does anyone know when the codesharing agreement starts between AA and LY?
Do you know the flights that will be codeshared on each airline?
when will it start showing up on reservatin system?
Do you know the flights that will be codeshared on each airline?
when will it start showing up on reservatin system?
Mar 15, 2008, 1:06 pm
#33
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: bay area, california
Programs: aa exp 1MM, alaska air, united, hhonors gold, spg gold
Posts: 686
Application still pending. Here's the DOT info.
You can sign up for notification of any approvals by clicking on the notification link upper right.
You can sign up for notification of any approvals by clicking on the notification link upper right.
Mar 16, 2008, 2:05 pm
#34
Moderator, El Al and Marriott Bonvoy, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SIN
Programs: SQ*G, Mar LTT, Hyatt Glb, AA LTG, LY, HH, IC, BA, DL, UA SLV
Posts: 12,018
Application still pending. Here's the DOT info.
You can sign up for notification of any approvals by clicking on the notification link upper right.
You can sign up for notification of any approvals by clicking on the notification link upper right.
I've signed up for notification as I don't have enough obscure things that I keep track of.
Mar 17, 2008, 9:16 am
#36
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: UA 1K, AA 2MM, Bonvoy LT Plt, Mets fan
Posts: 5,073
If you go to the link that pixpix posted, you can read a copy of the Codeshare Agreement -- details on how the availability is controlled are sort of interesting...
Mar 29, 2008, 11:04 pm
#38
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: bay area, california
Programs: aa exp 1MM, alaska air, united, hhonors gold, spg gold
Posts: 686
Approval posted with routes
Approval posted march 28th on DOT website (pdf link)
INITIAL CODE-SHARING ROUTES
(A) AA* on El Al-operated flights
New York (JFK)-Tel Aviv
Newark-Tel Aviv
Los Angeles-Tel Aviv
Miami-Tel Aviv
Paris (CDG)-Tel Aviv
Rome-Tel Aviv
Frankfurt-Tel Aviv
London (LHR)-Tel Aviv
Madrid-Tel Aviv
Zurich-Tel Aviv
Plus over 60 LY codeshares on AA flights
INITIAL CODE-SHARING ROUTES
(A) AA* on El Al-operated flights
New York (JFK)-Tel Aviv
Newark-Tel Aviv
Los Angeles-Tel Aviv
Miami-Tel Aviv
Paris (CDG)-Tel Aviv
Rome-Tel Aviv
Frankfurt-Tel Aviv
London (LHR)-Tel Aviv
Madrid-Tel Aviv
Zurich-Tel Aviv
Plus over 60 LY codeshares on AA flights
Last edited by pixpixpix; Mar 29, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Apr 23, 2008, 5:15 pm
#39
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: bay area, california
Programs: aa exp 1MM, alaska air, united, hhonors gold, spg gold
Posts: 686
Apr 29, 2008, 8:42 am
#40
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 795
update from LY forum
Just saw this in the LY forum:
Dear Sir
The code share agreement with AA is expected to be signed during June, thus enabling the use of AA flights under LY code starting from July. As part of this agreement El Al will offer some 25 destination within the U.S.A. such as: Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas and many others.
Members of EL AL matmid club can accumulate points from AA flights and vice versa.
The code share agreement with AA is expected to be signed during June, thus enabling the use of AA flights under LY code starting from July. As part of this agreement El Al will offer some 25 destination within the U.S.A. such as: Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas and many others.
Members of EL AL matmid club can accumulate points from AA flights and vice versa.
Jun 28, 2008, 9:06 pm
#44
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: 6E Westbound, 4E Eastbound
Programs: AA EXP & 3MM, Priority Club Plat since 1984
Posts: 6,293
Still no dice.
I have been calling every other day to get information.
And this is also one of those summers where using AA miles for an ElAl ticket was not possible (for me). I tried for three different blocks of time, as I had some flexibility.
I'm actually a little nervous that I'm going to be traveling MALEV to Israel. I'll let everyone know how their FC service is. BTW, I'm flying home via Madrid and actually going IBERIA for that last segment. Should be an adventure. Just glad I'm up front.
I have been calling every other day to get information.
And this is also one of those summers where using AA miles for an ElAl ticket was not possible (for me). I tried for three different blocks of time, as I had some flexibility.
I'm actually a little nervous that I'm going to be traveling MALEV to Israel. I'll let everyone know how their FC service is. BTW, I'm flying home via Madrid and actually going IBERIA for that last segment. Should be an adventure. Just glad I'm up front.
Jun 28, 2008, 9:25 pm
#45
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 284
A friend of mine was telling me the other night that he has a ticket on AA / El Al with routing IAH - ORD - BRU - TLV. Said it was a pretty good price. I didn't get into details - I just assumed that the codeshare had started.