[PREM FARE GONE] AA A/F Fare: CMN-MIA - $741/$1159
Mar 12, 2022, 7:05 am
#676
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Germany
Programs: BA GGL, CCR - TK G
Posts: 809
Injust wanna move 12 days back that's all
Just call over again?in the past I had them flag my ticket and when I called again they knew I was insisting..
Flight is April 8 wanna go to 20th
Mar 12, 2022, 7:56 am
#677
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: YVR/LAX/PVG/TPE
Posts: 759
Your whole approach to travel contradicts itself in a paradoxal sense. You fly paid AA Flagship First on your own dime and also had positioning flights, but yet you abhor sensible, very good priced hotels in Casablanca (thus ending up sleeping in a dump) and you despise, when somebody wants to tip, since *gasp* it would equal to 8% of your cheapskate fare.
I couldn't resist the urge saying this out loud, since I doubt I'm the only one rolling their eyes, while reading your post. No, I don't tip at lounges, but that's mainstream, while I certainly don't go out saying "it would be 8% of my ticket price" or abhor others for choosing to do so. And "sleeping behind the dumpster at Wendy's" grade paid accommodation isn't just sensible anyway.
I couldn't resist the urge saying this out loud, since I doubt I'm the only one rolling their eyes, while reading your post. No, I don't tip at lounges, but that's mainstream, while I certainly don't go out saying "it would be 8% of my ticket price" or abhor others for choosing to do so. And "sleeping behind the dumpster at Wendy's" grade paid accommodation isn't just sensible anyway.
I love dumps. I am from a dump. I grew up carrying manure to the fields to fertilize crops. For me, every flight is a treat, and every deal is a reason to remind myself how lucky I am. And every time I stayed in a hostel for 15 bucks lets me appreciate my Concorde Room experience even more. And that 8% is more of a jab to how cheap the fare is rather than how cheap I am. (It is a UN-acknowledged fact that I am cheap, I am Asian!) I just found it bizarre why someone would tip like this, and the motive of the servers leaving it behind on the tables for 90 minutes. In fact, I left all the dirham with that juicer, all 20 dollars of it. And that is 3 days of revenue for him, which should make a difference in his life. I paid for my positioning, true, but I used AS credit to get to JFK, and hopped onto a great B6 Mint deal to position (if you know, you know
) to europe. So nah, I paid next to nothing.in fact, I am texting this on my Mint flight back, after spending a night in a travelodge for 25 quid, and will stay in a 30 dollar airbnb shared with 2 others in northern flushing after I land.
AND I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
This is the game! Save money and try to be savvy! Isn't this the reason why we are all here? If you pay full fare AA F then you are too rich or too dumb to be on this forum. (at least go for BA F, geez) And if you project your own hatred onto me thinking I abhor people tipping 50 dollars, then it says more about you than me. I loved that the lovely server named Angel got a fat tip, and I do not judge, just as I expect nobody judges me for not tipping in this situation after flying in sweatpants for 6.5cpm.
Well, now that I have gone all sassy, I guess I gotta keep it going then. I would love that you take a look of my youtube channel, the combination of luxury flying and grounded backpacking is a marvelous way to solo travel. But I am sure your golden-plated iPad is too bourgeois to display the word "hostel". If you are savvy enough to be on this sub forum but not savvy enough to save on ancillary costs like lodging then you are just not good enough at this game. Sorry not sorry.
And yes, I do sleep in dumpsters behind wendy's, because they have their beef fresh.
Mar 12, 2022, 8:51 am
#678
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
*snip, snip a long tirade into one paragraph*
I'm not going to comment on your YouTube endeavors, but I do say that was quite a lengthy outpouring post from you.
The attempt at hinting I pay $XX,XXX for AA Flagship First was amusing, not to mention the golden iPad, since I'm not anyway into Apple products. Indeed, I myself travel HBO, but I don't sleep in the cheapest dump available, but rather shop wisely like most around here probably do. Decent hotels in Casablanca are very affordable, so paying $11 is really overkill in being frugal. Being smart with travel costs is a key theme and virtue on FlyerTalk, but being black and white about it is outright stupid, just like you yourself concluded by saying the choice of your accommodation wasn't good.
Your original post was just amusing, since decent hotel rooms would've been available for a few ten dollar notes more. That, combined with your premium cabin ticket, made it whole look like a paradoxical (yes, I made a typo there in my post) undertaking.
Point made and I get back to the original topic about the fares in question.
I would love that you take a look of my youtube channel, the combination of luxury flying and grounded backpacking is a marvelous way to solo travel. But I am sure your golden-plated iPad is too bourgeois to display the word "hostel". If you are savvy enough to be on this sub forum but not savvy enough to save on ancillary costs like lodging then you are just not good enough at this game. Sorry not sorry.
The attempt at hinting I pay $XX,XXX for AA Flagship First was amusing, not to mention the golden iPad, since I'm not anyway into Apple products. Indeed, I myself travel HBO, but I don't sleep in the cheapest dump available, but rather shop wisely like most around here probably do. Decent hotels in Casablanca are very affordable, so paying $11 is really overkill in being frugal. Being smart with travel costs is a key theme and virtue on FlyerTalk, but being black and white about it is outright stupid, just like you yourself concluded by saying the choice of your accommodation wasn't good.
Your original post was just amusing, since decent hotel rooms would've been available for a few ten dollar notes more. That, combined with your premium cabin ticket, made it whole look like a paradoxical (yes, I made a typo there in my post) undertaking.
Point made and I get back to the original topic about the fares in question.
Mar 12, 2022, 9:01 am
#679
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Germany
Programs: BA GGL, CCR - TK G
Posts: 809
your whole reply to my post contradicts itself in a paradoxical sense. (paradoxal is not a word btw) if you would call a $750 6.5cpm fare an AA paid F fare, then me rawdogging a Wendy's at 4am in a dumpster behind my favorite walmart is considered a 3 star michelin gourmet meal. And yes, it is a dump, I do not recommend it to folks like you, but I LOVED it. Sure I got sick, but I also got to know a lot of locals who were the nicest it can be. I became friends with a juice seller and last day he refused to take my daily juice money. The receptionist taught me Arabic for "Anyone interested in an Asian boy?".
I love dumps. I am from a dump. I grew up carrying manure to the fields to fertilize crops. For me, every flight is a treat, and every deal is a reason to remind myself how lucky I am. And every time I stayed in a hostel for 15 bucks lets me appreciate my Concorde Room experience even more. And that 8% is more of a jab to how cheap the fare is rather than how cheap I am. (It is a UN-acknowledged fact that I am cheap, I am Asian!) I just found it bizarre why someone would tip like this, and the motive of the servers leaving it behind on the tables for 90 minutes. In fact, I left all the dirham with that juicer, all 20 dollars of it. And that is 3 days of revenue for him, which should make a difference in his life. I paid for my positioning, true, but I used AS credit to get to JFK, and hopped onto a great B6 Mint deal to position (if you know, you know ) to europe. So nah, I paid next to nothing.
in fact, I am texting this on my Mint flight back, after spending a night in a travelodge for 25 quid, and will stay in a 30 dollar airbnb shared with 2 others in northern flushing after I land.
AND I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
This is the game! Save money and try to be savvy! Isn't this the reason why we are all here? If you pay full fare AA F then you are too rich or too dumb to be on this forum. (at least go for BA F, geez) And if you project your own hatred onto me thinking I abhor people tipping 50 dollars, then it says more about you than me. I loved that the lovely server named Angel got a fat tip, and I do not judge, just as I expect nobody judges me for not tipping in this situation after flying in sweatpants for 6.5cpm.
Well, now that I have gone all sassy, I guess I gotta keep it going then. I would love that you take a look of my youtube channel, the combination of luxury flying and grounded backpacking is a marvelous way to solo travel. But I am sure your golden-plated iPad is too bourgeois to display the word "hostel". If you are savvy enough to be on this sub forum but not savvy enough to save on ancillary costs like lodging then you are just not good enough at this game. Sorry not sorry.
And yes, I do sleep in dumpsters behind wendy's, because they have their beef fresh.
I love dumps. I am from a dump. I grew up carrying manure to the fields to fertilize crops. For me, every flight is a treat, and every deal is a reason to remind myself how lucky I am. And every time I stayed in a hostel for 15 bucks lets me appreciate my Concorde Room experience even more. And that 8% is more of a jab to how cheap the fare is rather than how cheap I am. (It is a UN-acknowledged fact that I am cheap, I am Asian!) I just found it bizarre why someone would tip like this, and the motive of the servers leaving it behind on the tables for 90 minutes. In fact, I left all the dirham with that juicer, all 20 dollars of it. And that is 3 days of revenue for him, which should make a difference in his life. I paid for my positioning, true, but I used AS credit to get to JFK, and hopped onto a great B6 Mint deal to position (if you know, you know
) to europe. So nah, I paid next to nothing.in fact, I am texting this on my Mint flight back, after spending a night in a travelodge for 25 quid, and will stay in a 30 dollar airbnb shared with 2 others in northern flushing after I land.
AND I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
This is the game! Save money and try to be savvy! Isn't this the reason why we are all here? If you pay full fare AA F then you are too rich or too dumb to be on this forum. (at least go for BA F, geez) And if you project your own hatred onto me thinking I abhor people tipping 50 dollars, then it says more about you than me. I loved that the lovely server named Angel got a fat tip, and I do not judge, just as I expect nobody judges me for not tipping in this situation after flying in sweatpants for 6.5cpm.
Well, now that I have gone all sassy, I guess I gotta keep it going then. I would love that you take a look of my youtube channel, the combination of luxury flying and grounded backpacking is a marvelous way to solo travel. But I am sure your golden-plated iPad is too bourgeois to display the word "hostel". If you are savvy enough to be on this sub forum but not savvy enough to save on ancillary costs like lodging then you are just not good enough at this game. Sorry not sorry.
And yes, I do sleep in dumpsters behind wendy's, because they have their beef fresh.
Mar 12, 2022, 9:14 am
#680
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle
Posts: 339
your whole reply to my post contradicts itself in a paradoxical sense. (paradoxal is not a word btw) if you would call a $750 6.5cpm fare an AA paid F fare, then me rawdogging a Wendy's at 4am in a dumpster behind my favorite walmart is considered a 3 star michelin gourmet meal. And yes, it is a dump, I do not recommend it to folks like you, but I LOVED it. Sure I got sick, but I also got to know a lot of locals who were the nicest it can be. I became friends with a juice seller and last day he refused to take my daily juice money. The receptionist taught me Arabic for "Anyone interested in an Asian boy?".
I love dumps. I am from a dump. I grew up carrying manure to the fields to fertilize crops. For me, every flight is a treat, and every deal is a reason to remind myself how lucky I am. And every time I stayed in a hostel for 15 bucks lets me appreciate my Concorde Room experience even more. And that 8% is more of a jab to how cheap the fare is rather than how cheap I am. (It is a UN-acknowledged fact that I am cheap, I am Asian!) I just found it bizarre why someone would tip like this, and the motive of the servers leaving it behind on the tables for 90 minutes. In fact, I left all the dirham with that juicer, all 20 dollars of it. And that is 3 days of revenue for him, which should make a difference in his life. I paid for my positioning, true, but I used AS credit to get to JFK, and hopped onto a great B6 Mint deal to position (if you know, you know ) to europe. So nah, I paid next to nothing.
in fact, I am texting this on my Mint flight back, after spending a night in a travelodge for 25 quid, and will stay in a 30 dollar airbnb shared with 2 others in northern flushing after I land.
AND I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
This is the game! Save money and try to be savvy! Isn't this the reason why we are all here? If you pay full fare AA F then you are too rich or too dumb to be on this forum. (at least go for BA F, geez) And if you project your own hatred onto me thinking I abhor people tipping 50 dollars, then it says more about you than me. I loved that the lovely server named Angel got a fat tip, and I do not judge, just as I expect nobody judges me for not tipping in this situation after flying in sweatpants for 6.5cpm.
Well, now that I have gone all sassy, I guess I gotta keep it going then. I would love that you take a look of my youtube channel, the combination of luxury flying and grounded backpacking is a marvelous way to solo travel. But I am sure your golden-plated iPad is too bourgeois to display the word "hostel". If you are savvy enough to be on this sub forum but not savvy enough to save on ancillary costs like lodging then you are just not good enough at this game. Sorry not sorry.
And yes, I do sleep in dumpsters behind wendy's, because they have their beef fresh.
I love dumps. I am from a dump. I grew up carrying manure to the fields to fertilize crops. For me, every flight is a treat, and every deal is a reason to remind myself how lucky I am. And every time I stayed in a hostel for 15 bucks lets me appreciate my Concorde Room experience even more. And that 8% is more of a jab to how cheap the fare is rather than how cheap I am. (It is a UN-acknowledged fact that I am cheap, I am Asian!) I just found it bizarre why someone would tip like this, and the motive of the servers leaving it behind on the tables for 90 minutes. In fact, I left all the dirham with that juicer, all 20 dollars of it. And that is 3 days of revenue for him, which should make a difference in his life. I paid for my positioning, true, but I used AS credit to get to JFK, and hopped onto a great B6 Mint deal to position (if you know, you know
) to europe. So nah, I paid next to nothing.in fact, I am texting this on my Mint flight back, after spending a night in a travelodge for 25 quid, and will stay in a 30 dollar airbnb shared with 2 others in northern flushing after I land.
AND I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
This is the game! Save money and try to be savvy! Isn't this the reason why we are all here? If you pay full fare AA F then you are too rich or too dumb to be on this forum. (at least go for BA F, geez) And if you project your own hatred onto me thinking I abhor people tipping 50 dollars, then it says more about you than me. I loved that the lovely server named Angel got a fat tip, and I do not judge, just as I expect nobody judges me for not tipping in this situation after flying in sweatpants for 6.5cpm.
Well, now that I have gone all sassy, I guess I gotta keep it going then. I would love that you take a look of my youtube channel, the combination of luxury flying and grounded backpacking is a marvelous way to solo travel. But I am sure your golden-plated iPad is too bourgeois to display the word "hostel". If you are savvy enough to be on this sub forum but not savvy enough to save on ancillary costs like lodging then you are just not good enough at this game. Sorry not sorry.
And yes, I do sleep in dumpsters behind wendy's, because they have their beef fresh.
Mar 12, 2022, 10:11 am
#681
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,422
Head for Points has reported on AA moving a number of LHR departures to T5 for the northern summer: https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...3/default.aspx. Less Flounging for me, unfortunately.
Mar 12, 2022, 10:39 am
#682
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle
Posts: 339
How did u reach that goal? I was on the phone for an hour at the exec Plat line and he wanted 3k. Twitter team wrote back only 24h...
Injust wanna move 12 days back that's all
Just call over again?in the past I had them flag my ticket and when I called again they knew I was insisting..
Flight is April 8 wanna go to 20th
Injust wanna move 12 days back that's all
Just call over again?in the past I had them flag my ticket and when I called again they knew I was insisting..
Flight is April 8 wanna go to 20th
Mar 12, 2022, 11:16 am
#683
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Germany
Programs: BA GGL, CCR - TK G
Posts: 809
No. Starts on the 8th. I wanna move the whole itinerary for 12 days
Mar 12, 2022, 11:30 am
#685
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: YVR/LAX/PVG/TPE
Posts: 759
*snip, snip a long tirade into one paragraph*
I'm not going to comment on your YouTube endeavors, but I do say that was quite a lengthy outpouring post from you.
The attempt at hinting I pay $XX,XXX for AA Flagship First was amusing, not to mention the golden iPad, since I'm not anyway into Apple products. Indeed, I myself travel HBO, but I don't sleep in the cheapest dump available, but rather shop wisely like most around here probably do. Decent hotels in Casablanca are very affordable, so paying $11 is really overkill in being frugal. Being smart with travel costs is a key theme and virtue on FlyerTalk, but being black and white about it is outright stupid, just like you yourself concluded by saying the choice of your accommodation wasn't good.
Your original post was just amusing, since decent hotel rooms would've been available for a few ten dollar notes more. That, combined with your premium cabin ticket, made it whole look like a paradoxical (yes, I made a typo there in my post) undertaking.
Point made and I get back to the original topic about the fares in question.
I'm not going to comment on your YouTube endeavors, but I do say that was quite a lengthy outpouring post from you.
The attempt at hinting I pay $XX,XXX for AA Flagship First was amusing, not to mention the golden iPad, since I'm not anyway into Apple products. Indeed, I myself travel HBO, but I don't sleep in the cheapest dump available, but rather shop wisely like most around here probably do. Decent hotels in Casablanca are very affordable, so paying $11 is really overkill in being frugal. Being smart with travel costs is a key theme and virtue on FlyerTalk, but being black and white about it is outright stupid, just like you yourself concluded by saying the choice of your accommodation wasn't good.
Your original post was just amusing, since decent hotel rooms would've been available for a few ten dollar notes more. That, combined with your premium cabin ticket, made it whole look like a paradoxical (yes, I made a typo there in my post) undertaking.
Point made and I get back to the original topic about the fares in question.
Overkill? same can be said about this fare, them why are folks going for 700 rt when they can get free change/cancellation for "just" 50% more? Everyone's value on money is different, and most will say 10 vs. 20 ain't that much, true. But for me, I prefer cheaper ones as I get closer (sometimes physically) with locals and that is a way less sanitized way of travel. I want to get down to the dirty parts and real lives of day to day Moroccans, instead of greeting a bellboy with white gloves every day, I want to greet the hostel manager who also manages a bakery. For some, maybe not you, the 10 dollar one is better than the 200 dollar suites. Sure sometimes I pay for it a bit for poorer conditions, but that is all acceptable for me. I fan meet locals where I sleep, how cool is that? No need to go to bars or restaurants. So maybe I am stupid, stupid good at efficient use of my time and money!
You call it paradoxical, I call a harmonious juxtaposition. But agree to disagree I guess.
Mar 12, 2022, 11:30 am
#686
Join Date: Sep 2020
Programs: AA EXP, BA Gold, VS Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,946
You should be pleased. Now you have a reason for a date change… otherwise the fare difference they were quoting you would have been payable. You can only change dates using historic fares when you’ve already flown the first segment.
Mar 12, 2022, 12:15 pm
#687
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,279
I even tried to play the 300 mile ruling (to try and avoid going back to Morocco, but agent denied due to the not within the same country rule.
Cheers!
Mar 12, 2022, 3:31 pm
#688
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 3,783
CHANGES AFTER DEPARTURE// THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE. ----- WHENTHE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE COLLECTED. ----- WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A LOWER FARE AREFUND OF THE RESIDUAL AMOUNT LESS THE APPLICABLEPENALTY WILL BE MADE.
I doubt anything > 24 hours change is allowed. I had the same changes at the beginning of this year and I called in to change but was only allowed to change it ~24 hours, did manage to get it a bit > 24 hours when I requested for the original routing via JFK. Only advantage of this was reducing 2 long stopover (in LHR and in MAD) so saved a day of having to take a day off.
I even tried to play the 300 mile ruling (to try and avoid going back to Morocco, but agent denied due to the not within the same country rule.
Cheers!
I even tried to play the 300 mile ruling (to try and avoid going back to Morocco, but agent denied due to the not within the same country rule.
Cheers!
Mar 12, 2022, 5:06 pm
#689
Join Date: Sep 2020
Programs: AA EXP, BA Gold, VS Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,946
I doubt anything > 24 hours change is allowed. I had the same changes at the beginning of this year and I called in to change but was only allowed to change it ~24 hours, did manage to get it a bit > 24 hours when I requested for the original routing via JFK. Only advantage of this was reducing 2 long stopover (in LHR and in MAD) so saved a day of having to take a day off.
I even tried to play the 300 mile ruling (to try and avoid going back to Morocco, but agent denied due to the not within the same country rule.
Cheers!
I even tried to play the 300 mile ruling (to try and avoid going back to Morocco, but agent denied due to the not within the same country rule.
Cheers!
But OP was starting from a position of "I want to change my dates". That's pretty much never going to work. Now OP's position is "I want to change my dates because of a schedule change and downgrade to J from F". That's a much better position to be in. Some agents will say +/- 24 hours. Some will give a *lot* more leeway. I would suggest trying a few times and seeing where the OP can get. I'd say it's very possible that they can change to ~12 days out pretty easily.
Mar 12, 2022, 7:22 pm
#690
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Germany
Programs: BA GGL, CCR - TK G
Posts: 809
It's totally YMMV.
But OP was starting from a position of "I want to change my dates". That's pretty much never going to work. Now OP's position is "I want to change my dates because of a schedule change and downgrade to J from F". That's a much better position to be in. Some agents will say +/- 24 hours. Some will give a *lot* more leeway. I would suggest trying a few times and seeing where the OP can get. I'd say it's very possible that they can change to ~12 days out pretty easily.
But OP was starting from a position of "I want to change my dates". That's pretty much never going to work. Now OP's position is "I want to change my dates because of a schedule change and downgrade to J from F". That's a much better position to be in. Some agents will say +/- 24 hours. Some will give a *lot* more leeway. I would suggest trying a few times and seeing where the OP can get. I'd say it's very possible that they can change to ~12 days out pretty easily.
I'm happy if someone gets this to work. But you have to be very lucky I suppose.
I asked for a change to ram instead of the mad layover. That wouldn't work.
But now they put us lhr Mia nonstop in f which I kinda like. Thanks everyone
And no.. Because of covid it's officially not possible anymore to enter t3 with a t5 bp