Originally Posted by
MDtR-Chicago
Are you sure it is actually showing available on ANA? "WL" status means waitlisted, not actually available. "OK" means available.
It's possible either UA or ANA is "blocking" that availability. It's also possible you could get a different answer if you called UA.
On the ANA site, I got all the way up to the end of the booking process except I had no points available for booking. The seats definitely seemed available.
Is it a usual step to call United to see if they can manually book this as a Saver Award?