How To Redeem American AAdvantage Miles On Etihad

I'm seeing availability >30 days. Look at the AA.com calendar for award travel in May, AUH-MIA and there is Etihad business class product showing up...

@ AaronP -- Do you have a specific date you're looking at? Etihad doesn't fly to Miami, and all the options I see are connecting itineraries primarily on British Airways.

Aah...I looked at 5.15.24, AUH-LHR-MIA, it's a business class award, but it allocates economy on Etihad and business LHR-MIA on AA. Misleading.

LHR to MIA is probably on American Airlines

I don’t think it’s 30 days anymore, on some routes I only see availability 15 days before departure.

Etihad is super stingy with releasing those seats to AA. I looked at Boston - Abu Dhabi, for either direction, for April, and I saw availability in business on a single day, 30 days from now. As far as I know, this is not peak travel season so I think Etihad simply doesn't get enough compensation from AA, so they're not doing it unless they're certain they have no other option for those seats.

("Etihad Airbus A380 business class" - that caption is below the Apartment photo (first class))

Not really, at least for me. Found single seats during the middle of the week but could not find two.

TRUE . . . photo or text should be changed 😉 Ben!

NOT quiet true!
1. Ramadan is coming to an end and therefore flights are fuller then ever, BEFORE the real OFF season in the entire Middle East starts after May!
IF Business or First Class "sell" already completely on low fare booking classes, then of course, there can't be a saver award available if only FULL fare booking classes are available for sale, e.g. ETIHAD has 4 different booking classes in most reservation systems, ALL of which are for Business Class fares of different rules, fares and availability of course.
Therefore, April with all the Easter school holidays all over Europe and also Int. schools in the US, that is when families travel outside of the typical US school holidays, and usually families don't book 1 week before departure, so therefore a plane with a limited number of Premium seats available, is quickly sold out in low booking classes! Don't forget, the A380 times are over with huge Business Class availability, especially to the US.
Therefore, it makes sense, that EY has limited to no availability on award booking classes!
Wait till summer, when REAL off season for Middle East is coming! Good luck surviving the heat there then 😉

A 2.55am AUD departure, even with a civilised JFK arrival time, seems a waste of (extra) miles in F.
Crews on such red-eyes really want you to go to sleep ASAP so they can relax a bit or a lot.
Pushing the envelope to get full-on, full value for those valuable miles will be an uphill task.
Just sayin' .....

All the AUH -> JFK Etihad premium award space is gone for nonstop flights

You're assuming that most people flying to AUH are destined to the Middle-East.

Just an FYI Etihad has separate baggage allowance for American Millage tickets this is not published online. As a first class passenger was told the baggage allowance was 40kG total. Not the usual first class standard of 32kg per bag. So if you have two bags it the equivalent of 20kg each which is exceptionally low for first class. Was told to pay hundreds in baggage fees was shown a memo that was sent to AA. This was first class AUH-LHR first class may not relevant but i am also excutive plat. would be good if others can get the memo so this doesn’t happen to other people. American stated they knew nothing about it.

Just redeemed 85K AA miles each to fly 2 of us from CDG to SYD on 22 April - Yay me! Wish this article came out two days ago as now waiting for the miles to reinstate and taxes to refund. Selected seats and saw bag allowance was 23 kg and 12 kg cabin bag. To buy extra 2 bags via per kg cost was about US$1000. Lounge access in AUH was US$158 odd per person. DM’d EY - couldn’t help as was ticketed by AA. DM’d AA - apologised and said they wished they could do more - but what Etihad gave was what they gave. For the record - all that wonderful EY availability is now in the ‘if it seems to good to be true’ basket. If all you want for your premium experience is a flat bed then good luck to you - that’s all you’ll get!

looks like A380 F availability isn't being released to AA despite "guest seat" pricing available on Etihad's website? For example 26th or 30th of may, 200k guest seat price on Etihad website for EY1 (AUH-JFK) but no availability on AA website, only available for EY3 which is on the 787.

Is there any chance Etihad might release premium award space to AAdvantage for the week of Christmas 30 days earlier? Or would it be a blackout period?

I have Platimum membership with AA.
Could still have access to the lounge in Washington IAD on an Economy Award ticket to AUH?
What would be the luggage allowance for Platinum member on an award economy class between IAD and AUH?