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$75 fee:

-21+ days prior to departure is based on the departing city time zone, not the booking city time zone.

EDIT: I managed to call in and have them waive the fee when it was within 21 days in departing city time zone but not by booking city time zone

UPDATE: AA has removed all close-in fees

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1840 on: February 09, 2016, 04:41:13 PM »
just to confirm I am searching for cathay availability to book with AA from JFK to HKG is the business on BA really first for AA?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1841 on: February 09, 2016, 04:42:46 PM »
just to confirm I am searching for cathay availability to book with AA from JFK to HKG is the business on BA really first for AA?

No.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1842 on: February 09, 2016, 04:43:12 PM »
just to confirm I am searching for cathay availability to book with AA from JFK to HKG is the business on BA really first for AA?
No. AA and BA both call it the same. J is J, F is F on both.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1843 on: February 09, 2016, 04:44:22 PM »
No. AA and BA both call it the same. J is J, F is F on both.
so how do I search for cathay first BA is only showing economy, premium economy and business?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1844 on: February 09, 2016, 04:46:33 PM »
so how do I search for cathay first BA is only showing economy, premium economy and business?
Search for F, not Y and it'll show you F, J, and Y+.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1845 on: February 09, 2016, 04:47:23 PM »
Search for F, not Y and it'll show you F, J, and Y+.
thanks I see it now

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1846 on: February 09, 2016, 06:21:38 PM »
On a separate note -  I have AMM- SYD currently as an award- I plan on booking an australia to nz flight, nz to ppt, and ppt back to the states as well, all probably on AA partners. I'm not 100% sure of the dates or routing of the middle flights - is there an advantage of booking this all under one award (is that even possible?) as a bunch of separate legs? Would that allow me to change the routing of the middle legs without change fees, or am I no better off than just booking as separate itineraries?

Total trip will probably be something like:
AMM-AUH-SYD EY
SYD-CNS QF
CNS-SYD-CHC QF
AKL-PPT TN
PPT-LAX TN

Just FYI you can use AA miles to book NZ metal that's TN codeshare for AKL-PPT

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1847 on: February 09, 2016, 06:25:14 PM »
Just FYI you can use AA miles to book NZ metal that's TN codeshare for AKL-PPT
Interesting

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1848 on: February 10, 2016, 04:32:51 AM »

Just FYI you can use AA miles to book NZ metal that's TN codeshare for AKL-PPT
Interesting

Very interesting. I was researching that a couple days ago and couldn't find an answer. The TN flight gets in late and would require a PPt overnight which I would like to avoid.

Thanks HEH for the info!

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1849 on: February 10, 2016, 10:04:09 AM »
Just FYI you can use AA miles to book NZ metal that's TN codeshare for AKL-PPT
I highly doubt that's true,  but would love to be wrong.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1850 on: February 10, 2016, 01:09:41 PM »
I highly doubt that's true,  but would love to be wrong.
Search it on WFTW

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1851 on: February 10, 2016, 01:58:01 PM »
Ain't got no time for dat!
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1852 on: February 10, 2016, 04:45:02 PM »

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1853 on: February 10, 2016, 04:46:03 PM »

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1854 on: February 10, 2016, 04:47:13 PM »
You know he prob means VFTW

Actually thought he was referring to something else.
Thanks.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1855 on: February 10, 2016, 05:20:24 PM »
For a YYZ-JFK-AUH-MLE//MLE-AUH-JFK-YYZ itinerary, would dropping either the YYZ-JFK or JFK-YYZ segment trigger (i) a change fee or (ii) award repricing (post-AArmageddon)? I understood from VFTW's write up that dropping the last segment will not trigger a reprice, but (i) what about a change fee and (ii) what about the first segment?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1856 on: February 10, 2016, 05:31:10 PM »
For a YYZ-JFK-AUH-MLE//MLE-AUH-JFK-YYZ itinerary, would dropping either the YYZ-JFK or JFK-YYZ segment trigger (i) a change fee or (ii) award repricing (post-AArmageddon)? I understood from VFTW's write up that dropping the last segment will not trigger a reprice, but (i) what about a change fee and (ii) what about the first segment?
(i) yes
(ii) only one way to find out
(i) yes
(ii) only one way to find out

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1857 on: February 10, 2016, 05:31:48 PM »
For a YYZ-JFK-AUH-MLE//MLE-AUH-JFK-YYZ itinerary, would dropping either the YYZ-JFK or JFK-YYZ segment trigger (i) a change fee or (ii) award repricing (post-AArmageddon)? I understood from VFTW's write up that dropping the last segment will not trigger a reprice, but (i) what about a change fee and (ii) what about the first segment?
Dropping that last segment isn't hard. Just don't get on the plane. You'll have to collect your bags for US immigration anyway.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1858 on: February 10, 2016, 06:06:29 PM »
Dropping that last segment isn't hard. Just don't get on the plane. You'll have to collect your bags for US immigration anyway.
Not if arriving on EY with pre-clearance, though should be easy enough to ask them not to interline the bag to Toronto. Also, the YYZ leg would likely be to/from LGA in which case I could definitely no-show on the final leg.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #1859 on: February 10, 2016, 06:14:44 PM »
Not if arriving on EY with pre-clearance, though should be easy enough to ask them not to interline the bag to Toronto. Also, the YYZ leg would likely be to/from LGA in which case I could definitely no-show on the final leg.
I forgot about pre-clearence, but just get a flight from LGA as you said and you're set. You can even change the flight from JFK to LGA and it won't count as a city change.