Not shown on the Korean Air SkyPass chart is the fact that
mixed award itineraries are charged at the higher cabin class rate.
Not exact matches
Mixed cabin
awards price at the highest cabin of the
itinerary, meaning even just 1 of 6 segments in business and the rest in economy will price the whole ticket as business
Mixed - cabin: An
award itinerary that includes different cabins or classes of service on the same ticket.
And, because all the
awards are one - way, you can
mix award types to build the
itinerary that fits your needs.
You can book one - way
award flights for half the cost of roundtrip tickets, pay for up to 60 percent of a ticket with cash and
mix cabins on
award itineraries.
However, there are no holds on
awards tickets, and you can not
mix partners on one
itinerary.
All
awards are technically one - ways, so it's easy to book open - jaw
itineraries, and
mix and match cabins in one
itinerary
Its a great thing to be aware and share the sweet spots on
award charts but its really not that cut and dry IMHO For example Alaska is not a One World partner and while they certainly make some availability available to Alaska its a much smaller pool of inventory and frequently only available close to departure to book Added to that you can not
mix any other One World partner on the
itinerary making it not the sweet spot its made out to be when you have to book yet another
award that would be included otherwise with a One World partner booking using Cathay
Since USAirways manually prices
award reservations, I can see how you were charged the J mileage especially if your
itinerary includes
mixed cabins.
Yes, it's possible to
mix peak and off - peak
awards in a single
itinerary.