AA Booking Class for RTW
 

I've noticed that on several AA flights, the only available inventory booking classes are C, Y, B, M, V, K, and Q. The booking classes for RTW tickets are A, D, and L in the order of highest to lowest class. So if one were to hold an AONEX or DONEX ticket that contains an AA sector with those inventory booking classes, which booking class does it get booked under since A, D, L are not being offered?

You don't. If A, D or L are not available you need to select a different flight that has A, D or L available

If (say on a DONEx) D class is one of the fare buckets listed for a flight but there's no availability (i.e. D0) then you need to find another flight with D availability (Dn where n>0).

If the flight does not offer the class of travel, then it books into the lower class, except for AA flights when on a DONEx and business class is not offered, A is used. If no A (such as AeAgle) I believe it books into Y.

There's a comprehensive table in the rules; it would be useful - I'll try to dig it up.

Does this also apply to an AONEx ticket where on an an AA Eagle flight where A & D are not available and thus the sector gets booked in Y? I saw and read some charts but I wasn't too clear.

Not sure what you mean but the AONE booking class for an Eagle flight is Y, as per the chart I linked to on my previous post. If the flight shows Y0 you have to find another flight.
(By the way, I think I saw in the AA forum that AA is going to offer First on Eagle so this chart is likely to change in future)

I'm getting mixed signals on this. The flight I'm looking at is SCL-CJC-SCL. ExpertFlyer for, say, Mar. 15, 2008, shows the following buckets available: Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0. Clearly, no A, D or L. I called the AA RTW desk and they said that I COULD book into this ticket with a A/DONE ticket. Are they wrong?

Thanks.

No, they are not wrong. If you look at the chart linked on post #5 you will see that the A/DONE booking class for a LA domestic flight is Y.

That's very helpful, thank you.

Now I'm confused.

Presumably, the flight has no First or Business cabin. If you have an AONE* or a DONE*, you book into Y; if you have a LONE*, you book into L.

I think Alan in CBR is referring to a little incongruence in jgold's post, where it reads "EF shows no L" yet it shows L9; no doubt a typo of sorts.

Only where the rules state that Y can be used; this is not true in all cases

Dave

In which cases is it not true? Perhaps some examples might be useful?

If I had an AONE* or a DONE*, I cannot believe that any OW airline would refuse to give me a seat in coach on an all-coach flight (that was not oversold and had available inventory in any class). Are you saying that there are situations in which a OW airline would refuse to accept an A or D coupon for an available seat in coach?