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Avios Miles with American Airlines
« on: February 10, 2016, 03:00:50 PM »
I'm trying to use Avios miles for a domestic ticket in the USA on AA. Although the flights i'm looking for show up on milesaver on AA.com, on BA.com i mostly find first class tickets available but nothing in coach.  It seems that redeeming avios for USA coach is a scam... Is there any way to book these?? Please share some advice if you have experience.
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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2016, 03:07:54 PM »
It seems that redeeming avios for USA coach is a scam
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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2016, 03:12:08 PM »
I'm trying to use Avios miles for a domestic ticket in the USA on AA. Although the flights i'm looking for show up on milesaver on AA.com, on BA.com i mostly find first class tickets available but nothing in coach.  It seems that redeeming avios for USA coach is a scam... Is there any way to book these?? Please share some advice if you have experience.
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http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=11484.0

Check out some of the links in the Wiki. Dan has written very detailed posts on booking AA flights with BA.

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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2016, 11:29:10 PM »
Thank you CS91, some of those posts are several years old. Recently, other than first class, I found very few coach-fare seats within the US.

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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 11:34:45 PM »
any Milesaver (thats a nonstop?) can be booked. The BA website is not great, and they only show a couple of flights. If you know the flight is available, just call up BA to book and have them waive the phone booking charge.

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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 01:23:32 AM »
I've read that its only nonstop ones,and from experience, those are the only ones that come up. It's just that ive recently come across a avios ticket with a stopover...

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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2016, 01:31:47 AM »
I've read that its only nonstop ones,and from experience, those are the only ones that come up. It's just that ive recently come across a avios ticket with a stopover...
I just looked at it again;even though it shows it as a connecting flight,its charged as two flights.Sorry about that! :)

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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2016, 05:11:07 PM »
Still trying to use Avios miles on BA with AA and i cannot  find any economy seats (just 1st class). Gam Z. suggested that any Milesaver can be booked by calling BA directly. I tried that and they wouldn't accept it. They claim that those seats were not released to BA. Is this the new reality? I would appreciate any experienced help for a novice :-) Thank you!

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Re: Avios Miles with American Airlines
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2016, 05:19:26 PM »
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=11484.0 Your address for all things Avios