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Old Jul 2, 2011 | 4:55 am
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mtkeller
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Originally Posted by firecat69
Oh well I was hoping for something brilliant? LOL. But I guess same old story, if you want to use useless Sky Pesos at a fair rate you have to hope a partner will take you and of course that usually means ridiculous layovers etc.
A quick check on af.us finds some availability on AF and KL metal in February (picked that month at random). JFK to/from JNB with layovers under three hours in each direction.

Comments about DL's atrocious award booking engine are spot on, but don't make blanket statements about the unsuitability of booking awards on partners, as the situation is not so dire as you make it out to be. I just got LHR-ICN-MEL (KE) and SYD-KUL-LHR (MH) in December (high season for Oz) on the exact dates I wanted with 3-ish hour layovers in each direction with pretty much no effort (other than needing to call).

Good luck in your move to UA/CO. We'll see how great CO's engine is once UA's *net-blocking gurus get involved.
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