FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Programs to Join with No Intent to Fly or Stay
Old May 30, 2012 | 10:00 am
  #10  
Steve M
All eyes on you!
25 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Programs: UA Platinum, AA Lifetime Platinum, DL Platinum, Honors Diamond, Bonvoy Ambassador, Hertz Platinum
Posts: 8,179
Originally Posted by mtkeller
srdshelly has already mentioned ANA for searching *A awards.
ANA implemented some restrictions on award searches for accounts with 0 miles. So, I transferred 1000 miles from Amex MR to my ANA account. It's very unlikely I'll ever redeem those, and hopefully ANA considers the free money they got from Amex on my behalf payment enough for the use of their search tool

Similarly, AsiaMiles membership is great for CX award searches, and JL for JL searches, for those that are AA members looking for partner award opportunities to the Far East, since the AA website currently only allows award searches on AA, HA, and BA.
Steve M is offline