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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by SFO777
There is a simple workaround that doesn't require a mileage balance. Log on as normal, Click ANA International Flight Awards and search for flights on any route NH flies (like SFO-NRT), then click on Use Star Alliance Member Airlines. At that point, enter any city pairs you want and the system works as it should/did.
I salute you, for the workaround!

Originally Posted by sbm12
When I initially posted my GreasyMonkey script workaround a number of folks suggested that just posting a mile to the account was better because it was more likely to "beat the system." It wasn't.
FWIW, I have 20 orphaned miles, it used to work... now it doesn't. So I salute you as well, for the script!
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