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.
Here's my dilemma: I can be poised to check ANA
for award availability on United or another Star Alliance partner 356 days in advance of the outbound leg — but if I want to use ANA miles to book a round trip award, don't I have to wait to book until the requisite number of days before the return leg, since ANA doesn't allow one ways?
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.
The Virgin Atlantic Dreamliner has fewer Premium Economy and Upper Class seats than both the A330 and A340 aircraft so I suspect this won't do much
for award availability on this route.
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.
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.
Until recently, Korean Air did not provide a way to search online
for award availability on any of its partner airlines.
You can even search
for award availability on both of these carriers in one place by using the American Airlines award search tool.
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The card has been approved and I'm waiting
for it to come, but I have my eye
on a
award ticket with XN
availability only...
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award seat refers to a seat on a plane that is available for purchase by using m
award seat refers to a seat
on a plane that is available
for purchase by using miles.
You may be able to find
award availability for those airlines
on the Flying Blue website (the KLM and Air France frequent flyer program) or by calling Delta Reservations.
Is there another way to check
award seats
availability on One World partner airlines
for redemption through AA?
At some point we'd like to create a system that could calculate a precise value based
on award availability, fees,
award levels and ease of accrual, but
for now these valuations are based
on a combination of how much TPG would pay to buy points if given the opportunity, and the overall value I could get from redeeming them.
Option # 5: Look
for awards travel
on partner airlines; some of them may end up being cheaper than flights
on Delta, and you may find better
availability.
Only after I'd taken note of the
availability for each separate flight did I then string together a multi-city
award on United's website to create the
award as shown above.
Check out the following articles
for further assistance
on finding
award availability for Star Alliance flights.
Search
for Virgin Atlantic
availability on virginatlantic.com first, and then call Singapore Airlines at 213-404-0301 to book the
award ticket.
That means you can pick and choose which programs work
for you based
on your specific trip plan and
award availability.
Once you locate United
award availability, search
for that same flight
on singaporeairlines.com and book the flight online.
The
award calendar is useful
for finding
awards on a specific airline because it shows the cheapest price
on every day of the month that has
availability.
• Korean Air miles can be used
on Delta and offer more
availability for Upper Class
award tickets to Asia than most other programs.
Search
for AAdvantage
award travel
availability on Qantas.com, then call American Airlines reservations to book.
Air Canada releases most
award seats the day they open, so it can be easy to get
availability on tricky flights, especially
for groups
If
availability for this flight were to dry up between now and when Elena books, looking at flights to JFK, MIA, DFW or ORD instead of all the way to MSP would again be a good option, opting to pay a very small amount
for a domestic one - way as opposed to skipping out
on the transatlantic
award altogether.
First, by carrying a Chase United card (even the fee - free version) you have access to more saver level domestic Economy
award availability (HT: bluecat who correctly points out the
availability extends to international flights
on United metal) I haven't found the difference that noticeable
for the most part, but while doing some research
for an upcoming Brandon Asks post I noticed it was quite useful
for positioning flights.
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.
American Airlines miles aren't the easiest
award miles to use to get to Europe, since you will often have to route through London (higher fees), fly British Airways (high fuel surcharges
on longer flights), and they limit
award availability on their own metal, especially
for premium cabin flights.
This part was easy, since there was low - level
award availability on American Airlines through Chicago, so I booked 2 tickets
for 12,000 British Airways Avios and $ 5 each.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending
on how you look at it: while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show
availability for a Business Class or First Class Saver
Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most dates, a mixed class
award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
British Airways is not just a great tool
for checking online
award availability; the Avios distance - based chart also has the cheapest short - distance
awards available
on JAL.
Not just
for this week, not just
for next month... but many flights have multiple seats of
award availability off and
on throughout the entire next year.
For both alliances, there is no additional transfer of points necessary, but rather
award availability based
on award charts.
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.
In an unexpected move, they have released a ton of
availability for awards on their own metal.
These are the cheapest
awards available
for travel
on American Airlines, and they match the
award availability that other carriers see if you want to book using a different loyalty program such as Alaska Mileage Plan.
Option # 5: Look
for awards travel
on partner airlines; some of them may end up being cheaper than flights
on Delta, and you may find better
availability.
In comparison, it is possible to book cheaper
awards to Hawaii using British Airways Avios or Air France / KLM Flying Blue miles
for 25,000 and 30,000 miles, respectively, provided there's
availability on American Airlines or Delta Air Lines.
And yet another governs rates
for priority
awards on Cathay Pacific a higher - priced option with more
availability, often called a standard
award on other airlines.
There is no saver level
award availability on American
on the four days preceding the game, or the three days following the game
for the return flight.
Finding seats can be extremely difficult of course, but we do the legwork
for you
on a search
for award availability.