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Originally Posted by NYC Flyer
(Post 31341617)
Agree that, if true, this is a hit to the value of BXPs. That said, at times C-class inventory is released close to flight time but prior to the airport standby list being cleared. There are also passengers without stickers and/or status that could be interested in using a BXP regardless of waitlist/standby priority.
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I just redeemed my first BE award - a BX1B for my daughter. I've been collecting points for a few years and had some that were going to expire.
The agent said only one (1) BX1B was needed for the round trip. Is that accurate?? (I assumed one was needed each way.) The reservation has been ticketed. I just don't want them to cancel the ticket on her, so I wanted to double check. Thanks in advance.. |
Originally Posted by skydve1
(Post 31342346)
I just redeemed my first BE award - a BX1B for my daughter. I've been collecting points for a few years and had some that were going to expire.
The agent said only one (1) BX1B was needed for the round trip. Is that accurate?? (I assumed one was needed each way.) The reservation has been ticketed. I just don't want them to cancel the ticket on her, so I wanted to double check. Thanks in advance.. |
Originally Posted by 50ae
(Post 31342368)
One award is correct for a round trip.
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Attempted to check in online for a flight tomorrow morning that I had upgraded using a BXP1 upgrade certificate. Was surprised when I could not do so. In the olden days (OK last year), this made sense as AA needed to collect my certificate. But now there are now physical certificates, so why can't I check in online?
Do I need to bring a print out of my upgrade certificate confirmations? |
Originally Posted by dc10forlife
(Post 31342826)
Attempted to check in online for a flight tomorrow morning that I had upgraded using a BXP1 upgrade certificate. Was surprised when I could not do so. In the olden days (OK last year), this made sense as AA needed to collect my certificate. But now there are now physical certificates, so why can't I check in online?
Do I need to bring a print out of my upgrade certificate confirmations? |
Originally Posted by mvoight
(Post 31339989)
Where did this information come from?
2) I asked at the AC and they pulled up some internal page on upgrade priority that vaguely seemed to suggest the same thing 3) someone else reported calling the phone center (don’t know if it was meeting services/business extra or EXP line) and they confirmed as well |
Attempted to book a round trip this morning. Didn’t go well. Simply going to consider these points are a fantasy never to be realized. |
Originally Posted by Flight44
(Post 31345574)
Attempted to book a round trip this morning. Didn’t go well. Simply going to consider these points are a fantasy never to be realized. |
Originally Posted by Flight44
(Post 31345574)
Attempted to book a round trip this morning. Didn’t go well. Simply going to consider these points are a fantasy never to be realized. |
Is it foolish to blow these points on Gold status or Admiral's club membership? I'm asking as someone who has tons of AA miles and would only pay for cash AA flights under deeply discounted economy (therefore unrealistic for upgrade certs).
Or is club/status just such a waste of points that you would never consider it and would rather just use these BE points before using personal AA miles? Curious to hear what the BE experts think. :) |
Originally Posted by mvoight
(Post 31346285)
They are just as useful as MileSavers
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Originally Posted by lightbulbs
(Post 31339862)
Warning to everyone out there who uses (or tries to use) BXP upgrade certificates. Seems like a change went into place whereby the BXP upgrade priority now falls behind SWU, Miles upgrade and Elite complimentary/sticker upgrades. Which basically makes the BXP certificates a LOT harder to use and a lot less valuable.
Originally Posted by mvoight
(Post 31339989)
Where did this information come from?
This is a bummer, especially since I have two BXP1's that were redeemed before this change, and now need to be used by end of year. |
Originally Posted by wildabeast4
(Post 31397767)
Yep, echoing others above...waitlist priority status of BXP upgrades must've changed recently. On two recent trips I've applied BXP1 certificates to my reservation, only to have my name drop lower on the airport waitlist than it was before the certificate was applied. I've had three Meeting Services agents and two AC agents tell me this is correct. I even had one AC agent show me the upgrade list on her computer screen, both before and after my certificate was applied to highlight the difference. I asked why, as an EXP, it would ever make sense to use a BXP upgrade certificate if I would be higher priority with comp upgrades, and they basically said the only benefit is that a BXP can be confirmed ahead of the normal upgrade window if C inventory is available. This is a bummer, especially since I have two BXP1's that were redeemed before this change, and now need to be used by end of year. If one is using/redeeming the Premium Cabin upgrades, which require C space (ie: from economy to First on a 2-class domestic), are you saying that if you book this ahead of time, (witih C space available) you can actually be downgraded at the gate because someone with higher status shows up? |
Originally Posted by luv2vacay
(Post 31398340)
Pardon my stupidity here, but:
If one is using/redeeming the Premium Cabin upgrades, which require C space (ie: from economy to First on a 2-class domestic), are you saying that if you book this ahead of time, (witih C space available) you can actually be downgraded at the gate because someone with higher status shows up? |
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