Etihad Restricting Partner Access To Business And First Class

November 20, 2023 at 09:22 EDT By Spencer Howard

"Long story short, at the moment there seem to be no opportunities to redeem partner points currencies for travel in Etihad first class or business class on long haul flights. There’s long haul economy award space and there’s a limited amount of short haul business class award space, but there’s no medium or long haul first or business class award space."

"What’s interesting here is that this wasn’t an overnight change. For several months now, Air Canada Aeroplan has been having issues with booking premium Etihad award space. Then a few weeks ago, American AAdvantage seemed to lose access to most premium Etihad award space."

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