Cathay award: BA and AA
Sep 8, 2011 | 12:39 pm
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AA will let you use more than one carrier on an All-Partner award, but AA will not let you fly from North America to India via Asia, so you cannot use CX on such a redemption.
AA will let you use more than one carrier on an All-Partner award, but AA will not let you fly from North America to India via Asia, so you cannot use CX on such a redemption.
Unless things have changed in Dec 2010 I had booked a CX SFO HKG BOM award (one way business class for 67.5K miles). Ended up cancelling it and flying through LHR on BA for fewer miles.
Sep 8, 2011 | 2:00 pm
#32
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SFO-LHR-BOM in J for less than 67.5? It should be 90K BA miles On BA (or 67.5K with very high copay); or was it on CX?
Last edited by Paulchili; Sep 8, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Sep 8, 2011 | 8:16 pm
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67.5K for J, 90K for F
http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/a...rtnerChart.jsp
BTW, all the little quirky rules used to be listed on AA website are now all disappeared after they upgraded the website. Although some said they can still be found on the Spanish version of AA.com. I in particular miss the co-terminal table used to be there for OneWorld award now cannot be found any more.
Last edited by Happy; Sep 8, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Sep 8, 2011 | 9:34 pm
#34
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I was just wondering how was rj123456 able to book a J to BOM via LHR for under 67.5K miles?
See his post #31 above.
Sep 8, 2011 | 10:11 pm
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I don't think this is accurate.
Unless things have changed in Dec 2010 I had booked a CX SFO HKG BOM award (one way business class for 67.5K miles). Ended up cancelling it and flying through LHR on BA for fewer miles.
Had you actually ticketed the SFO-HKG-BOM award using AA miles, or merely placed it on hold before you canceled it? There are occasions when AA agents will mistakenly "book" a prohibited award itinerary, but when it comes time to ticket it, the desk that reviews international awards will nix it.
There are two (related) reasons why such an award should be rejected by AA: as the All-Partner award chart makes clear, awards from North America to the Middle East/India zone may only route via the Atlantic; and one-way awards from one zone to another may not involve a transit via a third zone, with some exceptions. One exception is that you may transit Europe on an award between North America and India. But there is no exception allowing a transit via Asia on a one-way from North America to India (nor could there be, since a routing via the Pacific is prohibited anyway).
Unless there has been a major change in AA's award rules, SFO-HKG-BOM should not be allowed on an AA All-Partner award.
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AA will let you use more than one carrier on an All-Partner award, but AA will not let you fly from North America to India via Asia, so you cannot use CX on such a redemption.
AA will let you use more than one carrier on an All-Partner award, but AA will not let you fly from North America to India via Asia, so you cannot use CX on such a redemption.
Unless things have changed in Dec 2010 I had booked a CX SFO HKG BOM award (one way business class for 67.5K miles). Ended up cancelling it and flying through LHR on BA for fewer miles.
There are two (related) reasons why such an award should be rejected by AA: as the All-Partner award chart makes clear, awards from North America to the Middle East/India zone may only route via the Atlantic; and one-way awards from one zone to another may not involve a transit via a third zone, with some exceptions. One exception is that you may transit Europe on an award between North America and India. But there is no exception allowing a transit via Asia on a one-way from North America to India (nor could there be, since a routing via the Pacific is prohibited anyway).
Unless there has been a major change in AA's award rules, SFO-HKG-BOM should not be allowed on an AA All-Partner award.
Sep 8, 2011 | 11:10 pm
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You are absolutely right! The first rule on the side bar is for the little asterisk - Transatlantic Only - that governs the South America, Indian Subcontinent / Middle East, and of course Europe.