new AA buy miles promotion

[hummel]

Saw some flights SYD-JNB-MRU for 50K in J .... now I am tempted, very tempted and make it an excuse to go there

Thanks for posting that, I am also very tempted now!

 

[ianp]

Yep. All ticketed ok ! Very surprised to be honest but a good result.

A little annoying that they couldn't find any later QF SYD-BNE. Would that likely have been a lazy agent? There are heaps of seats available on all of the evening flights. I guess I can go for dinner in Bris or something!

Just call back and ask to change the flight to a later one, there is no charge for minor changes on AA

 

[ianp]

Saw some flights SYD-JNB-MRU for 50K in J .... now I am tempted, very tempted and make it an excuse to go there

I have noticed on the AA award chart it says Travel from South Pacific to Africa "^ Transpacific only" I am sure it must be a mistake as you would have to go Via North or South America..

 

[N860CR]

Just call back and ask to change the flight to a later one, there is no charge for minor changes on AA

Hmm... Just called back and was told "the 16:05 service is that latest that day. Even though it shows online it won't let me book it". This is availability via aa.com. JAL is showing 5 available seats.

Is there any benefit in chasing it, or isn't it worth the effort.

 

[ianp]

I would call back , give it a day or two , maybe the AA booking system is out of sync ??

 

[N860CR]

I'll try again in a few days. It doesn't make a lot of sense. We're only talking about a SYD-BNE in 8 months time!

 

[kcoulson]

Hi, Just out curiosity (the 30 day rule means that I can't buy anyway) - how can you buy the full allotment 100+60.... if you are only allowed to buy 100 in a 12 month period? (or don't the bonus points count)? I stumbled across this internet site yesterday - it is obvious that there are a lot of clever people who know how to 'work' the system. Very impressed!

 

[Pushka]

Bonus points dont count.

 

[Limewood]

I stumbled across this internet site yesterday - it is obvious that there are a lot of clever people who know how to 'work' the system. Very impressed!

Right on there its like a FF Uni!, some real smart dudes here give advise that can make a "world" of difference.

 

[boomy]

Example; 12/02/2016 QF63 SYD-JNB, and BA6399 JNB-MRU (says operated by Comair)

Thanks, another option to consider for island holiday. Resort prices in MRU look very reasonable.

 

[N860CR]

I would call back , give it a day or two , maybe the AA booking system is out of sync ??

Tried a different approach. Called and asked if there were any seats available on the requested flight as a stand alone (yes... 5 of them).

"Wonderful... Now here's the booking Id like changed"

 

[smit0847]

Thanks, another option to consider for island holiday. Resort prices in MRU look very reasonable.

Dammit! This has got me interested now!! This is a real sweet spot of the program

 

[hummel]

Dammit! This has got me interested now!! This is a real sweet spot of the program

Have a look at the Four Season over Christmas... $1500EUR/night.. bargain!

 

[boomy]

Have a look at the Four Season over Christmas... $1500EUR/night.. bargain!

If you must go during Xmas and if you must stay at FS it will cost you accordingly.
I found some good prices in Nov like: €145 for Westin or €50 + 16K points at Hilton.

 

[hummel]

If you must go during Xmas and if you must stay at FS it will cost you accordingly.
I found some good prices in Nov like: €145 for Westin or €50 + 16K points at Hilton.

Admittedly I did only look at FS... My wife is a teacher so makes it hard for travel time and to be honest I'm sick of doing the family thing over Xmas and ready to get out of here!

Will look at Hilton as I've got ~100k points.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Had a couple of sleeper USDM accounts which have now become AA accounts. They are eligible to buy the full 100K miles plus bonus. Very tempting to max out the credit cards :mrgreen:

 

[amaroo]

Have a look at the Four Season over Christmas... $1500EUR/night.. bargain!

Worth it IMO - FS is brilliant!

 

[hummel]

Worth it IMO - FS is brilliant!

I didn't even pay over $300/night in Bora Bora.. so no chance I'm paying that kind of coin

 

[Rugby]

Mrs Rugby and I first joined American two years ago, but today was my first outing with AA miles and it went quite smoothly with only a couple of quirks. I called a local Sydney number, no need for Skype etc, which diverted to their call centre who quickly checked availability for SYD-NRT J, they had JAL and I reserved a return booking. I then purchased the miles, but had to use both our AA memberships as we needed more than 160000 miles, so purchased 90,000 each. I then called back to pay and had to split the original booking due to using two accounts, and I had to pay taxes using credits card in our separate names, which seemed odd that I couldn't pay for my wife's, but no big deal. All in all easier than expected, so assuming the tickets issue with no problems - happy days and one of the best tips I learned from AFF when I first joined. Glad I got to finally use it. Thanks to the forum.

I had a few more quirky moments with AA when I had to ring back because my booking hadn't ticketed, Mrs Rugby's was fine, and to allocate seats. Apparently mine hadn't ticketed because their system wouldn't accept my card for the taxes - this was the same card I used to buy the miles online, so go figure. Mrs Rugby's card, which is on the same account had been fine for her taxes - the vagaries of CCs. I used another card and that was sorted.

I then had to get the JAL PNRs, different to the AA PNRs, to go onto the JAL website and select seats. The AA consultant was sure there was only one JAL PNR for the both of us even though two bookings. That PNR turned out to be for Mrs Rugby only, so I gave AA a couple of days and rang back and got my correct JAL PNR and selected my seats. All's well that ends well.

 

[VAG newbie]

I had a few more quirky moments with AA when I had to ring back because my booking hadn't ticketed, Mrs Rugby's was fine, and to allocate seats. Apparently mine hadn't ticketed because their system wouldn't accept my card for the taxes - this was the same card I used to buy the miles online, so go figure. Mrs Rugby's card, which is on the same account had been fine for her taxes - the vagaries of CCs. I used another card and that was sorted.

I then had to get the JAL PNRs, different to the AA PNRs, to go onto the JAL website and select seats. The AA consultant was sure there was only one JAL PNR for the both of us even though two bookings. That PNR turned out to be for Mrs Rugby only, so I gave AA a couple of days and rang back and got my correct JAL PNR and selected my seats. All's well that ends well.

Have you tried to look up in checkmytrip?