When you make your booking over the phone Alaska will also charge you a couple of fees including a $ 15 telephone reservation fee along with a $ 12.50
partner award ticket fee for each direction (not segment) of travel.
Often overlooked, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club is a great way to book Star
Alliance partner award tickets... and booking business class awards on EVA Air is no exception.
Once you log in, you can choose either a JAL international award ticket or a
JMB partner award ticket from the «Award redemption (Air)» menu at the bottom of the page.
Get there: Fly Star Alliance carrier TAP Portugal direct to Porto (OPO) or connecting in Lisbon (LIS) on
a partner award ticket booked through United Mileage Plus.
Use United miles earned from a United Mileage Plus credit card or transferred to United from Chase Ultimate Rewards to fly on
a partner award ticket on Turkish Airways via Istanbul, or South African Airways vis Johannesburg.
Japan Airlines does require you to call when booking
partner award tickets, but the process is simple.
Redeeming for Alaska flights is pretty simple, so I'm going to devote this post to
partner award tickets.
However, there is one amazing sweet spot for using Virgin Atlantic miles:
partner award tickets on All Nippon Airways (ANA).
Use United miles earned from a United Mileage Plus credit card or transferred to United from Chase Ultimate Rewards to fly on
a partner award ticket on Turkish Airways via Istanbul, or South African Airways vis Johannesburg.
Get there: Fly Star Alliance carrier TAP Portugal direct to Porto (OPO) or connecting in Lisbon (LIS) on
a partner award ticket booked through United Mileage Plus.
I also like using Avios because American is my preferred airline and I can still get my elite status benefits (like priority boarding and better seat selection) on
a partner award ticket.
While most
partner award tickets may be booked directly on Alaska's website, Cathay Pacific must be booked over the phone.
Also make sure that your ticket is correctly issued, since there are definitely synchronization issues that occur sometimes with
partner award tickets, including Star Alliance partner awards on Singapore Airlines.
* In my case, KLM's website is pretty user - friendly when searching for flexible dates on Delta /
partner award tickets.