Change to ANA policy, it appears: to search for Star Alliance rewards (which we all love to do!) you must have miles in your ANA account.

2010-06-17: "The Partner Flight Award search function is not available for passengers who do not have any mileage balance."

Discussed here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/all-n...y-account.html

Now to work on getting some points in there quickly!