Well here's some good news for those redeeming American miles. Iberia award tickets are now bookable using American AAdvantage miles on aa.com. Previously you had to call American to book Iberia award tickets, though that space can now be booked online. For example, as you'll see below, there's availability just about every day between Madrid…
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As @Davis sayz, they need to have a better search engine like the one UA has. And, then, maybe then, their miles are worth accumulating again.
Finnair isn't showing up on AA anymore---at least for my dates in the dead of winter, which makes me really suspicious.
This sucks; Iberia was the only reasonable award left in J using AA miles. Now it will be tough to get.
Fly between Madrid and Barcelona???
BCN is FAR from town. MUCH better option is to take the AVE highspeed train.
When searching for business awards on Iberia plus, for some reason the availability is better if you add on a connection, rather than just to Madrid.
For example JFK-MAD might be unavailable in business but JFK-MAD-BCN might have availability on the same day. No idea why they do this, but it seems to be something that happens often. No idea if it will be the same with AA however.
Just tried to look as far out as possible...into April of next year...for a trip I have in June LAX-BCN, just as a test. All results were AA-only. Nothing from SAN either. Forced to make connections on AA with zero IB options. Doesn't seem like it's working for international sectors yet, or maybe the release wasn't ready for primetime.
@Lumma: Google "married segments"
@AdamR: I agree. Found JFK-MAD space in biz on iberia's website that wasn't avail on AA. This doesn't confirm anything on its own, as IB releases more space to their own members, but expertflyer also confirmed space avail to partners for the same flights that AA website can't see. Probably a simple IT issue.
I think the system error was "corrected" to no longer give any award availability on Iberia. I tried for June 2017 into July 2017 similar to your screenshots and received the message "no awards available."
@AdamR & @KeninDFW -
We agree that this availability through AA.com has disappeared in many circumstances. As a professional award booker we can see a lot more award space 'available' in other ways...but not showing up on AA.com.
Hopefully, if American's heart is in this, they will improve the search results soon...