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Re: AA frequent flyer miles question
[Re: ggffrr11]
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01/19/2017 09:23 AM
01/19/2017 09:23 AM
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Since the merger with US Air, there are many more people trying to chase the same number of FF seats, is my take on it. Think about it, all those people with lots of US Air miles that got transferred to AA miles, and not that many more flights than before.. We've been pretty lucky, booking from Florida on AA, but I think it also is a function of where you are flying from..
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Re: AA frequent flyer miles question
[Re: rigirly]
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01/19/2017 10:33 AM
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We often grab a flight that is not our preferred flight, but one we can live with if absolutely necessary, and then wait to see if better flights come up available, which they often do. We did that again for flights in June this year. We'll see if we get lucky again. And actually one time when we were in St. Maarten, we were able to change our flights to a day later than our original flight coming home, which gave us an extra day of vacation!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: AA frequent flyer miles question
[Re: sail2wind]
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01/19/2017 11:36 AM
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sail2wind said: We stopped using AA miles years ago. If they did have availability, you never get direct service. We exclusively use Capital One, 2 for 1 miles on all purchases. You book your own flights and Cap 1 reimburses you. Which Capital One card? Ventures? I am looking to get a different card for miles. Both my mother (who is tireless in her quest to use AA miles) and I are having a very hard time lately with award tickets.
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Re: AA frequent flyer miles question
[Re: Manpot]
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01/19/2017 12:17 PM
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A bit of perspective regarding use of AA miles from one who has lifetime Platinum status and 4 million miles on my record. As noted above, the merger with USAir and the incorporation of their users has made a bad situation worse. If you need to travel to Albuquerque, Nashville, or other similar venues, you should have minimal issues using your miles. Traveling to/from Dallas, New York, Las Vegas,Chicago, LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, your options are basically:
1)Forget the notion of a 25K round trip unless you book the 331 days in advance and are prepared to travel at 0600 or 2300 hrs. 2)Bite the bullet and cough up 50K miles for a coach ticket (or look closely at business/first class availability as you can occasionally get a business/first class mileage ticket for the same 50K miles)
If you look at seat availability for most flights booked months in advance, there are plenty of seats for paying customers. AA miles tickets are rigidly rationed early in the booking period. As the time gets closer to the actual departure date, some miles tickets are opened up-but clearly a risk if you are trying to book a bad schedule with hopes to get a change to a better flight.
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