ETIHAD - AA Partner

[slodki]

bear in mind the total allowed mileage purchase (before bonuses) is 100k per account per year. And it's probably a good idea to work out how to max any bonus allowed within a promotion (ie lower mileage purchases may not attract the max bonus miles, and any miles you have left within your limit for next time may also then not attract the max bonus).

If you have one account for each passenger, max out just on one account, and buy both tickets from that (which is what I think you might have had in mind anyway).

Great tip! I was thinking along the same lines. One account has approx 50K points from the US transfer - so if i go for the 100 + 60 option, I should have enough for 2x one way Europe-AUS flights and be left with 3x internal AU/AU-NZ flights.

 

[k974]

Hi ,

Currently looking for the best way to get from Syd/Mel/Bne (BNE pref) to LHR/Dublin (Dublin preferably) in Sept 15. Looking preferably to fly in Etihad in first in the apartment, what is the best way to look for availability, when I go on Etihad guest it looks to have availability with 300,000 points is this it? does this equate to 75,000 AA points.

I also have KVS availability and are happy to go with other airline in F but would prefer Etihad apartment is possible./

how does the AA travel agent know you are looking for the residence not just for a typical first seat?

for instance is this screen shot showing availability is this how ye check?

Thanks

 

[Alanslegal]

Sydney to Europe requires the cost of two awards, being South West Pacific to Middle East, then Middle East to Europe. The miles required is 60k + 40K = 100K one way.

For AA to see the seat, there has to be Guest First Seat open, if it's sold out as seen above, then it is not available for partner (ie non-EY) redemption.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Not sure you can book the Residence with points either.....??

 

[boomy]

Not sure you can book the Residence with points either.....??

Can't book with points or upgrade to Residence.

 

[VERITAZ]

Few people in this thread had success booking ADL-SYD-AUH to get the apartments, but is it possible to book PER-SYD-AUH-LHR? That route doesn't violate the MPM for PER-LHR, but because it's split into two awards, would the PER-SYD-AUH leg violate MPM and be an invalid routing? If so what's the best options to get to SYD? Revenue ticket in Y? Don't really want to drop an extra 17.5k miles on positioning if I can't tack PER-SYD onto the SYD-AUH-LHR awards.

 

[KVS]

I also have KVS availability and are happy to go with other airline in F but would prefer Etihad apartment is possible./

how does the AA travel agent know you are looking for the residence not just for a typical first seat?

for instance is this screen shot showing availability is this how ye check?

Being a KVS Tool Member, you can easily search for both OneWorld and EY Award Availability.

EY Residence redemptions are only available to EY's own FFP members (at a greatly increased cost).

Please consult the KVS Tool User Guide for details:
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#EY
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#OneWorld

[KVS Tool 7.7.7/Diamond - Awards/EY]

SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]
AUH  Abu Dhabi Intl AE [OMAA]
SUN  20 Sep 2015 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Award Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
EY         451     SYD   14:15     AUH   23:05     77W  0   FS1  CS0  YS2
EY         455     SYD   21:25     AUH   06:15 +1  388  0   FS0  CS1  YS4

 

[k974]

Being a KVS Tool Member, you can easily search for both OneWorld and EY Award Availability.

EY Residence redemptions are only available to EY's own FFP members (at a greatly increased cost).

Please consult the KVS Tool User Guide for details:
KVS Availability Tool: Global Flight Availability, Award Availability, Fares, Timetables, Seat Maps
KVS Availability Tool: Global Flight Availability, Award Availability, Fares, Timetables, Seat Maps

[KVS Tool 7.7.7/Diamond - Awards/EY]

SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]
AUH  Abu Dhabi Intl AE [OMAA]
SUN  20 Sep 2015 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Award Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
EY         451     SYD   14:15     AUH   23:05     77W  0   FS1  CS0  YS2
EY         455     SYD   21:25     AUH   06:15 +1  388  0   FS0  CS1  YS4

Thanks is it possible to do a +/- 7 day search for EY rewards?

Thanks

 

[k974]

Hi All,

I've just booked in the following

a. BNE - LHR (1st Class) & LHR - DUB with BA
b. DUB - AUH (Bus) AUH - SYD (1st) & SYD-BNE with Qantas

They are saying it is 190,000miles per person.

If I dropped the LHR- DUB & SYD - BNE legs and bought separate cheap ryanair/Jetstar tickets would I save a lot of miles? The Dublin - Abu Dhabi leg on the way back is in business.

last time I did this 18 months ago, it cost me 150,000miles with Thai from Syd-LHR.

Just wondering if 190,000 sounds right.

Thanks

 

[Kangol]

Hi All,

I've just booked in the following

a. BNE - LHR (1st Class) & LHR - DUB with BA
b. DUB - AUH (Bus) AUH - SYD (1st) & SYD-BNE with Qantas

They are saying it is 190,000miles per person.

If I dropped the LHR- DUB & SYD - BNE legs and bought separate cheap ryanair/Jetstar tickets would I save a lot of miles? The Dublin - Abu Dhabi leg on the way back is in business.

last time I did this 18 months ago, it cost me 150,000miles with Thai from Syd-LHR.

Just wondering if 190,000 sounds right.

Thanks

Where are your stopovers (ie. >24 hrs)?
You haven't been explicit with your details, so with the limited information the below should apply:

BNE-LHR in F is 80k
LHR-DUB is 10k Y / 20k J
DUB-AUH in J is 30k
AUH-xSYD-BNE in F is 60k

If you have a stopover in LHR, and LHR-DUB is in J then 190k total is right.
It will still be 190k regardless of whether you have a stopover in AUH or not.

If you drop SYD-BNE, the number of miles will not change. The co-payment/taxes may.
If you drop LHR-DUB in J, you save 20k miles. If you choose not to have a stopover in LHR and only a <24hr transit (my calculations are assuming you do have a stopover), you wil also save 20k miles.

If you did this 18mo ago with Thai, my guess is you used USDM when it was still part of *A and yes, 150k sounds right.

 

[k974]

Hi thanks so much for the reply

I've an 8 day stopover in Abu Dhabi on the outward leg, I then have 3 hrs in London before I transfer to the london Dublin flight, on the way back I've got 12hrs in Abu Dhabi and overnight in sydney. The system wouldn't allow them book the sydney to Brisbane flight as I get in at 7pm and it departs at 9pm.

For comparison purposes what would it cost in miles in business, I've 450k miles abs just trying to work out if I'm better off using them for more trips in business or splurge them on first class (travelling with girlfriend)

Thanks

 

[Kangol]

https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/redeemMiles/all-partner-chart.jsp

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

OK that changes things.
The way you wrote your post seemed like you were going all the way from BNE to DUB on BA. I didn't bother to check and have no idea about BNE services but I presume BA do not operate any services to or from BNE. It wouldn't make sense for BA to run a fifth freedom AUH-BNE service.

So you are doing:
BNE-AUH 60k
AUH-xLHR-DUB 40k
DUB-xAUH-xSYD-BNE 30+60k
Still 190k

For your second question, look at the link I posted - the answers are all there.

 

[KVS]

Thanks is it possible to do a +/- 7 day search for EY rewards?

You can use the 30-day Power Search:
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#PowerSearch

 

[k974]

https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/redeemMiles/all-partner-chart.jsp

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

OK that changes things.
The way you wrote your post seemed like you were going all the way from BNE to DUB on BA. I didn't bother to check and have no idea about BNE services but I presume BA do not operate any services to or from BNE. It wouldn't make sense for BA to run a fifth freedom AUH-BNE service.

So you are doing:
BNE-AUH 60k
AUH-xLHR-DUB 40k
DUB-xAUH-xSYD-BNE 30+60k
Still 190k

For your second question, look at the link I posted - the answers are all there.

thanks for much, looks like best I could do is Australia - Europe in business for 75k each way 150k return. that's 40k less than what im paying but with 2 people a 40k saving = 80k which is another one way business trip.

so basically 2 first return = 2 business return & 1 business one way ??

Thanks

 

[MEL_Traveller]

thanks for much, looks like best I could do is Australia - Europe in business for 75k each way 150k return. that's 40k less than what im paying but with 2 people a 40k saving = 80k which is another one way business trip.

so basically 2 first return = 2 business return & 1 business one way ??

Thanks

If you flew Cathay Pacific (you are allowed to connect in Hong Kong free of charge), you could do business class return for 60K one way or 120K return per person. Same applies if you take Qantas all the way through AU-LHR on a single flight number (connections via SYD/MEL are allowed)... 60K each way.

 

[Finale]

Etihad finally opened up F award space AUH - LHR for 2016. Was about to book F SYD - AUH then AUH - LHR in J. F all the way now

Hope AA can see them.

 

[Danger]

AMAZING DEAL: Etihad A380 First Class Apartment Awards Wide Open To New York! - One Mile at a Time

 

[Alanslegal]

I'm flying JFK - DXB ok EK F on 6 August however would be very tempted to swap over to an EY apartment time to go check availability.

 

[boomy]

Very interesting and awesome value for 90K miles. Had to cancel a trip to NYC on OZ Suites last month and will definitely look into EY when re-booking for next year. Hope they release two F awards on that route.

 

[boomy]

Checked all dates in March 2016 and availability for both AUH-JFK and JFK-AUH for 2 pax on the A380 is a big fat 0
Can find seats on the 77W which is operated by: "Etihad on Jet Airways configured aircraft", whatever that means.