Mixed Cabin

I realized that while we have a robust thread on ask lucky discussing the various pitfalls of booking etihad awards with american miles we havent written about the mixed cabin situation on the main page of the blog for a few years.

Mixed cabin. Most people who book these awards merely resign themselves to sitting in economy class for that segment of their flight. A mixed cabin may also work to your advantage. So ask the airline. Bis anhin habe ich die erfahrung gemacht dass hier jeweils die freigepaeckgrenze des most significant flights gelten sollte was hier eindeutig die lh 542 fra bog sein sollte und somit 3 pc x 32kg.

Lets say i really want to fly air italy from milan to miami on july 9 in business class. I had a mixed class itinerary this year and my luggage was the better class on all flights last year i had a mixed class itinerary and the luggage allowance was whatever leg i was on. You usually refer to an award ticket with a mixed cabin if it includes economy and businessfirst class on the same ticket however tickets that include only first and business class are also considered mixed cabin award tickets. Mit unseren mixed cabin flugpreisen koennen sie ihre reise in zwei verschiedene tarifarten aufsplitten dh.

Etihad doesnt organically display mixed cabin itineraries in their web interface and i dont think the back end systems are particularly transparent either. Mixed cabin award tickets are those that include more than one class of service on the same ticket. Sie koennen zum beispiel auf dem hinflug einen economy class sitzplatz geniessen und sich fuer den flug zurueck nach hause den komfort eines komplett flachen betts in der business class goennen. For example i sometimes see premium economy itineraries where the main leg is an international long haul flight that include a domestic first class leg on a smaller aircraft.

Anruf bei lh ergab dass man dies mit av als. An example of a mixed cabin booking i think its easiest to explain this in the form of an example.