A lot of alliance partners don't allow you to
search for award availability for other partners on their website and that's really annoying because that means you'll always have to call in to book and you're not sure what that airline is seeing in terms of award availability.
Not exact matches
While the opportunity
for point value is lower, cash back programs are simple and cardholders are guaranteed a predictable rate of return from their credit card rewards, without having to decipher loyalty programs or
search for award availability.
Flights from North America can be tough to snag, but
searching Europe to Singapore is much better
for award availability.
American Airlines is another option
for searching for award ticket
availability to redeem with Avios.
Miles are redeemed as statement credits toward travel purchases made with your card, so you can book the airfare or hotel room you want without having to
search for award availability (hence, no blackout dates).
We recommend
searching for award flight
availability segment by segment.
You might find it helpful to begin by
searching for one - way flights and only later attempt to make a round - trip or multi-city reservation once you know all the dates that have
award availability.
Search for Virgin Atlantic
availability on virginatlantic.com first, and then call Singapore Airlines at 213-404-0301 to book the
award ticket.
Once you locate United
award availability,
search for that same flight on singaporeairlines.com and book the flight online.
To
search for award availability online, you must have at least 7,000 miles in your Miles & More account.
One interesting feature of Aeroplan's website is that you can
search for award availability to multiple destinations at once, similar to how you can enter multiple destinations when looking
for paid tickets with ITA Matrix.
Search for AAdvantage
award travel
availability on Qantas.com, then call American Airlines reservations to book.
All of these airlines can be
searched on delta.com
for award availability, however, results
for China Eastern and China Southern frequently display
award availability that isn't there (it will have an error if you try to purchase) and connecting itineraries often incorrectly price each segment additively rather than as a single one - way.
I don't know where you're flying from, but I
searched availability in July — a peak travel time — from Chicago to Honolulu, and found
award tickets typically available
for between 60,000 and 70,000 miles round - trip.
You can
search for Virgin Australia
award availability on Delta's website.
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.
If you are looking
for a flight and the
search engines say there is no low level
award availability, there are ways to be creative and check some alternative routes.
You can even
search for award availability on both of these carriers in one place by using the American Airlines
award search tool.
After confirming Saver class
availability for each flight segment by
searching them as one - way flights, I now stitched them all together in United's multi-destination
award search tool, making certain to choose the specific flight numbers I'd confirmed
availability on during my one - way
searches.
Searching with flexible dates allows you to find the best
availability of Saver
Awards, which are typically available
for half of the miles a Standard
Award requires.
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.
Finding seats can be extremely difficult of course, but we do the legwork
for you on a
search for award availability.
You can
search for award availability and begin planning your trip today.
As soon as the Qantas 787 - 9 Dreamliner was scheduled to fly its first routes I started
searching for award availability.
Things didn't start well when BA.com refused to offer me ANY Iberia flights when I
searched for award availability on the one day I'm free to do this trip.
Before using Korean Air's website to
search for your
award, we recommend using Delta's website to
search for availability on most SkyTeam partners.
If you're trying to find
award availability on a OneWorld airline BritishAirways.com is the best place to start — the airline may be pretty useless at most things but its site is great
for OneWorld
award searches.
I
search for award availability past the dates I'm willing to travel so that my
award doesn't expire before Etihad has a chance to release inventory
There's no
searching for award availability with Pay with Points — if a ticket is available, it's yours.
You can use American Airlines
award search tool to check
for availability.
You can
search for Alaska Airlines
award availability on their website, and then call British Airways at 1-800-452-1201 to make your booking.
Search for award availability on the available carriers and if there is space available, determine the cost.
EXPERT FLYER LOSES STAR ALLIANCE
AWARD DATA…ExpertFlyer.com, a popular tool used to research flight availability and search for award seat space, has lost the ability to access award space data to Star Alliance carr
AWARD DATA…ExpertFlyer.com, a popular tool used to research flight
availability and
search for award seat space, has lost the ability to access award space data to Star Alliance carr
award seat space, has lost the ability to access
award space data to Star Alliance carr
award space data to Star Alliance carriers.
If you
search for economy class by default on a carrier that has four cabins, you will not see first class
award availability.
When I
searched for availability from the US to Auckland with United on Aeroplan's website, I found a lot of United
award availability for flights 5 + months out and decent
availability for flights only a couple of months out but it wasn't the kind of
availability I liked.
Note: To find Etihad
awards that are available to book using AAdvantage Miles you need to look out
for Etihad Guest
availability (the first column in any results from an
award search).
You can
search for award availability on Etihad's site.
Search for the Lowest Point
Award availability first on delta.com and then on virginatlantic.com.
Search for award availability on delta.com.
Last,
search for award availability on the route (s) that you found in an airline
search engine that provides the best results.
You can easily
search award availability for Air Canada flights on United.com but will have to call to book any itinerary involving Air Canada flights.
Search for Saver
Award availability first on united.com and then ana.com.
You'll first want to
search for award flight
availability on etihad.com, and then call American Airlines reservations to book.
Flights from North America can be tough to snag, but
searching Europe to Singapore is much better
for award availability.
Since other partner airlines aren't available to be booked online, it makes it difficult to
search for award availability.
Search for award availability and book flights on virginatlantic.com.
The flights I was looking
for were shown on united.com (not on the BA
award search, as mentioned in the previous post, since it's only
for BA and not partners), but in my exploring, I did discover the Avios.com site that would seem to have the ability to
search all Avios
award availability.
American Airlines charges 57,500 miles in each direction
for a Business Class
award on airberlin (taxes and fees come to under $ 100) and, unlike not too long ago, you can now
search for airberlin
award availability on AA.com.
If you have a subscription to ExpertFlyer you can still
search for award availability on there (that's a big bonus)......