AA Booking Class for RTW
Mar 2, 2008 | 3:35 pm
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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?
Mar 2, 2008 | 3:58 pm
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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?
Mar 2, 2008 | 4:03 pm
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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.
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.
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Mar 2, 2008 | 4:17 pm
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Mar 2, 2008 | 5:28 pm
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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.
Mar 2, 2008 | 6:09 pm
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(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)
Mar 3, 2008 | 12:34 pm
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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?
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Mar 3, 2008 | 12:54 pm
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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?
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Mar 3, 2008 | 1:33 pm
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Mar 3, 2008 | 3:48 pm
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Mar 3, 2008 | 4:39 pm
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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.
Mar 3, 2008 | 4:50 pm
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Mar 3, 2008 | 7:03 pm
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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?