In theory both carriers have access to the
same partner airline award space, and Air France actually displays more of these carriers online, so you can book without calling an agent.
In order to search for a flight with a partner airline using JMB miles, choose «
JMB partner airlines award ticket reservation» instead of the JAL international award ticket option.
The program is still good for coach and business class awards, good for awards on United, but will not at all be good for
partner airline awards in international first class.
Date changes for Singapore Airlines awards will cost $ 25 and any changes to
partner airline awards, at any time, will double in price to $ 50.
That means that you really have to be looking at using any miles you purchase on partner airlines and it was
the partner airline award costs that really skyrocketed when American devalued the AAdvantage program in 2016.
- Online
partner airline award booking: Some partner airline awards must be booked over the phone.
I'm most interested to see what changes if any there are to
the partner airline award chart since that's all based on the same inventory as before, not revenue - based, so charging more miles doesn't get more availability.