Not exact matches
Here's how to
search for an
example MileSAAver
award flight from New York to London in February 2018 (off - peak dates).
I was
searching for
awards from Phoenix to Dublin in Business Class in these
examples.
For
example, consider this
award flight I
searched for beginning early next year.
If you need to figure out how to
search for a specific airline, simply googling «How to
search * insert airline *
award space,» for
example, will direct you to posts that will get you the answer you need.
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.
(Although we're not
searching for «La Premier,» or first class, in this
example, remember that Delta doesn't permit using SkyMiles for international first class
awards.)
US Airways»
award flight
search engine, for
example, only shows
award availability for US Airways operated flights, and none of the partner flights.
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.
Here's an
example, pulled from ExpertFlyer.com, which is the best place to
search for Fiji Airways
awards.
When
searching for
Award space on Delta it seems that Flying Blue is adding fuel surcharges for Delta flights when originating in Europe (
example Stuttgart to Atlanta on March, 1st 2016 with surcharges of $ 277.76, where $ 141.00 of that are fuel surcharges).
I
searched for the
example award for these dates:
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.