Since I already searched the American Airlines
website for award availability, I expect the exact same three flights I found on the last step to be available now.
Not exact matches
You may be able to find
award availability for those airlines on the Flying Blue
website (the KLM and Air France frequent flyer program) or by calling Delta Reservations.
Only after I'd taken note of the
availability for each separate flight did I then string together a multi-city
award on United's
website to create the
award as shown above.
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.
You can search
for Virgin Australia
award availability on Delta's
website.
For example, you can use American Airlines»
website to check Alaska Airlines
award availability.
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.
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.
It's important to remember that not all
award seats that are shown on the Etihad Guest
website are available to be booked using AAdvantage Miles — Etihad needs to have «Guest Business»
awards available
for there to be
availability for AAdvantage miles redemptions.
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.
It is known
for its limited saver
award availability and an
award booking
website that is not always accurate, so many frequent flyers scorn the airline on principle.
American's
website often routes many customers looking
for an
award to this flight since it has really great
award availability.
I was doing some research
for another blog post I have in mind and I came across a discrepancy between the British Airways
website and Iberia's
website when it comes to Business Class
award availability.
Etihad
award space is available on its own
website; look
for «Guest Seat»
availability to find
award space made available to partners.
Unlike on American Airlines, if British Airways or Iberia are showing
award availability on their respective
websites for the cabin you wish to upgrade into then upgrades are available too.
American Airlines»
website is terrible
for searching OneWorld
award availability so I used BA.com....
First and business class
availability for awards is strong, but online searches via its
website can be tricky.
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.
The best way to search
for Qatar
award availability (even if redeeming with American miles) is via British Airways»
website.
You will need to use Alaska's
website to look
for award availability (American's will work, too) and then call British Airways to book the
award, telling the call center agent which flights you want.
Note that the Alaska
website doesn't display
award availability for Cathay Pacific, so you'll have to call.
I am trying this but whereas ExpertFlyer is showing sufficient PE
availability for the flights in question, when I go to the Alitalia
website to book the
awards it only shows me Classica Flex
availability.
For AirFrance / KLM
awards, I'd probably just use the Alaska
website to check
availability prior to calling Alitalia.
Recent example, I was searching LAN
availability on BA and got no
availability for months because no flights were bookable with avios, but
award space was wide open on LAN searching directly on their
website.
Last week, we shared the great news that United Airlines was once again displaying Singapore
award availability on its
website, making it much easier to search
for — and book — MileagePlus
awards.
Aeroplan's
website is actually quite good about showing
award availability on partner airlines and
for booking simple
award flights.
Alaska Airlines miles are often undervalued — they partner with many airlines in both the oneworld and Skyteam alliances, offer one - way
awards (with a stopover), and show
availability for most partners on their
website.
You can still book
award flights on these partners by searching
for award availability on other Oneworld airlines»
websites; via ExpertFlyer; or by calling AA and seeing what's available.
Award availability on Alaska matches what you'll see on Alaska's own
website (
for redemptions at the low / saver level).
i have often been told by aa that there is no first class
award availability when the cathay
website shows
availability for cathay miles.
There's also a bit of a learning curve
for finding partner
award availability, since it doesn't show up on the Korean Air
website.
The common mistake that many people make is that if they have a frequent flyer program with a particular airline, they will simply go to the airline
website and search
for an
award availability.
Dear Tracey, United frequent flier miles can be a valuable commodity, because it is easy to search
for award availability on United's
website and because United tends to have more
award seats available than its competitors.
* You can also use Delta's
website to search
for availability but keep in mind that in order to book a Delta flight with either of the Ultimate Rewards Skyteam partners, there must be
award space available at the saver level on Delta.
To book ABU to JFK on the A380, I checked
award availability on EY»S
website on a virtually daily basis
for several months — waiting
for flights in latter part of Jan. to open up.
For example, even though I used American Airlines miles to book Cathay Pacific first class flights, I didn't search for award availability on the AA websi
For example, even though I used American Airlines miles to book Cathay Pacific first class flights, I didn't search
for award availability on the AA websi
for award availability on the AA
website.