a short while ago, when I posted about reading of the ceasing of codeshare between AA Advantage and Etihad and I received a couple of replies saying that codeshare would cease, but Awards stay the same. (someone else posted that they wondered for how long it would be possible)
After thinking about this for a week or two, I'm really still no clearer on how the two differ- does it mean that after January, I will still be able to call up American and book Etihad Awards using my AA Miles?
The reason I'm harping on is that, right now I have confirmed Business (J) seats on Etihad from TLV - Amman - Abu Dhabi, and Abu Dhabi to Melbourne - 3 seats which I've had for over six months and I'm very happy with those...
however, I suddenly thought how nice it would be to maybe stopover in Istanbul on the way home, instead of flying straight through .
I can get J seats from Istanbul to Abu Dhabi and from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne on the dates I want but I feel incredibly nervous about giving up my confirmed and ticketed seats in case anything goes wrong during the change-over of dates and routes.
I would really appreciate some thoughts and opinions on whether to take this opportunity to change, or leave it as is and visit IST another time.
I would be beyond devastated if anything did go wrong during the changes.
After thinking about this for a week or two, I'm really still no clearer on how the two differ- does it mean that after January, I will still be able to call up American and book Etihad Awards using my AA Miles?
The reason I'm harping on is that, right now I have confirmed Business (J) seats on Etihad from TLV - Amman - Abu Dhabi, and Abu Dhabi to Melbourne - 3 seats which I've had for over six months and I'm very happy with those...
however, I suddenly thought how nice it would be to maybe stopover in Istanbul on the way home, instead of flying straight through .
I can get J seats from Istanbul to Abu Dhabi and from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne on the dates I want but I feel incredibly nervous about giving up my confirmed and ticketed seats in case anything goes wrong during the change-over of dates and routes.
I would really appreciate some thoughts and opinions on whether to take this opportunity to change, or leave it as is and visit IST another time.
I would be beyond devastated if anything did go wrong during the changes.