AA Nonrev benefits
01-19-2022, 04:08 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by AllYourBaseAreB
That’s cool, what regional and what level of benefits on majors? I guess it wouldn’t really catch the IRS’s ire cuz parents pay a fee.
01-19-2022, 05:26 PM
#22
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The travel benefits have lost most of their value as the non-rev fees have gone up and the regular fares have gone down.
The only thing I use anymore is the AA20 fares, which is 20% off the advertised fares for a positive space ticket for you and family listed on the benefits.
For example, a recent FL to New England direct flight was going to be $93 in non-rev fees for my parents. AA.com had a flight listed for $160. 20% off that was about $130. Totally worth the extra money to be positive space, and if you're flexible you can (and I have) scored $800+ credit vouchers when flights inevitably fill up.
The only thing I use anymore is the AA20 fares, which is 20% off the advertised fares for a positive space ticket for you and family listed on the benefits.
For example, a recent FL to New England direct flight was going to be $93 in non-rev fees for my parents. AA.com had a flight listed for $160. 20% off that was about $130. Totally worth the extra money to be positive space, and if you're flexible you can (and I have) scored $800+ credit vouchers when flights inevitably fill up.
01-25-2022, 06:47 AM
#23
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Are there any airlines AA employees can ZED on for free? For example, DL employees can ZED on VS and AM for just the taxes; anything like that at AA? (It might have to do with the fact DL owns a significant portion of both of those airlines.) Any special agreements with B6 or AS, given their close partnerships with AA? Also, is there a 6-month wait for ZED ability, or is that another DL-ism? Much to learn, thanks in advance!
03-17-2022, 11:50 AM
#25
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Originally Posted by FlybyMI
Are there any airlines AA employees can ZED on for free? For example, DL employees can ZED on VS and AM for just the taxes; anything like that at AA? (It might have to do with the fact DL owns a significant portion of both of those airlines.) Any special agreements with B6 or AS, given their close partnerships with AA? Also, is there a 6-month wait for ZED ability, or is that another DL-ism? Much to learn, thanks in advance!
03-18-2022, 12:25 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by VBOS86
AA/B6 have reciprocal Business Class listing, a reduced ZED fare and slight priority list bump.
03-18-2022, 06:11 PM
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My humble suggestion after 31 years of observing the decline of non-rev travel is to study the APA Contract carefully, learn every word and use it to your advantage and buy 1st Class tickets with the skills learned for you and spouse/boy-girlfriend/preferred pronoun meat sack and forget getting treated like a standby leper.
You will come out way ahead with this advice.
You will come out way ahead with this advice.
03-23-2022, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by QuebOLimaJet
With AA changing to automatic upgrades is first class standby over?
I got upgraded a week ago, positive space deadhead. My parents both got upgraded a few days ago as D2P non-revs.
03-23-2022, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by QuebOLimaJet
With AA changing to automatic upgrades is first class standby over?
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