Valuation: ANA has long been one of my top foreign frequent flyer programs, partly thanks to its useful Star Alliance
partner award search engine, its non-alliance partners, and its friendly stopover award policies.
If you want to book
a partner award search on either United or ANA's website, then call in to complete the booking.
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Japan Airlines doesn't allow you to book all
partner awards online or even
search for some of them.
Unlike with Delta
award flights, you will have to call Korean Air to book as their online
search function only allows you to
search for
award space on SkyTeam
partners.
To get the most out of airline miles, you really need to pay attention to things like what airline
partners you can use with which miles, where to
search for
award seats, and how many miles is a «good» price to pay.
To find
award space on United flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a
search for
partner awards on ANA's website.
However, Flying Blue does not show
award space in their online
search results for some of their
partners.
Hot Tip: You can now use the Korean Air website to
search many
partner awards.
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.
To find
award space on United flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a
search for
partner awards on ANA's website.
For Star Alliance
partner airlines
award space, you can also
search United, ANA or Air Canada's websites.
Keep an eye on the
partners of your Host program, and learn which
search engines show
partner flights, and when you'll need to call in to book an
award.
You can
search for
award tickets on Delta.com and can easily redeem SkyMiles on flights with Delta Air Lines and
partner carriers when using their
search engine.
Hot Tip: Not all
partner airlines show on
award searches with Air France / KLM.
As you
search for
award availability with
partners, you can reference the Oneworld and other
partners» AA
award charts to determine the number of AA miles you will need to book.
Because of this patchwork of Alliance members and
Partners searching for
award travel with AA miles is never just as easy as visiting one website.
Finally, there are several
partners that do not make it possible to
search for
award space online:
If you need help figuring out where to
search for
award space when redeeming with Air France / KLM's
partner airlines, make sure you read our simple
award search guide.
The Iberia website has recently added more of its airline
partners for online
award searches, though there are a few you still need to call in to
search and book.
While you can simply
search for
award flights and see the resulting prices for available flights, you may want to scan the
partner award charts and
search specifically for the carriers that offer the cheapest flights to your destination.
Head over to United.com to
search for the
award space since their
search engine is fairly good and Lufthansa is a Star Alliance
partner.
You can choose to
search for
award flights on any or all
partner airlines.
Hot Tip: Save time
searching for
partner awards by checking websites of Emirates
partner airlines.
To
search for
award space on Korean Air's other airline
partners, you'll need to use a few other sites.
You can
search for and book
award flights on Delta and many of its
partner airlines on Delta's website.
While you can do an online
search for Virgin Atlantic flights on their own site,
searching partners for
awards space isn't so simple.
Alaska Airlines has two other
partner airlines but you won't be able to
search for
award space on Alaska's site.
Three of Delta's
partners require other
search methods plus a call to Delta to redeem SkyMiles for
award flights.
If you want to book an
award that includes any of their
partners you will need to
search elsewhere and then call Singapore Airlines.
Use the sites indicated below to
search for
partner award space then call Virgin Atlantic to complete your booking.
However, Air France / KLM's ability to
search for SkyTeam
partner award space is better as Delta sometimes doesn't show availability when it actually exists.
Until recently, Korean Air did not provide a way to
search online for
award availability on any of its
partner airlines.
One important piece to
searching for SkyTeam
partner award space is that you must specify that you are
searching for a SkyTeam
award otherwise your
search results will only show Korean Air options.
However, Flying Blue does not show
award space in their online
search results for some of their
partners.
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.
Aeroplan is one of the best ways to
search for Star Alliance
award space whether you want to redeem Aeroplan miles or miles from other Star Alliance
partners.
If you don't see
award space when you run a
search, double check on Air France's site as it is generally the best place to
search SkyTeam
partners.
American Airlines online
award search capability is not as strong as some of its Oneworld
partners.
Well, now you have a much better option as Singapore Airlines allows you to
search for and book
award flights with Star Alliance
partners online.
ANA airlines
award search engine is one of the best available for Star Alliance because it can
search every Star Alliance
partner.
Unlike with Delta
award flights, you will have to call Korean Air to book as their online
search function only allows you to
search for
award space on SkyTeam
partners.
While the overall changes are negative, the ability to
search and book
partner awards online will be nice.
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.
It still errors out from time to time with me, but it's always convenient when you
search and book
partner awards online.
There are three primary locations where you might
search for
award space on United Airlines and its
partners: United.com, Aeroplan.com, and ANA.co.jp.
United's
award search tool is impeccable in
searching award seats for itself and almost all Star Alliance
partners.
One of the biggest complaints with Korean Air for the longest time was that you couldn't
search or book
partner awards online and had to go through a burdensome process of calling in and mailing forms in to make
partner award bookings.