Originally Posted by
grlmopz
What I really want to do is avoid such complications and extra costs and fly directly from Frankfurt on LH.
The question is: will any Star Alliance carrier (US, CO, UA, ANA, AC) allow me to do that using miles? I have plenty of US and US miles, as well as Membership Rewards points.
The answer seems to be no with CO and UA, since Tehran doesn't come up when I try to do an award search. ANA gave me an error when I tried their engine, even though it would allow me to book to other hotspots (Erbil, Iraq, for example).
Ohhh maybe because of the current sanctions involving U.S. companies doing business with Iran? I know you are flying LH and that is a German carrier, but perhaps cuz you are using a U.S. carrier to book it?