If you don't have the required miles in your SkyPass account and you find award space, you can call Korean Air to
put the award on hold so you have time to transfer points into your account.
Not exact matches
If you don't have the necessary American AAdvantage miles in your account, you can
put your
award ticket
on hold for five days
so you'll have time to transfer points to your account.
Unlike Korean Air, Delta will not let you
put award bookings
on hold,
so you'll want to keep that in mind if you need to transfer American Express Membership Rewards or SPG Starpoints to your Delta SkyMiles account.
American will let you
put award tickets
on hold for up to 5 days,
so make sure you
put the ticket
on hold to ensure you have the seat locked in before you buy miles.
American Airlines» online search has been known to show phantom
award space
on Finnair
so don't transfer SPG Starpoints until you have confirmed the
award space actually exists and you have
put the
award on hold.
Starpoints don't transfer to airlines immediately
so, even when you find an airline
award you want to book, you need to be able to
put it
on hold before you transfer Starpoints.
AA offers free
holds on awards if you call to book, for up to 5 days depending
on the carrier,
so if you're not sure you're able to fly just yet, call in now to
put the flight
on hold.