You can even search for award availability on both of these carriers in one place by using the American
Airlines award search tool.
ANA
airlines award search engine is one of the best available for Star Alliance because it can search every Star Alliance partner.
You can use American
Airlines award search tool to check for availability.
The United
Airlines award search tool on United.com is useful but flawed, because it does not show award availability for some partners.
Not exact matches
Korean Air has recently begun to allow SkyTeam
award flight
searches online, allowing you to
search for
award space yourself rather than calling the
airline.
Japan
Airlines doesn't allow you to book all partner
awards online or even
search for some of them.
Fortunately, you will be able to both
search and book
awards online when booking flights on American
Airlines.
Award space on both American Airlines and British Airways will show in an award search on American's web
Award space on both American
Airlines and British Airways will show in an
award search on American's web
award search on American's website.
You can
search for
award space on American
Airlines» website and complete the entire booking process online.
You can also do your own check to see how many miles you need from the
airline's website: Just look under the reservations page, and
search for the section that mentions
award flights.
If you want to
search for
award space on flights operated by American
Airlines, you can
search and book on the British Airways site.
You can also use American
Airlines «online
search to find
award space on Alaska
Airlines.
Korean Air has recently begun to allow SkyTeam
award flight
searches online, allowing you to
search for
award space yourself rather than calling the
airline.
To get the most out of
airline miles, you really need to pay attention to things like what
airline partners you can use with which miles, where to
search for
award seats, and how many miles is a «good» price to pay.
If you
search for Flying Blue
awards online, you will be able to see results for the following
airlines:
American
Airlines is another option for
searching for
award ticket availability to redeem with Avios.
To
search for
award space on either American
Airlines or Qantas, simply visit American's site and choose «Redeem Miles» when you
search.
Kenya Airways
award space can be
searched through Air France's Flying Blue website, where you'll find there's a ton of
award space on these
airlines to Nairobi.
So if you're looking to use those BA miles I'd recommend
searching for flights through American
Airlines, and checking the «use
award miles» box when you
search.
Don't waste your time trying to find
award availability online - just call American
Airlines to
search and book.
Search for Virgin Atlantic availability on virginatlantic.com first, and then call Singapore
Airlines at 213-404-0301 to book the
award ticket.
For Star Alliance partner
airlines award space, you can also
search United, ANA or Air Canada's websites.
Although United does a good job displaying
award space for most carriers, it removed Singapore
Airlines from its
search tool last year.
Singaporeair.com is the best place to
search for Singapore
Airlines / SilkAir
award space.
These are the basics of
searching for and booking
award travel through Alaska
Airlines.
Search for AAdvantage
award travel availability on Qantas.com, then call American
Airlines reservations to book.
Then, you can use either ExpertFlyer or other
airlines»
search engines to determine availability, and call 1-877-359-8474 to book an
award.
The first step in any complex
award search is to look for routes, I like to use
Airline Route Mapper software for this.
Unfortunately, the point bonus is only
awarded to reservations booked directly with the
airline, car rental service or hotel, though, so if you like
searching for deals on third - party websites, you're out of luck.
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.
Most
airlines just release 1 to 2 premium cabin seats per route so even if you're incredibly aggressive with
searching for
award seats, you may never have a chance.
Hot Tip: Not all partner
airlines show on
award searches with Air France / KLM.
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.
For
award space on other carriers such as American
Airlines or JAL, you will need to
search elsewhere.
Unlike some
awards with Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank, you can both
search for and book this
award online.
If you need help figuring out where to
search for
award space when redeeming with Air France / KLM's partner
airlines, make sure you read our simple
award search guide.
This is the
airline frequent flyer program your miles are in — not the
airline you want to fly on, or the alliance members you'll
search for
award space.
You'll need to
search for Etihad
award space on its own website and then call American
Airlines to book it.
Search for
award space using the American
Airlines website (it displays both carriers»
awards) and then call Avios over the phone to book.
The Iberia website has recently added more of its
airline partners for online
award searches, though there are a few you still need to call in to
search and book.
American
Airlines is the only Oneworld
airline that operates non-stop flights between the United States and Paris, so you can use their website to both
search for
award space and book your
award ticket.
First, it will allow you to start
searching early for
award tickets, and keep an eye out for the routes and
airlines that make the trip.
ExpertFlyer is a paid service, but it makes
searching Air Tahiti Nui
award space so much quicker than calling and asking an American
Airlines phone agent to
search tons of dates.
You can
search for Alaska
Award space on its own website or with American
Airlines and then call British Airways to book it.
To book you need to visit Hawaiian
Airlines» website, select HawaiianMiles from the menu, then select Redeem so you can perform a
search for
award tickets.
You can choose to
search for
award flights on any or all partner
airlines.
Hot Tip: Save time
searching for partner
awards by checking websites of Emirates partner
airlines.
To
search for
award space on Korean Air's other
airline partners, you'll need to use a few other sites.
You can
search for and book
award flights on Delta and many of its partner
airlines on Delta's website.
It could even pull ahead against the Citi Prestige ® American
Airlines benefit that offers a value of 1.6 cents each, but it all just depends on what value your TrueBlue points return when you do a simple
award search.