Booking part of route in AA
Aug 12, 2011, 2:13 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: CT, USA
Programs: Marriott/SPG Plat (won't last), Hilton Gold
Posts: 454
Booking part of route in AA
Well since there is a 30 minute hold time for US BA, I thought I would laboriously type out my question on my ipad and see if FTers would be kind enough to help.
I have an award flight booked from Paris to New York on BA in Club World for both legs. (CDG to LHR and LCY to JFK) If an AA flight comes up for the LHR to JFK leg in F, I would like to change to that flight. I know I will incur a change fee, but my question is: will BA let me change this one leg while keeping the CDG to LHR leg on BA? (Really very little hope of getting two award seats on a CDG to JFK AA flight, which would only be in J but I would still take because it's direct). And, if BA would allow this, what exactly would be the mileage needed? I'm assuming it's 62.5 per flyer and am assuming I can still include the BA CDG to LHR leg of the trip in that amount. (No long layover at LHR...only booked this way because one can't fly direct from CDG.)
Hope this makes sense...thanks for any help! (Of course, given the hold times for BA, it may not even be possible to change my booking to include an AA flight!)
I have an award flight booked from Paris to New York on BA in Club World for both legs. (CDG to LHR and LCY to JFK) If an AA flight comes up for the LHR to JFK leg in F, I would like to change to that flight. I know I will incur a change fee, but my question is: will BA let me change this one leg while keeping the CDG to LHR leg on BA? (Really very little hope of getting two award seats on a CDG to JFK AA flight, which would only be in J but I would still take because it's direct). And, if BA would allow this, what exactly would be the mileage needed? I'm assuming it's 62.5 per flyer and am assuming I can still include the BA CDG to LHR leg of the trip in that amount. (No long layover at LHR...only booked this way because one can't fly direct from CDG.)
Hope this makes sense...thanks for any help! (Of course, given the hold times for BA, it may not even be possible to change my booking to include an AA flight!)
Aug 12, 2011, 3:15 pm
#2
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges and Environmentally Friendly Travel
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 22,212
Seems possible to me. A change from CWLC to AA F would incur an additional 25k BA Miles and recalculation of fees/surcharges. Similarly shifting to CDG-JFK direct would result in a simple fee/surcharges recalculation. Mileage for CDG-JFK in business class is 50,000 BA Miles each way, so no different to routing via London.
Aug 12, 2011, 3:45 pm
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,558
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
Just to make explicit what Prospero indicated, while AA only charges 62.5K miles for a First Class award from France to the U.S., BA charges 75K miles for the same award, regardless of whether you fly AA or BA for the TATL segment.
If you do end up changing the award reservation, you should give serious consideration to adding on a free one-way to California, Hawaii, or the Caribbean on AA for a date after your return to NYC.
Just to make explicit what Prospero indicated, while AA only charges 62.5K miles for a First Class award from France to the U.S., BA charges 75K miles for the same award, regardless of whether you fly AA or BA for the TATL segment.
If you do end up changing the award reservation, you should give serious consideration to adding on a free one-way to California, Hawaii, or the Caribbean on AA for a date after your return to NYC.
Aug 12, 2011, 4:11 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: BA Bronze (Ye Gods no), AA Gold (never used)
Posts: 312
How do you do that? Is there a limit of months?
you should give serious consideration to adding on a free one-way to California, Hawaii, or the Caribbean on AA for a date after your return to NYC.
Aug 12, 2011, 4:29 pm
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,558
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
All travel on an award must be completed within one year of award-ticket issuance. BA awards permit multiple stopovers along the "most direct route," however BAEC may define that term; AA international awards permit one free stopover, and only at the North American gateway.
Originally Posted by nedved20
How do you do that? Is there a limit of months?
you should give serious consideration to adding on a free one-way to California, Hawaii, or the Caribbean on AA for a date after your return to NYC.
Aug 12, 2011, 8:29 pm
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,750
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
Just to make explicit what Prospero indicated, while AA only charges 62.5K miles for a First Class award from France to the U.S., BA charges 75K miles for the same award, regardless of whether you fly AA or BA for the TATL segment.
Just to make explicit what Prospero indicated, while AA only charges 62.5K miles for a First Class award from France to the U.S., BA charges 75K miles for the same award, regardless of whether you fly AA or BA for the TATL segment.
Aug 12, 2011, 9:21 pm
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,558
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
Is the chart for BA + one partner the same mileage as Single partner?
On this particular route -- Europe 1 to U.S. -- it is. On some other routes, it might not be.
Originally Posted by Happy
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8530/5.0.0.601 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/417)
Just to make explicit what Prospero indicated, while AA only charges 62.5K miles for a First Class award from France to the U.S., BA charges 75K miles for the same award, regardless of whether you fly AA or BA for the TATL segment.
Just to make explicit what Prospero indicated, while AA only charges 62.5K miles for a First Class award from France to the U.S., BA charges 75K miles for the same award, regardless of whether you fly AA or BA for the TATL segment.