American And Etihad Expand Codesharing On US Routes

I think you meant "codesharing" not "coedsharing" in the sentence that you have in bold.

Nice launch to AA status which is more useful than EY status. One business flight and you're there basically with the 50% bonus.

@ Adam -- Indeed. Fixed, thanks.

Well, U.S. Airlines have to do that.basically, they cannot compete with ME3 on routes to India, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Soon,Delta will suspend their African and Indian routes and United will suspend their Indian routes. These markets are profitable , but United and Delta just simply don't know how to do business there.

I hope that means my upcoming DFW-AUH-DFW flight I purchased during the Xmas mistake will earn AA miles

@ Kevin -- Unfortunately not, since presumably you didn't book it as a codeshare flight.

Hi Ben

Seems from recent weeks that the word has got out about cheap redemptions for Etihad's First Apartment! I'm in the UK and by 8am here, 331 days out, both Saver First awards have gone, every day for the last two weeks! Any idea what time exactly the seats are released? Otherwise I'm going to have to slum it in Business..

Alex

Great news, thanks for sharing.

Can Etihad be booked online for award tickets through AA.com?

It seems Etihad is also subsidised by AA 🙂

This is a positive step but I wish that you could get AA miles for Etihad-marketed & operated flights to/from US. Would love to credit my DFW-AUH-DFW trip from Christmas price mistake to AA but I suppose it will have to go to ANA.

@ Alex -- The seats haven't been booked, they're just not making them available for awards the second the window opens. Keep checking, as space is very likely to open.

@ Glenn -- No, you have to call to redeem American miles on Etihad. Here's how you can search space first, though:
https://onemileatatime.com/search-etihad-award-space/

@lucky thanks. How did you work that out? Intuitition? Any way to tell on Expertflyer or similar?

@ Alex -- No, just because that's what Etihad has been doing for quite a while. They often don't make space available right as the window opens.

@lucky cool, thanks!

@Lucky,

So is this mean NOW I can book and redeem AA miles for Etihad First Apartment from SFO - AUH? do they have a better plane out from SFO than out from LAX? I heard LAX one is better, is it true.......
Also how easy it is to find award availability and how many miles does it cost?

@ SFOflyer -- This has no impact on redeeming miles. LAX has a better plane than SFO. 90K for F one-way.

That's great they are starting to codeshare with AA on the Abu Dhabi / DFW city pair. We did that flight recently and thought it was really good: www.milesdownunder.com/2015/04/review-etihad-first-abu-dhabi-dallas-fort-worth/

Hi Ben,

I want to fly from London to Beijing via Middle East, so I can redeem Etihad First Class Apartment. Is it possible to redeem Etihad by using AA miles and have a layover in Abu Dhabi, which will cost the same miles as directly from Europe to Asia 2? Does American still allows layover like that? Thanks a lot.

Does this mean, I should Not give Eithad my Aadvantage number on my flight to Abu Dhabi tomorrow, and instead ask for a Eithad loyalty number... and somehow use it later? Do they transfer? Booked on Orbitz directly to Eithad... no codeshare.

Lucky, any feel for how long before Etihad will start opening up award space in F on their A380 service to JFK? I've noticed they are pretty generous on last minute F space on their 787 service to IAD already.

@Lucky,

thanks, to quote your last answer:
"@ SFOflyer — This has no impact on redeeming miles. LAX has a better plane than SFO. 90K for F one-way."

Is this LAX-AUH flight on 777 or A380?

@ SFOflyer -- 777.

@ Mike -- It's anyone's guess, as they're quite inconsistent. I'd recommend checking back, as it could happen anytime.

@ Rosa -- If you're flying out of the US on a non-codeshare then yes.

@ Makalo -- Unfortunately that would price as two awards.

Will an Etihad marketed itinerary partly operated by Air Berlin and partially by American earn EQM's and Elite Bonus miles? I can't get a clear answer on the AA site. It doesn't cover such a scenario as both AB and AA are One World carriers.

@ Puneet -- Technically an Etihad marketed flight operated by airberlin wouldn't be eligible for mileage accrual with AAdvnatage.

What about AUH-SYD? Do you earn miles?