Paging CuseTiger and Other Airline Experts

...knuckles cracking...Let's see what we can do

Origin of travel?
Dates of travel?
Flexibility to change dates +/- a day if they do have premium economy available?
Ability to change airports (example baton rouge vs nola) or change what european airport you fly into?

Once we know the above we can look and see if one of the other airlines is cheaper, in which case get your refund + rebook on another airline

Okay so at a first glance, it looks like there's options. Since AA cancelled your flight, you can change to anything they offer on their website for free. Typing in MSY-ATH I see a bunch of different offers for 10/4 in premium economy.

There's 2 premium economy seats left on the british airways flights below. They show up as AA codeshares

New Orleans, LA to London, United Kingdom Wednesday, October 4, 2023
9:50 PM
12:40 PM
AA 6975 788-Boeing 787

London, United Kingdom to Athens, Greece Thursday, October 5, 2023
8:30 PM
2:05 AM
AA 6850 320-Airbus A320
Operated by British Airways

Long layover in London but you'd take the nonstop to europe out of MSY. Your other options include double connecting, taking the downgrade to economy, or leaving a day earlier

This is the other decent option but it's double connecting

New Orleans, LA to Charlotte, NC
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
12:53 PM 3:54 PM
AA 1791 738-Boeing 737

Charlotte, NC to London, United Kingdom
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
6:51 PM 7:40 AM
AA 730 772-Boeing 777

London, United Kingdom to Athens, Greece
Thursday, October 5, 2023
11:15 AM 5:00 PM
AA 6851 320-Airbus A320

Yeah we were originally on the 2:05 back in March but I changed bc that's terrible, the double connecting isn't to bad it would just cut our time in Athens down to pretty much a day. Would I be able to book a flight on the 3rd in prem economy for free?

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2:05 am arrival into Athens

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I’d have a room at the connecting hotel (Sofitel Athens airport ) and would go straight to sleep after I grabbed my bags. That’s a really nice hotel and super convenient.

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Yes this is showing as available with 2 seats in premium economy

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That flight departs MSY on October 3rd?

Ok awesome, thanks for all you do!

I think we are gonna end up doing the London flight and get the airport hotel for that day and just wake up in the morning and go to our actual hotel and drop bags off. It sucks having to pay for an extra night but looks like best option to not have to miss pretty much a whole day.

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Just wondering what’s your thoughts on the flight market and why it does this sometimes? Especially when it’s far out…

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When this far out, airlines will slowly release their lowest fare inventory. They're trying to get you/other people to book the highest possible price so if they know people have set travel dates (think Christmas Eve, New years Eve, etc) then they'll only release that low inventory and there won't be a lot of it. As long as you're flexible on your dates of travel (say leave Tuesday or Wednesday instead of Sunday/Monday) that opens up a lot of doors.

Set a Google flight alert (sounds like you may already have one set?) and if it drops to those $83 prices and they're decent times book it. Between now and April I'd expect another schedule change.