Relatives flew YB; Have no account; who should they accrue with? THANKS!
Nov 26, 2017, 8:07 am
#16
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Yorkshire & Bangsaen
Programs: HH Diamond, EY Gold, AY Silver, MR Plat
Posts: 527
Literally my first sentence; "I wouldn't say it is worth buying more expensive tickets just for the air miles"
£500 for his whole family on the off-chance of an op-up (which for three people... almost impossible), and cheaper upgrades that he seemingly doesn't plan to do for this flight is terrible value. Once again, refer to my first sentence - it's not worth upgrading fare type purely for air miles, only if you need one of the other benefits for *that* flight.
Literally my first sentence; "I wouldn't say it is worth buying more expensive tickets just for the air miles"
£500 for his whole family on the off-chance of an op-up (which for three people... almost impossible), and cheaper upgrades that he seemingly doesn't plan to do for this flight is terrible value. Once again, refer to my first sentence - it's not worth upgrading fare type purely for air miles, only if you need one of the other benefits for *that* flight.
One thing I always do is split the ticket, so me or my wife have separate PNR's. This will have a better chance of an opup than we would if we were all on one ticket.
Nov 26, 2017, 9:23 am
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: SMF
Programs: UA 1K MM, AA EXP
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Well I have to say this is an unusual forum. A newbie comes along with a mileage credit question and you guys start arguing among yourselves regarding the cost of a hotel in Thailand ????
Nov 26, 2017, 10:20 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 335
Apologies, Lurker - you are correct, I got consumed by other responses.
In this case, I would recommend crediting to AA rather than Etihad (assume retrospective crediting is allowed). I tried to book an American Airlines redemption a few days back using Etihad miles and it was nothing short of a nightmare. Eventually concluded there were no available award seats, before being phoned 6 hours later to say they had found some (I do wonder if she was searching that whole time!!).
Etihad is fine if they redeem on Etihad, but partner redemptions tend to be a little hit and miss, from my experience
Nov 26, 2017, 11:21 am
#19
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: AUH
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Apologies, Lurker - you are correct, I got consumed by other responses.
In this case, I would recommend crediting to AA rather than Etihad (assume retrospective crediting is allowed). I tried to book an American Airlines redemption a few days back using Etihad miles and it was nothing short of a nightmare. Eventually concluded there were no available award seats, before being phoned 6 hours later to say they had found some (I do wonder if she was searching that whole time!!).
Etihad is fine if they redeem on Etihad, but partner redemptions tend to be a little hit and miss, from my experience
In this case, I would recommend crediting to AA rather than Etihad (assume retrospective crediting is allowed). I tried to book an American Airlines redemption a few days back using Etihad miles and it was nothing short of a nightmare. Eventually concluded there were no available award seats, before being phoned 6 hours later to say they had found some (I do wonder if she was searching that whole time!!).
Etihad is fine if they redeem on Etihad, but partner redemptions tend to be a little hit and miss, from my experience
Nov 26, 2017, 12:21 pm
#20
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 335
AA seems even stronger now. I've looked at their mileage charts, and it appears that EY mileage is 12500 miles for domestic flights, AA is 12500 for domestic, or 7500 if under 500 miles. As the OP said they are looking at domestic flights, this implies AA is the better choice.
Further, the OP clearly states that they don't yet have accounts, and therefore status is irrelevant.