Originally Posted by
sbm12
Standard rewards are generally always available - they are close to last seat availability - so searching for them isn't particularly useful in the tool. The benefit that the tool offers is the ability to find the saver reward seats.
For SkyTeam it does show Standard rewards but the ANA tool doesn't show them for *A so the KVS tool won't either.
Correct, with the exception of the terminology. In KVS Tool:
- Standard (xS) awards are capacity-restricted awards available within the entire Alliance. Some airlines (like US/UA) may like to refer to them using a marketing name "Saver".
- Additional (xA) awards are unrestricted awards that require additional (e.g. double) mileage. Some airlines (like US/UA) may call them "Standard", again, for marketing purposes. These awards are only applicable within the same airline/FF programme or to certain partners (but not Alliance-wide).