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Why Is AA Award Not Showing On British Airways?
Hi can someone shed some light on what I am seeing here please?
I tried to Google my way to an explanation with no luck.
I’m looking at AA domestic flights on British Airways for a target date.
When I look at “Book with Avios”, there is no availability.
I try the same search with “Book and Upgrade” and there are 7 seats available.
I thought that upgrading with points was only an option if there were award seats available, but my previous “book with Avios” search showed no availability.
On AA’s site, there is availability, so I don’t know if that is playing a part in this.
Thoughts?
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2 Replies
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There is no Saver Level Award Space so partners (British Airways) can’t book it.
As for why the book & upgrade option is available it might just be buying the automatic upgrade fare as it’s 11k Avios plus $800 per ticket.
A revenue first class will be under $700.
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There would need to be Saver level availability with AA to see it bookable on BA with Avios.
I’m not sure where you’re seeing “Book and upgrade”.
All of the nonstop AA flights on those days are in the 40k range, which is not Saver level.
The Saver level flight below is 11.5k AA miles but has a stop.
BA is not always good at piecing together AA segments so may need to book separately.
BA is a per-segment award program though, so will be ~2x the points needed for the NS saver you’re seeing.
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