In a perfect world, we would have been a little bit more flexible and could have
waited for award space to become available on other airlines that fly direct — such as United or ANA — but in reality, the short connection didn't really feel that bad.
Not exact matches
The 7 - day
wait time with SPG Starpoints is annoying, but Korean Air's hold policy makes it much easier to stomach since you know the
award space will be
waiting for you.
In doing so, you can prevent someone else from booking the
award space while you
wait for a transfer to process.
Unlike Korean Air, Japan Airlines will not hold
award space for you while you
wait for a transfer to complete.
It doesn't seem that he was
waiting for something else, like low - level
award space, since he was willing to buy more miles.
You wouldn't want to find
award space on a partner airline and then see it disappear while you
wait for the linking and transfer to be processed.
Keep this in mind as
award space could disappear while
waiting for the transfer to process.
If you don't want to deal with credits, this makes it even easier to
wait for better
award space to open up on another carrier, though it does mean you pay more if you end up keeping it.
Again, it makes it easier to work with the
award space you have rather than
wait for the stars to align.