Hi,
I have booked an award (on hold) with AA miles from SYD-SCL-xx_. First leg J class on LAN and the latter Y class on TAM. AA priced this at 60,000 miles. 50,000 miles for the SYD-SCL on J and 10,000 for the SCL-xx_ on Y class. I was told because there was no J cabin operated on the SCL-xx_ leg that the SCL-xx_ had been priced as a separate leg because it’s a different class as the first SYD-SCL leg (J class). It would have priced out at 50,000 miles for the complete SYD-SCL-xx_ trip had the SCL-xx_ leg been also J class. So I would be effectively paying an extra 10,000 miles for an inferior SCL-xx_ leg in Y class. How can that be!
I later searched again on the BA site and found a flight in F class for the SCL-xx_ leg but no J class operated on that flight. I also found on the AA site a link for Award Details which says (under the Business/First MileSAAver column): If a Business Class cabin does not exist, this award is valid for travel in First Class. So does that mean that I should be able to book the SCL-xx_ leg in F class (and treat that as a J class seat since no J class cabin was operated on that flight) and only incur 50,000 miles instead of the 60,000 miles booking that I have on hold?
Does anyone have any similar experience? Any other options anyone can think of? I don’t really fancy paying more miles for the “privilege” of a leg in Y class!
I have booked an award (on hold) with AA miles from SYD-SCL-xx_. First leg J class on LAN and the latter Y class on TAM. AA priced this at 60,000 miles. 50,000 miles for the SYD-SCL on J and 10,000 for the SCL-xx_ on Y class. I was told because there was no J cabin operated on the SCL-xx_ leg that the SCL-xx_ had been priced as a separate leg because it’s a different class as the first SYD-SCL leg (J class). It would have priced out at 50,000 miles for the complete SYD-SCL-xx_ trip had the SCL-xx_ leg been also J class. So I would be effectively paying an extra 10,000 miles for an inferior SCL-xx_ leg in Y class. How can that be!
I later searched again on the BA site and found a flight in F class for the SCL-xx_ leg but no J class operated on that flight. I also found on the AA site a link for Award Details which says (under the Business/First MileSAAver column): If a Business Class cabin does not exist, this award is valid for travel in First Class. So does that mean that I should be able to book the SCL-xx_ leg in F class (and treat that as a J class seat since no J class cabin was operated on that flight) and only incur 50,000 miles instead of the 60,000 miles booking that I have on hold?
Does anyone have any similar experience? Any other options anyone can think of? I don’t really fancy paying more miles for the “privilege” of a leg in Y class!