The "what should bookable on LifeMiles, but isn't" thread
Mar 27, 2017, 11:42 am
#18
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May 11, 2017, 1:17 am
#21
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Maybe the inverse is what is needed? I'd like to know what is bookable at all.
I've been looking at Asia-Australia routes a long way out (late March 2018) just as a test. United shows up to 200 possibilities for single dates. (e.g. PVG-SYD) They include a bit of the next day as well in their results when it's an early am departure, so it's really a little less, but it also doesn't include any SQ options that would have to be booked by phone. LM shows mostly no options at all. Some days, maybe one or two, sometimes with mixed class, mostly on routes I wouldn't want or on NH, which others have reported may fail to book anyhow!
I've been looking at Asia-Australia routes a long way out (late March 2018) just as a test. United shows up to 200 possibilities for single dates. (e.g. PVG-SYD) They include a bit of the next day as well in their results when it's an early am departure, so it's really a little less, but it also doesn't include any SQ options that would have to be booked by phone. LM shows mostly no options at all. Some days, maybe one or two, sometimes with mixed class, mostly on routes I wouldn't want or on NH, which others have reported may fail to book anyhow!
May 17, 2017, 7:31 pm
#22
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We can now add to this thread that any Swiss flight operated by "Swiss Global Air Lines", so any 77W or CS100 aircraft, cannot be booked with Lifemiles. I contacted them and they confirmed that they do not have an agreement to book these flights, even though it is a subsidiary of Swiss Air Lines.
Jul 13, 2017, 12:04 pm
#23
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Globalist
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I can't seem to find any availability in OZ on dates where I know the inventory exists (according the UA website). Specifically, I'm looking at LAX/ICN/BKK in December. Anyone have issues recently with Asiana inventory not showing up? Is it only bookable within a certain timeframe?
Jul 13, 2017, 2:12 pm
#25
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I can't seem to find any availability in OZ on dates where I know the inventory exists (according the UA website). Specifically, I'm looking at LAX/ICN/BKK in December. Anyone have issues recently with Asiana inventory not showing up? Is it only bookable within a certain timeframe?
Jul 14, 2017, 3:26 am
#26
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BRS (Bristol, UK)
Programs: LH SEN/*G
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SN (Brussels Airlines) seems unbookable for me currently. I've been trying intra-European segments, and get no results when in SmartSearch or *A, and an error when restricting to SN only. I'm seeing availability in every other *A award tool I can use (expertflyer, M&M, United, ANA).
It has worked previously. LM ticketed a BRS-BRU-YUL-BOS for me a couple of months ago (BRS-BRU is SN operated by BM).
It's all very messy and wobbly. It feels like they've bitten off waayyyy more than they can chew.
It has worked previously. LM ticketed a BRS-BRU-YUL-BOS for me a couple of months ago (BRS-BRU is SN operated by BM).
It's all very messy and wobbly. It feels like they've bitten off waayyyy more than they can chew.
Jul 14, 2017, 6:59 am
#27
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: points traveller
Posts: 329
any recent datapoints with LH F?
found IAH-FRA-ATH using the united tool in LH F then J, but can't get either leg to show up on LM, either as a single search, or breaking up the legs.
found IAH-FRA-ATH using the united tool in LH F then J, but can't get either leg to show up on LM, either as a single search, or breaking up the legs.
Jul 15, 2017, 9:10 pm
#28
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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There's plenty of IAH - EWR or IAH - DEN available on United in J.
Plenty of MUC/FRA - ATH on Aegean in J.
Should be able to put something together.
May 11, 2018, 1:14 am
#29
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There seems to be a steady supply of threads querying why some or other airline can't be booked on LifeMiles. This isn't just newbies either (though they are unsurprisingly baffled that they can't book award seats that are freely available on other FFPs). The situation is fluid so that even LM regulars discover that something they used to book without problems suddenly becomes unavailable due to some change to the inscrutable inner workings of LM.
So I thought it might be a good idea to keep all the information in one place where all such queries can be directed, and information can be shared and kept up to date.
To start the ball rolling here is a list of what I have personally come up against:
Ideally I think we should make it a Wiki so that the current state of play is quickly accessible to anyone without reading numerous posts.
So I thought it might be a good idea to keep all the information in one place where all such queries can be directed, and information can be shared and kept up to date.
To start the ball rolling here is a list of what I have personally come up against:
- SA - South African Airways - no rewards available
- SK - Scandinavian Airlines - intra-Europe not bookable (haven't personally checked intercontinental but lack of availability has been reported)
- CA - Air China - no rewards available
- LH - Lufthansa - F only available within 2 weeks of departure (if at all)
Ideally I think we should make it a Wiki so that the current state of play is quickly accessible to anyone without reading numerous posts.
May 11, 2018, 5:17 am
#30
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