For example, even though I used American Airlines miles to book Cathay Pacific first class flights, I didn't
search for award availability on the AA website.
So a trick you can do is to
search for award availability on your route on a day you know BA doesn't have any availability, and the site will ask you if you want to search BA's partners as well.
Dear Tracey, United frequent flier miles can be a valuable commodity, because it is easy to
search for award availability on United's website and because United tends to have more award seats available than its competitors.
If you have a subscription to ExpertFlyer you can still
search for award availability on there (that's a big bonus)......
Last,
search for award availability on the route (s) that you found in an airline search engine that provides the best results.
Search for award availability on delta.com.
You can
search for award availability on Etihad's site.
Search for award availability on the available carriers and if there is space available, determine the cost.
You can even
search for award availability on both of these carriers in one place by using the American Airlines award search tool.
Things didn't start well when BA.com refused to offer me ANY Iberia flights when
I searched for award availability on the one day I'm free to do this trip.
You can still book award flights on these partners by
searching for award availability on other Oneworld airlines» websites; via ExpertFlyer; or by calling AA and seeing what's available.
Not exact matches
Search for Virgin Atlantic
availability on virginatlantic.com first, and then call Singapore Airlines at 213-404-0301 to book the
award ticket.
Once you locate United
award availability,
search for that same flight
on singaporeairlines.com and book the flight online.
Search for AAdvantage
award travel
availability on Qantas.com, then call American Airlines reservations to book.
All of these airlines can be
searched on delta.com
for award availability, however, results
for China Eastern and China Southern frequently display
award availability that isn't there (it will have an error if you try to purchase) and connecting itineraries often incorrectly price each segment additively rather than as a single one - way.
You can
search for Virgin Australia
award availability on Delta's website.
After confirming Saver class
availability for each flight segment by
searching them as one - way flights, I now stitched them all together in United's multi-destination
award search tool, making certain to choose the specific flight numbers I'd confirmed
availability on during my one - way
searches.
Until recently, Korean Air did not provide a way to
search online
for award availability on any of its partner airlines.
Finding seats can be extremely difficult of course, but we do the legwork
for you
on a
search for award availability.
Before using Korean Air's website to
search for your
award, we recommend using Delta's website to
search for availability on most SkyTeam partners.
If you're trying to find
award availability on a OneWorld airline BritishAirways.com is the best place to start — the airline may be pretty useless at most things but its site is great
for OneWorld
award searches.
You can
search for Alaska Airlines
award availability on their website, and then call British Airways at 1-800-452-1201 to make your booking.
If you
search for economy class by default
on a carrier that has four cabins, you will not see first class
award availability.
When I
searched for availability from the US to Auckland with United
on Aeroplan's website, I found a lot of United
award availability for flights 5 + months out and decent
availability for flights only a couple of months out but it wasn't the kind of
availability I liked.
Search for the Lowest Point
Award availability first
on delta.com and then
on virginatlantic.com.
You can easily
search award availability for Air Canada flights
on United.com but will have to call to book any itinerary involving Air Canada flights.
Search for Saver
Award availability first
on united.com and then ana.com.
Search for award availability and book flights
on virginatlantic.com.
The flights I was looking
for were shown
on united.com (not
on the BA
award search, as mentioned in the previous post, since it's only
for BA and not partners), but in my exploring, I did discover the Avios.com site that would seem to have the ability to
search all Avios
award availability.
American Airlines charges 57,500 miles in each direction
for a Business Class
award on airberlin (taxes and fees come to under $ 100) and, unlike not too long ago, you can now
search for airberlin
award availability on AA.com.
If you only
search on Aeroplan or ANA, you won't have a full picture of the Singapore Airlines
award availability for Singapore Airlines members.
A lot of alliance partners don't allow you to
search for award availability for other partners
on their website and that's really annoying because that means you'll always have to call in to book and you're not sure what that airline is seeing in terms of
award availability.
The United Airlines
award search tool
on United.com is useful but flawed, because it does not show
award availability for some partners.
Using United.com's
award search engine, I see Star Alliance
availability for the following flight to Hong Kong
on Asiana:
Recent example, I was
searching LAN
availability on BA and got no
availability for months because no flights were bookable with avios, but
award space was wide open
on LAN
searching directly
on their website.
Last week, we shared the great news that United Airlines was once again displaying Singapore
award availability on its website, making it much easier to
search for — and book — MileagePlus
awards.
Award availability can be searched on a calendar view in five week increments, and when you select a day with a particular mileage level, you actually see award flights that can be booked for that p
Award availability can be
searched on a calendar view in five week increments, and when you select a day with a particular mileage level, you actually see
award flights that can be booked for that p
award flights that can be booked
for that price.
Searching award availability to AMS / CDG / BCN
for spring of next year (just
for fun) and there is NOTHING
on AA at AA saver rates.
You can book such an
award by
searching on United
for availability and calling Singapore Krisflyer to book any United Saver
award.
And sure enough, this morning while
searching Delta.com, I came up with lots of
award availability on Virgin Atlantic flights in economy from JFK to London Heathrow
for the same amount of 60,000 miles and $ 185 in taxes and fees.
In my experience, customer service agents are not very good at
searching partner
award availability so you want to rely
on your own
searches for this to make the process as smooth as painless as possible.
Since I already
searched the American Airlines website
for award availability, I expect the exact same three flights I found
on the last step to be available now.
You can
search for Star Alliance
award availability on sites like United.com, Aeroplan.com, and ANA.co.jp.
You can
search for Star Alliance
award availability on sites like United.com and Aeroplan.com.
* You can also use Delta's website to
search for availability but keep in mind that in order to book a Delta flight with either of the Ultimate Rewards Skyteam partners, there must be
award space available at the saver level
on Delta.