AA award redemptions on other carriers
Feb 14, 2023 | 12:41 pm
#1
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AA award redemptions on other carriers
Sorry for the nooby question. When you book an AA redemption using EY miles, is that strictly on flights with AA flight numbers, or does it include Oneworld and other partner-operated flights? The award chart suggests the latter, but I'd like to know before I call.
Feb 14, 2023 | 1:07 pm
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Sorry for the nooby question. When you book an AA redemption using EY miles, is that strictly on flights with AA flight numbers, or does it include Oneworld and other partner-operated flights? The award chart suggests the latter, but I'd like to know before I call.
It is NOT even all flights with AA flight numbers (which could be code shares), but only AA-operated flights on which awards are available.
Feb 14, 2023 | 1:12 pm
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Thanks for the answer. The reason I said the award chart suggests otherwise is there is would be a lot of extraneous information. For example, I don't need to know what a point redemption from Asia 1 to Asia 2 would cost since AA doesn't fly those routes.
Feb 14, 2023 | 2:28 pm
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In principle you could go Asia1-- Dallas--Asia2 for the stated award level, but in practice you can't. EY is just stating a formula without reference to what is possible at any given time. Maybe AA will operate such a flight in future, and then they won't have to change their web pages.
Feb 14, 2023 | 4:02 pm
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It looks like EY just copied AA's partner award chart, without regard to the fact that AA itself does not offer direct service between certain regions.