i was at the Ellen Degeneres show for Breast Cancer survivors on Oct 1st. Everyone in the audience received a free round trip ticket, anywhere American Airlines flies in the 48 contiguous states. my family lives with me, so i chose to visit my best friend in Idaho. When i called the special number to make my reservations, i was told that American doesnt fly to Idaho! can you believe it? so i emailed a complaint and was told to ask about Codeshare, that they work with other airlines, and basically pick up where the other airline left off. i would fly from San Diego to LAX, then to Salt Lake City. without code share, i would have to rent a car (where THAT money comes from i dont know, as i'm not rich) then drive 6 hours to Idaho! i called the Special Reservations number and was told that they dont accept code share since American wont pay for it! so i guess its not true, this ticket is not good for 48 contiguous states.
now i have to figure out where i'm going to come up with money to rent a car. i'm so grateful that AA gave tickets to all of the BC survivors, but if this is how they treat their customers, i'll stick to driving in my own state.
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