You can
not book partner awards online.
Unfortunately, you can
not book partner awards online.
Not exact matches
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Don't forget that British Airways is a transfer
partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards, American Express Membership Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest — so you'll have plenty of ways to earn the necessary Avios to ensure you have enough for an awesome
award booking.
ANA Mileage Club does pass on carrier - imposed surcharges when
booking award tickets with many
partners, but
not on flights with United Airlines, so you won't have to worry about that when flying to London.
Japan Airlines doesn't allow you to
book all
partner awards online or even search for some of them.
If you
book an
award flight with a
partner airline such as American Airlines and do
not include a flight operated by British Airways on your reservation, you'll be required to pay peak - level
award prices.
Also, these
partner awards sometimes don't appear on the airline's website, so you'll have to call to
book these
awards.
If you don't already have a stash of Aeroplan points, you can transfer American Express Membership Rewards points from your Business Platinum Card from American Express Open to Aeroplan, or
book an Air Canada flight as a
partner award through United.
Not all partners are shown online, and sometimes the site shows «phantom availability» for partner airlines (awards that are not really available for bookin
Not all
partners are shown online, and sometimes the site shows «phantom availability» for
partner airlines (
awards that are
not really available for bookin
not really available for
booking).
Don't forget that each airline and hotel have
partners that either allow you to
book through the same loyalty program or transfer points to other programs to
book awards as well.
Keep in mind that you're still earning a fixed rate of return, so these rewards are worth the same for coach, business class or any hotel room, and they can
not be transferred to airline or hotel
partners for
award bookings.
Korean Air
partner award tickets aren't easy to
book, and you can only
book round - trip tickets.
Virgin Atlantic agents are
not always well - versed in researching and
booking partners award flights.
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.
The most important of those advantages is that US airlines don't typically charge fuel surcharges on
award tickets
booked on their own flights, and often don't pass along their
partners» fuel surcharges.
The airlines may
not stipulate it clearly in its terms and conditions but you are also liable for taxes and surcharges when you
book an
award seat with Air Canada or some of its
partners.
Similar to airlines previously mentioned, these
awards can
not be
booked on flights operated by Virgin Australia's other
partners.
This is
not only a better deal (if available) but also reflects the
award space provided to other
partners if you decide to
book through a different loyalty program.
Using the example above, where we found that the British Airways
award ended up costing about the same as the United
partner award when we value Ultimate Rewards points at 2.2 cents each, now when we
book a companion ticket for an additional $ 931 we're saving
not 100,000 Ultimate Rewards points, but 140,000.
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.
Keep in mind that you're still earning a fixed rate of return, so these rewards are worth the same for coach, business class or any hotel room, and they can
not be transferred to airline or hotel
partners for
award bookings.
With so many Star Alliance
partners you can use to
book a business class
award, you won't have any trouble earning enough miles and points to fly with EVA Air.
US has some serious limitations, like
not being able to
book partner awards online, and
award fees that are higher than UA.
If you
book awards on
partners such as Brussels Airlines, Swiss Air, or United Airlines, these surcharges won't be a problem.
You will be required to call Asiana to
book the
award, as they do
not allow
partner bookings online.
American AAdvantage miles can
not be transferred directly to
partners for use, so you'll likely have to find the flights you are interested in
booking and call American Airlines to
book your
award ticket.
If you don't want to splurge on a more expensive
award ticket to fly a
partner airline across the Pacific Ocean, you can still get a taste by
booking an intra-Asia
award.
For one magical morning this past fall SWISS
not only released First
award space for
partner bookings.
There's a 5 % discount for
booking award travel online with Singapore Airlines or SilkAir (but
not partner airlines).
Non-alliance
partner awards can
not be found on the Asia Miles website, so you'll need to look up
award space elsewhere (such as the operating airline's website) and then call Asia Miles to
book the ticket.
While this isn't the best way to earn Alaska miles because of the cost, it can help you get those last few miles needed for to
book a first class
award ticket with Cathay Pacific, one of Alaska's best international
partners.
ANA Mileage Club often passes on fuel surcharges when you
book award flights, but these surcharges are
not required when
booking with their Star Alliance
partner United Airlines.
While you can't transfer ThankYou Points directly to American Airlines or United Airlines to
book one of our example flights as an
award ticket, you can transfer to one of their respective Oneworld or Star Alliance
partners.
Virgin Atlantic agents are
not always well - versed in researching and
booking partners award flights.
If you don't
book the
award directly with United or American but instead
book with one of their
partners, this is a distinct opportunity!
Fuel Surcharges are
not charged on any
partners and the ability to
book nearly anything online allows you to save the phone
booking fee others will charge you for
partner awards.
This is
not a guarantee that
awards are available;
not all routes flown by
partner airlines are possible to
book with Virgin American Elevate
awards.
As a reminder, you need to call 888 -8-ETIHAD and be patient —
not all Etihad agents are proficient in
booking partners awards.
As part of the smaller oneworld alliance, British Airways doesn't have quite as many
partner award opportunities as members of the larger alliances, like United Airlines, but the fact that it lets you
book nearly all
partner awards online makes it simple to use.
if you are
booking with a
partner and United.com does
not show
award space (there are often
partner flights available the web
booking options miss)
Offer does
not apply to non-revenue travel (e.g., travel
booked with a travel certificate, TrueBlue
award flights, etc.); is
not valid in connection with
partner or codeshare or interline flights, JetBlue Vacations packages, cruises, or any other product or service; may
not be combined with other special offers; is
not redeemable for cash; and has no cash value.
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.
You can't fly any airline, but thanks to airline alliances, such as Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance, you can
book award flights on
partner airlines.
As far as
booking an
award ticket on a
partner flight goes, let's clear something up: If you want to use Flying Blue Miles to fly to Hawaii on Delta Airlines, you would transfer your UR points to the Flying Blue program,
NOT Delta's, and then call Air France or use their website to
book the
partner flight on Delta.
Korean Air does
not allow you to
book one way
awards with SkyTeam
partners but you can still
book one way
awards on Korean Air's own metal.
As mentioned in the Travel Goals example in Chapter 4, we can use our miles to
book award travel,
not just with the airline with which we have our miles, but also with any of their alliance
partners or other
partner airlines.
And
partners will still be
booked at Saver levels so the dynamic pricing of Everyday
awards (which appears to be capped at reasonable limits) doesn't appear to be a hugely negative factor.
Awards booked through American Airlines using AAdvantage Miles don't come with surcharges... but that's
not the case if you plan to use the miles for travel on a number of American's airline
partners — make sure you factor in these surcharges when working out just how good a deal an
award booking is.
Also, these
partner awards sometimes don't appear on the airline's website, so you'll have to call to
book these
awards.