American Airlines thread

[baron]

Have a flight AA charging 112k per passenger for 2 passengers but for 3 passengers it’s only 43k each. Anything to do?

[Ly18]

How much is 1 ticket? add a phantom 3rd ticket

[baron]

How much is 1 ticket? add a phantom 3rd ticket

Book a 3rd and do nothing with it? For that price I can book via Partner 64.5k each. Was thinking cancel the 3rd after booking, no experience with AA direct with if would work? Just to be clear:
1 ticket 112k
2 tickets 112k each (224k total)
3 tickets 43.5k each (130.5k total)
Was originally happening that only 4 passengers  got that price, figured someone must have booked one. So I went ahead and booked a single cash ticket fully refundable and low and behold, I got the price for 2 passengers then cancelled my single ticket booking. Really odd one though.

[theyankel]

Book a 3rd and do nothing with it? For that price I can book via Partner 64.5k each. Was thinking cancel the 3rd after booking, no experience with AA direct with if would work? Just to be clear:
1 ticket 112k
2 tickets 112k each (224k total)
3 tickets 43.5k each (130.5k total)
Was originally happening that only 4 passengers  got that price, figured someone must have booked one. So I went ahead and booked a single cash ticket fully refundable and low and behold, I got the price for 2 passengers then cancelled my single ticket booking. Really odd one though.

book 3
call to split pnr
cancel the 3rd

[baron]

book 3
call to split pnr
cancel the 3rd

Is split pnr necessary? Can’t just cancel one of them? Anyway what I did is the same just with cash.

[eli1571]

Book a 3rd and do nothing with it? For that price I can book via Partner 64.5k each. Was thinking cancel the 3rd after booking, no experience with AA direct with if would work? Just to be clear:
1 ticket 112k
2 tickets 112k each (224k total)
3 tickets 43.5k each (130.5k total)
Was originally happening that only 4 passengers  got that price, figured someone must have booked one. So I went ahead and booked a single cash ticket fully refundable and low and behold, I got the price for 2 passengers then cancelled my single ticket booking. Really odd one though.

Is it always like that, if you add passengers it goes down in amount ?

[shapsam]

Is split pnr necessary? Can’t just cancel one of them? Anyway what I did is the same just with cash.

Split booking is necessary, although in some cases it'll happen on the backend automatically when you choose to cancel one passenger.

This way is pretty much guaranteed to work and no need to play around with booking cash tickets which may not always force the points prices to drop or may need to book multiple passengers before it works.

[baron]

Split booking is necessary, although in some cases it'll happen on the backend automatically when you choose to cancel one passenger.

If I can cancel 1 passenger why do I need the split pnr? The point is to cancel 1, that’s all.

This way is pretty much guaranteed to work and no need to play around with booking cash tickets which may not always force the points prices to drop or may need to book multiple passengers before it works.

I would argue that it seems my explanation of inventory is correct, and that having extra points or risking them isn’t necessary, cash booking is possible.

This whole phenomenon is strange anyone encounter it before?

[shapsam]

If I can cancel 1 passenger why do I need the split pnr? The point is to cancel 1, that’s all.

You need to split the booking in order to cancel 1 out of 3.

[SHL]

As per the travel blogs the rumors that AA will be outsourcing more phone agents is official
your dissatisfaction is our pleasure

[mlardi]

Had a AA booking mia-lga-pit departure was scheduled for 5:59pm got delayed till 10:45pm obviously missed my connection (they didn't want to put me on a different flight out if mia) who can  I contact and what am I entitled for compensation if any?

[SHL]

Had a AA booking mia-lga-pit departure was scheduled for 5:59pm got delayed till 10:45pm obviously missed my connection (they didn't want to put me on a different flight out if mia) who can  I contact and what am I entitled for compensation if any?

Entitled to ? none. only duty to care in the US
You can try reaching out to CS
If you had trip insurance that covers delay that possibly can cover depending on what time you arrived at your final destination

[shaindy1]

Just an FYI. I have a return flight on American from TLV to JFK for April. They just extended their suspension on all Israel flights this morning from April 3 until May 8. Problem is, can only rebook for travel between May 6 until June 8.

[mlardi]

Entitled to ? none. only duty to care in the US
You can try reaching out to CS
If you had trip insurance that covers delay that possibly can cover depending on what time you arrived at your final destination

Original flight was 5:59pm mia-lga 10pm lga-pit
Mia-lga took off 10:40pm
Got rebooked lga-pit next day 9am flight
Booked with CSP on chase travel

[baron]

For benefit to apply, the Citi® / AAdvantage® account must be open 7 days prior to air travel, and reservation must include the primary credit cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage® number 7 days prior to air travel.

Is this a thing?

[Gvann]

Is this a thing?

If you explain what youre asking about we can tell you

[SHL]

If you explain what youre asking about we can tell you

Pretty sure he is asking if they will only give the benefits if the aadvantage number was attached 7 days before  travel

[Memere]

Is this a thing?

I’m not sure which benefit you’re referring to, however, when a card has a benefit, such as free checked baggage, it will possibly have to be manually reimbursed if the flight was flown under 7 days of the card being approved.

A data point about this - according to an AAdvantage rep I spoke to, as long as your card is linked to the account (which takes 3 or so days to reflect), you don’t need to have used the cc for the benefit.

[baron]

Pretty sure he is asking if they will only give the benefits if the aadvantage number was attached 7 days before  travel

Is this a requirement/hiccup/issue ever?

Thought it was clear enough

[mlardi]

Entitled to ? none. only duty to care in the US
You can try reaching out to CS
If you had trip insurance that covers delay that possibly can cover depending on what time you arrived at your final destination

Emailed AA and received a $25 credit