If you want to
book a partner award search on either United or ANA's website, then call in to complete the booking.
Not exact matches
Japan Airlines doesn't allow you to
book all
partner awards online or even
search for some of them.
Unlike with Delta
award flights, you will have to call Korean Air to
book as their online
search function only allows you to
search for
award space on SkyTeam
partners.
To find
award space on United flights to Sydney (SYD) and
book with ANA Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a
search for
partner awards on ANA's website.
Because you can't transfer your points directly to the
partners, you'll have to
search for
award flights and then call AAdvantage (1-800-433-7300) to
book the flights.
To find
award space on United flights to Sydney (SYD) and
book with ANA Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a
search for
partner awards on ANA's website.
Keep an eye on the
partners of your Host program, and learn which
search engines show
partner flights, and when you'll need to call in to
book an
award.
As you
search for
award availability with
partners, you can reference the Oneworld and other
partners» AA
award charts to determine the number of AA miles you will need 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.
You can
search for and
book award flights on Delta and many of its
partner airlines on Delta's website.
If you want to
book an
award that includes any of their
partners you will need to
search elsewhere and then call Singapore Airlines.
Use the sites indicated below to
search for
partner award space then call Virgin Atlantic to complete your
booking.
Well, now you have a much better option as Singapore Airlines allows you to
search for and
book award flights with Star Alliance
partners online.
Unlike with Delta
award flights, you will have to call Korean Air to
book as their online
search function only allows you to
search for
award space on SkyTeam
partners.
While the overall changes are negative, the ability to
search and
book partner awards online will be nice.
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.
It still errors out from time to time with me, but it's always convenient when you
search and
book partner awards online.
One of the biggest complaints with Korean Air for the longest time was that you couldn't
search or
book partner awards online and had to go through a burdensome process of calling in and mailing forms in to make
partner award bookings.
Search around for a transfer
partner that offers a valuable
award flight for your trip, and you'll likely be able to get more value out of your points than you would by
booking travel directly through Citi.
For those
partners that aren't bookable online, take a look to see where to
search for them, and then
book awards by phone with United.
For those
partners that aren't bookable online, take a look and see where to
search them, and then
book awards by phone with American.
One thing to keep in mind is that ANA won't always show you the
partners available for
booking, so you sometimes you'll need to
search United and Aeroplan for flights to Bangkok and then call up ANA to locate the
partner award seats.
In this example I'll
search for an
award from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific — a good example because Cathay Pacific is one
partner that you can
book using American Airlines or Alaska Airlines miles, but you can't
search for it using their websites.
To find available
award space,
search for available flights on the
partner airline's website and then call Virgin Atlantic to
book.
(I didn't do too much
searching, since I was on a mission to
book my specific flight, but presumably, you'd have more luck
searching all Avios
award availability, through more of the
partners — e.g. Aer Lingus, BA, and Iberia.)
Because ANA doesn't display them,
search for these on the United website and then call ANA to
book an international
partner award.
Since other
partner airlines aren't available to be
booked online, it makes it difficult to
search for
award availability.
Explain the process for
booking awards for
partners which do not show up online, which must be
searched for on other sites and
booked over the phone
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.
Hi, luckily you can now
search and
book partner awards on Korean's website!
The Asiana website does not bring in
partners flights on
award searches, so you need to find availability on another Star Alliance
partner's website such as United, and then call to
book.
Although Singapore Airlines has now added the option to
search for and
book Star Alliance
partner awards online, the interface is still a bit clunky.
Before you go trying to
book a
partner award you need to make sure that you know how to
search for them.
Learning how to
search and
book awards seats on
partner airlines is crucial to maximizing the value of your points and increasing your options for getting to where you want -LSB-...]
Learning how to
search and
book awards seats on
partner airlines is crucial to maximizing the value of your points and increasing your options for getting to where you want to go.
In most cases the Alaska Airlines website is able to
search for and
book award travel on all
partners, including:
Even though, we're
searching for
award flights on British Airways and using British Airways currency, Avios, the actual flight
booked will likely be flown by one of their
partners.
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.
Positives: •United.com is great for
searching and
booking award tickets with United and its
partners.
As it's not possible to
book partner flights or
search for seats online, you'll need to look for available
award seats on the
partner airlines website.
Anytime you are looking to
book award flights with a
partner, it is usually helpful to first go to the airline that is operating your flight to
search for
award space.
* 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.
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