Having decided to book with Avios, it was a matter
of finding award space.
To increase your chance
of finding award space with this trick, make sure to use city based codes when searching; Bay Area, Los Angeles Area, NYC, WAS, Miami Area, etc..
Finally, take into account the cost of fees and the hassle
of finding award space.
You need to check a partner's site to get a better chance
of finding award space (I suggest Flying Blue / Air France).
Using a mileage redemption service like Award Advocate can help take the stress out
of finding the award space, save you miles, and most important for busy business travelers — save you time.
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.
Start your search early to give yourself the best chance
of finding award space and check regularly if you don't see space initially.
Not exact matches
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All you have to do is
find award space online and you can take care
of the whole booking process right there.
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.
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.
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.
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).
While Delta SkyMiles can be tough to use for booking
award flights to Australia because
of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful if you
find saver level
award space.
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.
As Cathay Pacific releases more
award space, this gives you a much better chance
of finding a spot!
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.
If you can
find award availability
space on any specific flight, you can use that as part
of your itinerary
Award space is almost never released to partner airlines like United in advance, but you can usually
find it within two weeks
of departure — perfect for those who are willing to book last - minute and take a small risk.
Of course,
finding award space to Australia can be difficult in the first place.
Of course, he didn't transfer the points until he had first
found award space on Singaporeair.com about 6 months in advance.
One system may do a better job
of finding the same
award space, or it may offer a better way
of displaying results.
For example, a year ago you could
find lots
of premium
space on Cathay booking with AA / AS miles at attractive
award cost.
If you're able to
find saver level
award space on the dates you need, the process
of searching and booking is pretty straightforward and can be completed entirely online.
For those who love flying business class, try to
find award space out
of Boston on one
of Air France's Boeing 777s.
True, you could
find award space by looking at these airlines» own websites, but remember that they may offer more
awards to their members than they provide to the members
of partner airlines like American.
In fact, to
find award space on some
of Etihad's partners, you will have to call Etihad.
But if you're one
of the lucky few, Amex is not doing much in the way
of confirming
award space, instead relying on an honor system and verbal guarantee from customers in situations where you may claim to
find additional
award space (as a benefit
of elite status) than they can see.
As a Star Alliance member, you can
find award space for most
of their partners by searching on United or Air Canada Aeroplan's websites.
As you can see, the vast majority
of Cathay Pacific's partner require you to search on other sites or even call to
find award space.
While
finding saver level business class
award space on Hawaiian Airlines can be very tough, there are lots
of routes with lie - flat seats if you can
find the
space.
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.
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.
So far I haven't
found an example
of non-alliance
award space on ANA's website.
The specific parts
of award redemptions I've been frustrated with is searching for /
finding space available on the routes and dates I want to travel — especially when redeeming for a family
of four.
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.....
Though Delta isn't known for offering a generous amount
of award space to its partners, I was able to
find four first - class
award seats available in August from Denver to Maui via Los Angeles and Seattle using the online
award search engine for Alaska Airlines, which you don't even need an account to use.
You can't use it to
find award space on Alaska Airlines or Hawaiian Airlines — both
of which are partners
of American Airlines.
And you can book two one - ways instead
of a round - trip if you don't
find all the
award space you need at one time.
All you have to do is
find award space online and you can take care
of the whole booking process right there.
Assuming you can
find award space or are flexible with your dates
of travel, buying miles to book
award tickets can be more affordable than buying traditional revenue fares.
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Next to Delta you'll
find that they offer some
of the best
award space between North America and Europe for 150,000 miles in business class.
The huge diversity
of transfer partners means that you can
find award space in the program you want to use and then transfer the points to book that
award.
This means that AAdvantage members who
find and book
award space before this deadline could save thousands
of miles, especially for business - and first - class travel.
Marriott and IHG are two
of the world's largest chains, so you are most likely to
find award space with either
of them.
When
award space is availble, it's not too difficult to
find an economy class
award ticket for 25,000 miles instead
of paying $ 500 (valuing miles at 2 cents each), or an international business class
award ticket for 120,000 miles instead
of $ 6,000 (valuing miles at 5 cents each).
One
of the best first class experiences — if you can
find award space — is on Qantas, the primary carrier in Australia.
I
find better
award space on United's partners to most parts
of the world than I do on any other airline alliance.