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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 #2760 on: September 13, 2016, 02:20:37 PM »
AA waived cancellation fee ($225) today and redeposited 160k miles back into my account.

Flight booked in March  to FL for November departure.

I just told them we were not comfortable traveling to FL because of Zika.

10 minute call. I was shocked it was that easy.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2761 on: September 27, 2016, 06:58:07 PM »
What call center is easiest to deal with? Searching for Iberia flights which are wide open on IB (per phone rep) but nothing showing to AA US rep
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2762 on: September 27, 2016, 07:21:23 PM »
What call center is easiest to deal with? Searching for Iberia flights which are wide open on IB (per phone rep) but nothing showing to AA US rep
Nothing to do with call center. IB releases fewer seats to partners. check BA site for partner inventory then call AA

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2763 on: September 27, 2016, 08:17:40 PM »
Nothing to do with call center. IB releases fewer seats to partners. check BA site for partner inventory then call AA
BA has nothing, IB has 9+. Do they release close in? I'm just sitting on a ton of AA that I'd love to burn on this. I need 5 seats.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2764 on: September 27, 2016, 08:37:59 PM »
BA has nothing, IB has 9+. Do they release close in? I'm just sitting on a ton of AA that I'd love to burn on this. I need 5 seats.
Not sure.

Sell your AA, buy IB?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2765 on: October 09, 2016, 03:13:58 PM »
Is there a way to limit NYC-LHR search to AA Metal? They seem to have changed the "Advanced Search" where it defaults to AA and even then it shows all BA availability. No AA metal J available for months.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2766 on: October 09, 2016, 04:23:53 PM »
Is there a way to limit NYC-LHR search to AA Metal? They seem to have changed the "Advanced Search" where it defaults to AA and even then it shows all BA availability. No AA metal J available for months.
Not AFAIK, although there probably is some way (award nexus perhaps)
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2767 on: October 09, 2016, 04:37:10 PM »
Not AFAIK, although there probably is some way (award nexus perhaps)
You can thank Doug Parker for the great New american
CMIIW this is something new. It worked until last week.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2768 on: October 10, 2016, 06:00:25 AM »
Is there a way to limit NYC-LHR search to AA Metal? They seem to have changed the "Advanced Search" where it defaults to AA and even then it shows all BA availability. No AA metal J available for months.
It still works as before.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2769 on: October 10, 2016, 06:58:33 AM »
It still works as before.
Now show it to me on a monthly calendar...as you were able to in the past. And find me a saver date more than a month out.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2770 on: October 10, 2016, 02:14:18 PM »
if i book AA metal with Alaska or Avios  and i have the executive platinum card , can i get free luggage ?

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« Reply #2771 on: October 10, 2016, 02:15:31 PM »
if i book AA metal with Alaska or Avios  and i have the executive platinum card , can i get free luggage ?
Yes. You just need to add your FF# to reservation through RJ website or one of the other partners.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2772 on: October 10, 2016, 05:00:38 PM »
Now show it to me on a monthly calendar...as you were able to in the past. And find me a saver date more than a month out.
You are able to narrow down the search to AA metal only. The issue that AA doesn't release much savor space is irrelevant to this issue.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2773 on: October 10, 2016, 05:06:27 PM »
You are able to narrow down the search to AA metal only. The issue that AA doesn't release much savor space is irrelevant to this issue.
On the monthly calendar? So enter this search please. JFK-LHR on AA metal for the next month. Click on the 24th which shows Availability at Saver level 57.5k and click on that day. There is no non-stop AA Metal option on that day yet it shows availability. In other words, the limitation to AA metal in the advanced search dropdown menu is a sham!!! There is no way to limit your search to AA Metal anymore. They show it as an option in the dropdown menu but it has no fuctionality. It used to give you only AA Metal. Now it will show you all saver availability including BA.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2774 on: October 10, 2016, 05:13:25 PM »
Yeh on the monthly calendar you are right, even you select AA only, it will show all of them....

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2775 on: October 10, 2016, 05:18:24 PM »
Yeh on the monthly calendar you are right, even you select AA only, it will show all of them....
So something changed. Recently. Stinks.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2776 on: October 10, 2016, 08:54:10 PM »
I booked an Avios award for 4 on AA metal. I went to choose seats via AA.com and it says no available seats. What does that mean ? Overbooked flight ?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2777 on: October 10, 2016, 09:05:54 PM »
I booked an Avios award for 4 on AA metal. I went to choose seats via AA.com and it says no available seats. What does that mean ? Overbooked flight ?

Very normal for AA. You'll have where to seat, no worries.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2778 on: October 10, 2016, 10:21:50 PM »
thanks  ;D

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #2779 on: October 14, 2016, 03:32:29 PM »
What is the timeframe for redeposit of AA miles after cancellation and redeposit? Its been a week since they charged me for the redeposit but the miles havent been replaced in the account.
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