Malev booking and AA miles
Jul 7, 2008 | 7:47 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Stamford, CT
Programs: AA, SPG
Posts: 13
Malev booking and AA miles
Hi all,
Quick question - if I book a Malev flight through Vayama or airfare.com can I still get AA miles? From some of the posts I have seen I may have to book through AA to get the miles.
Thanks,
Colyer
Quick question - if I book a Malev flight through Vayama or airfare.com can I still get AA miles? From some of the posts I have seen I may have to book through AA to get the miles.
Thanks,
Colyer
Jul 9, 2008 | 2:37 pm
#2
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
Posts: 19,593
It depends on the fare class. The cheaper MA fares are consolidator tickets and don't earn FF miles (in any plan); but this is not unique to MA, most consolidator tickets are like that. AA.com sells no consolidator tickets, but might sell fare classes that earn no miles (but probably not); similarly for other non-consolidator ticket sources).
Jul 10, 2008 | 5:13 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2007
Programs: AA Plt
Posts: 347
This is probably true for all such sites, but I would be particularly careful with a vendor like Vayama. Recently I purchased a short hop trip on JAL through Vayama, and the fare rules which they gave me were labeled YKJL. When I looked online a bit later, though, I saw that I had been booked into H class. I still haven't gotten a straight answer about what went wrong (if anything at all.) But buyer (who is interested in frequent flyer miles/points) beware.