Booking AA via AMEX for less than aa.com?
Dec 3, 2016, 8:06 am
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Dec 4, 2016, 4:22 am
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Dec 4, 2016, 6:28 am
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Dec 4, 2016, 6:56 am
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Dec 4, 2016, 7:54 am
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At the end of September, American Express announced a preferred partnership with American Airlines and their alliance partners, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Finnair and Iberia
I cannot find a press release mentioning this. The blog article is confusing because it mentions calling the Platinum concierge to book, but the American Express spokesperson refers to travel counselors and Relationship Managers . I would not call the concierge, nor would I call American Express Travel (outsourced to Orbitz). I would call Platinum Travel Service, but that's only a guess.
Dec 4, 2016, 10:35 am
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Read more: http://thepointsguy.com/2016/11/amex...#ixzz4RsgQe4Dq
I cannot find a press release mentioning this. The blog article is confusing because it mentions calling the Platinum concierge to book, but the American Express spokesperson refers to travel counselors and Relationship Managers . I would not call the concierge, nor would I call American Express Travel (outsourced to Orbitz). I would call Platinum Travel Service, but that's only a guess.
I cannot find a press release mentioning this. The blog article is confusing because it mentions calling the Platinum concierge to book, but the American Express spokesperson refers to travel counselors and Relationship Managers . I would not call the concierge, nor would I call American Express Travel (outsourced to Orbitz). I would call Platinum Travel Service, but that's only a guess.
If you're not comfortable posting it, where do I find it? I logged into my account (I've the personal Amex Platinum), and I see the number for the concierge for example, but nothing specific to Platinum Travel Service.
**EDIT**
Found it.
Contact us -> pick "Travel" from the drop down menu
Last edited by fliesdelta; Dec 4, 2016 at 10:45 am
Dec 4, 2016, 12:03 pm
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I tried calling for a flight in AA PHL-FLL Flight in March (Called the number on the back of the card, requested travel) and the prices were exactly the same as AA's website (both Coach and FC)
Feb 14, 2017, 6:57 pm
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Booking AA BIZ via AMEX for less than aa.com?
there have been a couple of blog posts over the last few months about amex travel having access to some 'special' business class rates. I just called and they seem to be the same as the aa website. Are there any tips or info for getting to these rates? As I recall from the bloggies, the rates were about 1/3 of what aa.com was showing.
Feb 14, 2017, 7:37 pm
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This sounds similar to:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...der-fares.html
...but the fare differences are small.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...der-fares.html
...but the fare differences are small.
Feb 14, 2017, 8:35 pm
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I think the bloggers were cherry picking results to get a newsworthy post. So it's possible you can lick out but it's not every fare on every date.