Worthless AZ miles?
May 5, 2017, 2:52 am
#1
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Worthless AZ miles?
I needed one way tickets (2) for GF and I LIN-FCO in Sept. SInce I have 42k, checked and AZ/MM wants 24k plus 98 euro for the two one ways. Instead, I paid 106 euro total for two-the same flights.
No DL flights show on the award link, so I guess you need to call?. I could use two one ways in the US on DL.
Oh well, Freccia Alata Plus sounded nice at least and got me lounge access at BKK, TPE, LAX, SHA, and CAN. I didn't go out of my way to use ST, well maybe once as AA wanted more for a BKK-LAX RT and no guarantee of UPG so I went with PE/J on CI instead.
No DL flights show on the award link, so I guess you need to call?. I could use two one ways in the US on DL.
Oh well, Freccia Alata Plus sounded nice at least and got me lounge access at BKK, TPE, LAX, SHA, and CAN. I didn't go out of my way to use ST, well maybe once as AA wanted more for a BKK-LAX RT and no guarantee of UPG so I went with PE/J on CI instead.
May 5, 2017, 7:17 am
#2
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I tried to understand why the miles were worthless, it seems you just did not have enough (by the way, who ever uses an award for a domestic flight in Italy?). But with 22/126 words being acronyms (including 7 airports that had nothing to do with the domestic award) it was rather difficult getting the picture. 
May 5, 2017, 6:30 pm
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I tried to understand why the miles were worthless, it seems you just did not have enough (by the way, who ever uses an award for a domestic flight in Italy?). But with 22/126 words being acronyms (including 7 airports that had nothing to do with the domestic award) it was rather difficult getting the picture.
May 5, 2017, 6:33 pm
#5
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Like I said, DL awards seem to be unavailable for AZ miles, so need to burn these before they become completely worthless. Maybe not the best use, but that's what I needed. Hope that another airline steps up and takes them over and credits the MM balance.
May 6, 2017, 8:51 am
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DL awards are not the best use of AZ miles. Using airlines other than AZ requires the use of the multi-carrier award table.
May 6, 2017, 5:48 pm
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True, but it's always a matter of what you need. At 20k per one way coach or 40k one business within the US, the AZ miles were basically worth what DL miles are going for. The award seats were available for DL miles, which I don't have, but not AZ/MM which I do.