The United
Airlines award search tool on United.com is useful but flawed, because it does not show award availability for some partners.
You can use American
Airlines award search tool to check for availability.
You can even search for award availability on both of these carriers in one place by using the American
Airlines award search tool.
Not exact matches
Although United does a good job displaying
award space for most carriers, it removed Singapore
Airlines from its
search tool last year.
British Airways
award travel is easy to find because it is one of the few
airlines that shows up on American Airlines» award search tool, but it may not always be the most popular option due to fuel sur
airlines that shows up on American
Airlines» award search tool, but it may not always be the most popular option due to fuel sur
Airlines»
award search tool, but it may not always be the most popular option due to fuel surcharges.
Expert Flyer is a
tool that has both free and paid versions that allow you to
search airline award inventory.
Of course, some frequent flyer program members might have simply overlooked available flights given the complaint regarding poor
search tools, number four on the list, and the difficulty (including flights not showing up in a
search) in booking
awards on partner
airlines, a peeve that rounded out the top five.
ANA's powerful
award search tool shows availability on all Star Alliance partner
airlines.
The basic rule of thumb for
award search tools is that oneworld
award space (American
Airlines and US Airways) is best
searched on the British Airways website, and Delta on the Air France site.
Leaving aside my amazement at the fact that American
Airlines saver
awards were available (they're rarer than a Dodo) I was impressed at the breadth of
search that this
tool allows.....
You can use this
tool to
search for
award availability and discover those rare
award airline seats easily.