James from BNA
VR Jacket Guy
I'm trying to book our extended family of 11 BNA-GCM 6 nights, earliest we can leave is July 17, latest we can return is Aug 4. We all work M-F so using weekends to preserve vacation days is preferred.
Round-trip saver cost is 24K Avios/person, 35K AA person, or 65K Delta/person.
Balances in accounts for my wife and I:
107K Avios
102K Avios
4.5K Avios
MR 102K
363K AA
248K AA
US Air 130K
US Air 130K
Delta 140K
I already have hotels booked with SPG and they have good flexibility in my date range.
I only have enough Avios/MR to book 8 pax. The other 3 will need to book on AA.
BA.com only shows max 7 award seats at a time which makes booking 11 problematic. Does 7 mean 7 or does 7 mean 10 or more? Do I book 7 and hope 1 more "reappears" when I go back in to rebook?
Will BA let me cancel if no more seats show up?
Do AA and BA share the same inventory? Or separate buckets?
I have Citi Executive which gives free checked bag to 8 pax on same reservation. If I book now with card, and cancel card before the trip, will AA know that I don't have the card and charge bag fees? They stopped giving 1 free bag to Caribbean trips in April best I can tell. I know, I know, never check a bag, but tough to do with kids in diapers.
Thanks!
Round-trip saver cost is 24K Avios/person, 35K AA person, or 65K Delta/person.
Balances in accounts for my wife and I:
107K Avios
102K Avios
4.5K Avios
MR 102K
363K AA
248K AA
US Air 130K
US Air 130K
Delta 140K
I already have hotels booked with SPG and they have good flexibility in my date range.
I only have enough Avios/MR to book 8 pax. The other 3 will need to book on AA.
BA.com only shows max 7 award seats at a time which makes booking 11 problematic. Does 7 mean 7 or does 7 mean 10 or more? Do I book 7 and hope 1 more "reappears" when I go back in to rebook?
Will BA let me cancel if no more seats show up?
Do AA and BA share the same inventory? Or separate buckets?
I have Citi Executive which gives free checked bag to 8 pax on same reservation. If I book now with card, and cancel card before the trip, will AA know that I don't have the card and charge bag fees? They stopped giving 1 free bag to Caribbean trips in April best I can tell. I know, I know, never check a bag, but tough to do with kids in diapers.
Thanks!