You just need to
find award space on the route you want and call up Delta and they can book the flight for you.
I wasn't suggesting you could
find award space on a particular flight you wanted, but rather that you could find award space to a destination if planning far out, which I believe to be true.
Will Alaska Airlines mileage plan members be able to
find award space on Finnair?
Still, you can consider using the American Airlines website to
find award space on these airlines:
This post is meant to help
you find award space on SkyTeam carriers using the Air France website, but you can book it through Flying Blue or many other loyalty programs.
If you choose to use ExpertFlyer, it can
find award space on the following carriers:
Although you should be able to
find award space on the Alaska Airlines website, some people prefer to search on the Air France (Flying Blue) website instead.
If you can
find the award space on the British Airways site, you can book online.
All this means is that you're pretty much reliant on finding bookable award space online or you have to be prepared for a seemingly never - ending phone call to an agent who doesn't appear to know how to
find award space on his / her computer.
If you can't
find award space on the outbound flight, give it a try on the return flight.
You wouldn't want to
find award space on a partner airline and then see it disappear while you wait for the linking and transfer to be processed.
You can't use it to
find award space on Alaska Airlines or Hawaiian Airlines — both of which are partners of American Airlines.
London and Paris were used in these examples because they are well - known cities, and it was easy to
find award space on the same day on multiple carriers.
Yes, if you can
find award space on the likes of Cathay Pacific, Etihad or Qatar Airways (you can forget finding SAAver Awards on American's own aircraft) you can book some very nice cabins indeed.....
If you can
find award space on Delta or Alaska Airlines on the outbound flight but not on the dates you need to return, you could book a one - way award with Flying Blue and a one - way award on United Airlines or American Airlines with another program.
If
you find award space on a Boeing 767 with lie - flat seats, you'll also have a great flight but the A330 is the pinnacle of what Delta flies to Hawaii.
You can also use American Airlines «online search to
find award space on Alaska Airlines.
In fact, to
find award space on some of Etihad's partners, you will have to call Etihad.
You won't be able to
find award space on American's site; instead, you'll need to call them and ask them to search for award space, or use our preferred method, ExpertFlyer.
To book an award, you simply make an award search,
find award space on dates that work for you, and complete the booking online.
Don't worry if you can't
find award space on the days you need or the timing doesn't fit your schedule; there are new Promo Awards every month.
However, if you can
find award space on Virgin Atlantic and a separate saver level award for a connecting flight, there is a way to make this work.
If you can't
find award space on Delta, you can also book an award flight on Alaska Airlines for 60,000 miles.
Delta doesn't operate many flights to Hawaii using their Delta One product with lie - flat seats and direct aisle access, but that is the real sweet spot if you can
find award space on one of their Airbus A330s.
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.
If you can't
find award space on the outbound flight, give it a try on the return flight.
However, if you can
find award space on partners like American Airlines, you can get a lot of value from their distance - based award chart.
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.
If you can
find award space on Delta or Alaska Airlines on the outbound flight but not on the dates you need to return, you could book a one - way award with Flying Blue and a one - way award on United Airlines or American Airlines with another program.
If
you find award space on a Boeing 767 with lie - flat seats, you'll also have a great flight but the A330 is the pinnacle of what Delta flies to Hawaii.
You can also use American Airlines «online search to
find award space on Alaska Airlines.
The key to this is
finding award space on Alaska Airlines» partner Qantas.
He also
found award space on Qantas in economy 4 days later from SYD - > SFO - > OMA, so he secured that for 40,000 AA miles + $ 87 in taxes and fees.
Of course, he didn't transfer the points until he had first
found award space on Singaporeair.com about 6 months in advance.
Once you have
found award space on ExpertFlyer, you can call American Airlines with the specific flight numbers and dates for a much quicker booking process.
Aeroplan (Air Canada) offers one of the more comprehensive and user - friendly tools for
finding award space on other Star Alliance partners — everything in the left column of the table, and including Singapore Airlines.
But even if you don't want to go with the hassle of
finding award space on a plane, there are still plenty of gift card and cash - like redemption opportunities available that provide essentially a full rebate for those hotel nights.
However, when I searched New York City to London,
I found award space on the Virgin Atlantic flight to London.
I found award space on several of the other routes also, but nothing approached the New York to London space, which even exceeded the award space available between Los Angeles and London.
Not exact matches
He added that he could probably
find space for a Fair Play
award, and an Emirates Cup participation certificate, but that he was now intending to use his time at Arsenal to concentrate
on whittling, home - brewing his own beer, and learning the saxophone.
In «What Comes With a Booth» under the «About the Show» tab
on www.SEMAShow.com/esm, you'll
find that a booth also includes drapes, identification signage, one SEMA Industry
Awards Banquet ticket for every 100 sq. ft. of
space, company listings in the official SEMA Show Directory as well as the SEMA Show Pocket Guide, access to the Education Days seminars and one free product placement in the Ideas Alive: Featuring the New Products Showcase or the Featured Product Showcase.
If you don't have the required miles in your SkyPass account and you
find award space, you can call Korean Air to put the
award on hold so you have time to transfer points into your account.
When you search for
award space, make sure you
find flights
on United, as other options
on Star Alliance carriers will also show in the search results.
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.
Just as if you were searching for an
award flight
on Delta, you can use Delta's online
award search function to
find Korean Air business class
award space:
Hawaiian Airlines is rolling out new lie - flat business class
on its long - haul routes, but
award space is hard to
find.
With some dedicated searching, he was able to
find Delta One
award space on Dec 3 from LAX to SYD for 110,000 Skymiles + $ 28 in taxes and fees (he did pay out of pocket to get from OMA - > LAX).
Try to avoid this unless you are very close to the required mileage for an
award, you have
found award space, and you need the flight
on a very specific date.
When you search for
award space, make sure you
find flights
on United, as other options
on Star Alliance carriers will also show in the search results.
They told me they would not / could not honor the SWISS First booking, but they could reaccommodate me
on another carrier or in another class of service if we could
find partner level
award space available.