Originally Posted by
denverhockeyguy
Yes, the trick is to book as a RTW.
Lamentably, that's 400,000 miles.
Originally Posted by
denverhockeyguy
In addition, just because ANA says its available, doesn't mean its available to UA. Read up on *Net blocking.
Yep, familiar with *Net blocking, was wondering if anyone may have found a way to talk UA into a manual sell of this specific flight, seeing as UA does not have a non-stop.
Originally Posted by
denverhockeyguy
To book the award as a RT the flight must follow valid publish routings OR be within MPM for the origin/destination that you want. You won't be able to make both happen without a RTW.
That's the confirmation I was looking for in my OP, so I thank you for it. You know how one often reads here that one agent says one thing and another says the opposite? so I ask here, at the risk of getting condescending replies, because here I'll get a definitive answer...
Originally Posted by
SFO777
If you are concerned about the miles, book it thru AC and the RTW is only 100K in Business and 120K in First.
From this short yet useful reply I learned:
a) AC aparently has cheap RTW
b) SPG points can be transferred to AC at 1:1 (did a quick check on SPG since I don't have any AC miles)
However, I'm not finding AC F. Do they have F at all (forgive if this is another stupid question)? On ANA, all potential AC flights have "-" ("not applicable") for F. Oh wait, you probably meant use AC miles to book flights on UA? Interesting and probably doable. Thanks!