I've been trying to book an award seat with my Northwest miles for a friend in Romania to come over to the states. I can't find any 60,000 mile seats for the dates I need on the Northwest website but when checking Continental's, they have plenty of 60,000 mile seats available for those same dates. I'm still a relative neophyte in this area but I think it is possible to access those Continental award seats via my Northwest miles but can't figure out how to go about it. (I'm not considering Delta as they have exorbitant tax/fees charges for such itineraries.) A "Purchasing Award Seats on Partner Airlines" for Dummies would be highly appropriate here. Thanks for any help.