Thanks. EY J on the 777 just doesn't look as nice as Qatar's. Plus EY doesn't fly to CPT or SEZ, so would just be more of a pain. Wish it would have worked, would have saved a ton of miles (MR -> ANA for EY vs AA for QR).

Thanks! I am only a lowly AA Gold, so would be paying for any changes. But a schedule change could open up possibilities to add the leg for free.

In retrospect, I should have pushed harder on getting the agent to try to manually push through space on JKF-DFW (was successful on a South America award a few months ago getting MIA-DFW pushed through when no space was showing).

I have an option of DOH-KWI(QR)-AUH(EY) as a replacement. But knowing luggage will not be checked through, would 2hrs be enough to do so manually? Perhaps an Etihad transit desk could assist?

When people with AAward bookings require rerouting QR flights, and have it done directly with QR, if the resulting reroute includes nonAA partnered airlines, how does the new itinerary appear on AA's website?

As a frequent traveler to KWI, I would hesitate to do this. KWI is not efficient, and you would need to get a visa to enter the country since baggage claim is after immigration. Even if you arrange a visa ahead of time or pay the visa escort service to facilitate you, baggage takes a signifcant time to come out. In a best case scenario, you'd probably have your bag 45 minutes after landing. A better estimate is probably an hour, and if you don't have a visa facilitator and it's a busy time of night, two or more hours would be normal.

Once you get your bag, it's pretty quick . Go upstairs, get to the etihad desk, and then get back through security. EY is a quick Check In in Kuwait. If your flying business, security would be quick. Probably 20-30 minutes from getting your bag to being back at the gate .

if everything works well, you can do it. But I wouldn't expect things to work that smoothly at KWI.

good luck.

Thanks Flagg.
Do you have experience with MCT? From your post it seems anything would be better.

If this is being rebooked by the airline due to the current issues as a through booking, why would the bags not be checked through?

The option is not offered by the airline.

Yeah, the fee for changes sucks. Still, if it's far enough out, there's a good chance of schedule changes.

Congratulations on getting RM to release a seat on MIA-DFW. I've had zero success last year and this on anything, even puddle-jumper flights that were wide open. I tried for JFK-DFW a lot to make an EY award work, but given how few flights there are JFK-DFW (I was surprised), that wasn't going to happen. Instead I booked AS out of EWR, and changed when space opened up on AA JFK-LAX.

i have never connected in KWI. Personally, if I were arriving between 8pm and 12am, I'd allow three hours and ensure I had arranged the visa meet and greet service. If it was another time of day, I would still have three hours but you can do the visa yourself (assuming you are a US citizen). You will save yourself 10KWD doing it yourself.

Here is the Oman transit policy: Would connecting from QR/EY be possible? Obviously its different flights.


"Visitors from any country who hold onward tickets may transit through Oman without a visa for up to 6 hours if proceeding by the same flight. "

US to SE Asia on Qatar

Hey all, have just begun my first deep dive into booking a US to SE Asia award trip on QR. We're getting married next May in St. Martin and are hard at work trying to figure out an awesome place for a honeymoon, while leveraging the ~400K miles we have between us. Ideally, our honeymoon takes off from MIA since we'd likely be connecting there coming back from St. Martin, hence why I'm looking at QR. I've done a bit of research and read this forum some.

Right now, I'm seeing good availability on ba.com for MIA-DOH-CGK or SGN or KUL. I made one quick call to AA US to confirm how many miles it would cost, and she said that MIA-DOH-MLE (initially what I was looking at) was not a possible routing on QR with AA miles.

2 questions off the bat.

1) MIA-DOH-XXX (SE Asia destination) in biz will cost 70K AA miles + $92. Is that
accurate?
2) Booking through AA US on the phone is hit or miss, or is it impossible? Related, booking through AA AU/NZ phone is still the option that has the best chance?

As I continue to do more research, I'm thinking an easier and also excellent way to do this is to just book an award flight on CX from BOS or JFK to HKG (we live in Boston so could just go home from St. Martin for a day). 1st class on CX from BOS/JFK to HKG looks like it would be awesome, even business would still be excellent. And then we just book paid flights from HKG to KUL for a very low price. My initial research here makes it seem like this option will be much easier to find/book than the initial QR route/option I was thinking, as outlined above.

Thoughts?

No , it will be 70,000 for Miami-Doha plus 40,000 for Doha to Asia 2, giving a total of 110,000

Really just need to phone and see what you can get ; phoning all 3 doesnt take long if needed


Not sure whether it is easier, but it will be cheaper; going on CX from USA-Asia 2 can be done for 70,000 points

Thanks! 70K CX USA-Asia 2 is business, right? It's 110K in first?