Which AA Domestic Routes have J?

[N860CR]

I'm currently building another QF OneWorld Award for early next year and I've figured it's finally time to explore some of the USA other than New York and California.

It'll be a J award which can be a bit painful in the States domestically and it will put you in Y (which I see as a waste when I'm paying for the J award!). I've travelled JFK-LAX before in AA domestic J, but does anyone know if there's an easy way to see which other AA domestic routes offer J? Is it just JFK-LAX/SFO or are there a few others? I'll be arriving from CAI so can theoretically transit JFK with ease, however I was looking at an arrival into the USA via ORD.

Doesn't bother me where I go... these tickets for me are about exploring places I usually wouldn't get the chance to. Any suggestions?

 

[Hvr]

SJU-MIA and SJU-JFK are two routes with J instead of F that I've travelled on this month.

 

[drewbles]

Flights to/from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean are all J. The only other routes to my knowledge with J are the SFO/LAX-JFK 3 class services.

Unfortunately others will see an award in Y (only DONEx type fares book into F).

 

[pyffii]

dfw-yvr, ord-yvr,mia-lir,mia-cun are also J flights that we have taken and all great

 

[Princess Fiona]

LAX-MIA has J also ( it's 3 class on one flight daily AA 1520 and AA 299 MIA-LAX)

 

[Danger]

I'm not sure there's any easy way to tell but there are very few domestic flights with J on AA. Anything international (which for this purposes includes anything beyond the 50 US states) will have a Y and J cabin at a minimum. Flights operated by 767-300s will have Y and J, and 777s will have three classes. Think hubs like ORD, JFK, MIA, DFW and LAX. I think that might be the limit.

 

[The Rok]

LAX-MIA has J also ( it's 3 class on one flight daily AA 1520 and AA 299 MIA-LAX)

I did a dummy booking for an award on AA PER-SYD-LAX-MIA in J. All sectors showed as Business (U) except the LAX-MIA which showed as First... Is that normal? If there is J on that route why would the award book into First?

 

[Princess Fiona]

I did a dummy booking for an award on AA PER-SYD-LAX-MIA in J. All sectors showed as Business (U) except the LAX-MIA which showed as First... Is that normal? If there is J on that route why would the award book into First?

Is it a two class flight? If you book an AA award in J, it books into F on the domestic sectors ( J on a three class)
Most of the LAX-MIA flights are two class.

 

[Grooba]

LAX-MIA has J also ( it's 3 class on one flight daily AA 1520 and AA 299 MIA-LAX)

I did a dummy booking for an award on AA PER-SYD-LAX-MIA in J. All sectors showed as Business (U) except the LAX-MIA which showed as First... Is that normal? If there is J on that route why would the award book into First?

The engine probably picked up something other than the one 3 class flight per day, therefore booking you into A/P/F.

 

[kempvet]

Some AA domestic flights have a J class, almost always they are transcontinental flights and almost always wide bodied planes 767, 777. All flights to the Caribbean and Latin America only have J and no F class and are almost always the single aisle planes. The flagship of the future are the new 777s with the three classes which have started on the MIA-LAX route and are to be rolled out over more of the transcontinental domestic routes, these will likely all have a F, J and Y class.

By the way, unless it is the new 777, don't get too excited by seeing a F class in a three class configuration on AA, there is nothing special about them.

 

[vetrade]

LAX-MIA has J also ( it's 3 class on one flight daily AA 1520 and AA 299 MIA-LAX)

Sadly it looks like all AA LAX-MIA flights will soon be Y and F only - meaning there won't be any 3 class services where you could get J seats on a OW 280K award. They presently have AA1488 departing 10.55am which has 3 classes but it isn't listed after May this year. From June 2014 onwards AA only lists 2 class services on this route.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Sadly it looks like all AA LAX-MIA flights will soon be Y and F only - meaning there won't be any 3 class services where you could get J seats on a OW 280K award. They presently have AA1488 departing 10.55am which has 3 classes but it isn't listed after May this year. From June 2014 onwards AA only lists 2 class services on this route.

Where's the dislike button when you need one?

 

[Beta4Me]

Am I missing something? Booking a DONEx = F on US domestic two class flights. Why hanker for three class?

 

[Princess Fiona]

Am I missing something? Booking a DONEx = F on US domestic two class flights. Why hanker for three class?

If booked on a OW Explorer Award in J you will be in coach on a two class.

 

[Beta4Me]

If booked on a OW Explorer Award in J you will be in coach on a two class.

Since when? I have never heard this before. Even MileageMonkey shows F status credits in 2 class flights for a DONEx.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Since when? I have never heard this before. Even MileageMonkey shows F status credits in 2 class flights for a DONEx.

Since always AFAIK. I am referring to One World Explorer Award bookings with QF not revenue fares.

 

[Beta4Me]

Since always AFAIK. I am referring to One World Explorer Award bookings with QF not revenue fares.

Oh. "Award" didn't click as a points redemption. Silly me.