Tilto007

if you are not a member.I have AA miles and I want to use LATAM for 2 business class seats from MIA to SCL.Is there a way to see availability online??When I logged into BA site they only pulled up AA availability on the MIA-SCL route.

sdsearch

The QF site often gives more reliable results for LATAM than the BA site. If you use www.awardnexus.com (free up to a point for FlyerTalk members; click "more signup options" under the green Purchase button to sign up with your FT login), you can search through both BA and/or QF using the same user interface.

But LATAM often doesn't have availability (for partners) on a particular route on a particular day, so those may or may not be correct results you saw on the BA site.

And I'm not sure that LATAM is necessarily better enough than AA that you'd want to avoid booking an AA flight that''s available because you want to see if a LATAM flight will ever become available.

And, btw, there's no guarantee that even if LATAM has availability, it will be for 2, rather than just 1.

Tilto007

Thanks,I will try this,I would be happy booking AA in J class but they almost never release J on this route.In fact they almost never release J on any route that I have checked

Journey4Happy

Hey, FYI. I just did a search on BA.com yesterday for MIA-SCL and found 0 LATAM availability. I did the same search this morning and found a few LATAM flights with multiple Economy seats. I refreshed the search like 2 hours later, and they were gone. Can't find any LATAM flights again.

Tilto007

I spent some time on award nexus,BA and AA websites.I could not find any business class seats MIA-SCL for 8 months in a row.I also tried MIA to EZE ,again nothing.I guess I will just go economy but I willl not collect another AA advantage miles willingly.They are truly impossible to redeem in J.

Thack

Just redeem in Y, have some drinks before departing, take extra pillows and you'll be fine.