AsiaMiles for Upgrades
 

On what non-CX airlines can you use them for upgrades? And with what restrictions?

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Vasant

According to
http://www.asiamiles.com/am/1,,83101_82763_eng,00.html

You can enjoy
Round Trip Upgrade of AA/EI/AA/BA/MU/KA/LX
Oneway Upgrade of MU

Thanks for the info and the link! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif

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Vasant

Wow, I didn't know I could upgrade AA flights using AsiaMiles. (Not that I would feel tempted to do it with what little I have of those AsiaMiles points. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Oh, never!)

Thanks, Wasabi Tofu!

I found incositent information on Asiamiles.com.
According to footnotes of the Asia Miles Awards Chart Web page

http://www.asiamiles.com/am/1,,83101_82761_eng,00.html

Roundtrip upgrades are available for CX/BA/EI/MU/KA/LX, but AA.
So, I called up CX service center.
Fortunately, customer representative said AA is available for asiamiles upgrade award.

AA must have only recently been added.

Pity since AA is terminating their CX upgrades (abeit on full fares) from Sept 2003.

Two questions:

Which BA fare classes can I use AsiaMiles to upgrade?

If I upgrade a BA flight using AsiaMiles, can I credit the miles earned from the flight to AA?

Thank you very much for your help.

Sincerely,

JS

JS,
You can upgrade any BA fare that is itself mileage accruing under the rules of Asiamiles. This amounts to fare codes Y/B/H/K/L/M/T/W/C/D. You can find this information below:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum85/HTML/001298.html

http://www.asiamiles.com/am/1,,22481...rtravelcredits


Cheers.

You can but it would involve a lot of letter writing. As CX books upgrades in their award codes like a free ticket, AA's computer will reject it as a paid ticket, hence you must write in and show to AA that the MCO that CX issued you is for an award upgrade and that you are to be credited for the miles from the ticket purchased.

I recently booked a SFO-HKG-DEL ticket on CX. I have tons of miles on AA/KLM which I can not transfer to Asia Miles. I however do have a significant amount of Starwood points which I can convert to Asia Miles.

Our tickets in the H class and I leave in about 15 days. Would it be possible to open an Asia Miles account, transfer the points and get the upgrade in that window? What is the typical availability of these awards; is there a way for me to check the upgrade award inventory? I am AA Plat (OW-Saphire) while my spouse is an AA Gold; does that matter?

Generally you would need 14 days to do an upgrade on CX through Asiamiles. So I would say that you're squeezing in times pretty tightly.

I don't know how much time you would need to transfer Starwood points into Asiamiles, but that alone would take at least 3-4 weeks. Yes you may check the upgrade inventory when you have an Asiamiles account and you may do so online. Or you may call CX res and ask to see your flights in "U" class.

What exactly do you want your AA status to do for you?


[This message has been edited by Guy Betsy (edited 10-31-2003).]

Thanks Guy Betsy.
I think we will pass the upgrade chance on this trip. The return HKG-SFO was Y0 when I booked the ticket (though today it is Y4,B4,H2) so an upgrade would have made the flight more comfortable.

Regarding the OneWorld status: I was looking for information on dreamy stuff like higher priority on the upgrade list, double upgrade, op-upgrade http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif etc.

Your AA Platinum (OW Sapphire) status will be after CX's Invitation, Diamond, & Gold members, then other Oneworld Emerald members then you when it comes to possible upgrades. Note the word 'possible' because if the class you're travelling on still has one seat left open, no one will be upgraded.

Anyone interested in a trade of 40K Asiamiles (CX) for AA/AS/UA miles? Thanks.

Bump....

I also have VIP03's to trade for Asiamiles. If you are trying to upgrade on AA, VIP's will work to your aadvantage (pun intended).

VIP03s which you get for free from AAdvantage and you're trying to swap for Asiamiles which , as anyone with Asiamiles memberships know, is that much harder to accumulate than most other programmes?

PS - SWISS TRAVEL CLUB members may also for the time being (till it merges with BAEC) use their points to upgrade CX flights.

While it is no doubt that Asiamiles are harder to accumulate (that's why I have always been Silver only), the trade I am looking for are with individuals who are going to use 40K+ to upgrade AA flights anyway, or have use for AA/AS/UA miles, resulting in an equitable solution for both parties. VIP’s does have the advantage of being upgrade by segments, whilst Asiamiles upgrades are by distance. In the event anyone wants to upgrade NRT-JFK-LHR, or the like, VIP’s will work to his advantage, so a trade in this case will be beneficial to both.

With miles and upgrades, which doesn't have any intrinsic value, as long as both parties agree what they want to trade has value to them, it’s a fair and equitable solution for both. I believe this is consistent with the spirit of the FT Community. For that matter, we are trading something that was given to us for free anyways. Quid pro quo, simple as that.

Thanks for pointing out that Swiss TravelClub can also upgrade CX flights, which is ultimately what I am looking for.

[This message has been edited by jkc22 (edited 11-05-2003).]

I have the following itinrary in ONE booking reference:

HKG > LAX > HKG on CX PEY (R) upgraded to (U) by 30,000 AM
LAX > MIA > LAX on AA EY (H)

I successfully used asiamiles to upgrade R to U but I added H tkt after the upgrade.

Q1: Can I upgrade the whole trip by using asiamiles if I knew the additional trip at first place. If yes, how much asiamiles require?

Q2: Now it seems only I can do to separately upgrade H tkt and I need another 30,000 AM according to the MPC website Award Finder. I'm considering it as it's 4.5 hours flight but unforturnately it's RED EYE flight.

I don't think you can combine anyway. They are two different types of upgrades. HKG-LAX is an upgrade from PEY and LAX-MIA is an upgrade from Y.