Originally Posted by
sonith231
Hi everyone, I'm planning a trip to Melbourne, Australia next January and haven't been able to find any availability for my dates. The return trip isn't a problem, I have miles on American and there is availability on those dates.
And you may never find a USA to Australia award in January
A peak time, as Aussie summer vacations are January.
Schools & universities start the new academic year late Jan/early Feb.
The Australian tennis open is in Melbourne late January.
Airlines will be expecting to sell every seat for $$$ at this time
You need to be flexible with departure & destination airports. Look at DFW SFO LAX – MEL SYD BNE
Airlines that fly USA/Canada to/from Australia (most from LAX) are
- United (LAX SFO – SYD MEL & GUM-CNS) [Star Alliance]
- AA (LAX SYD) from Dec 2015 [OneWorld Alliance]
- Qantas (LAX JFK DFW HNL – SYD BNE MEL) SFO from Dec 2015 [OneWorld Alliance] (AS partner)
- Jetstar (HNL – SYD BNE)
- Delta (VA & AS partner) (LAX – SYD) [Skyteam Alliance]
- Virgin Australia (DL partner) (LAX – SYD BNE)
- Hawaiian, via Hawaii (AA & VA partner) (HNL – SYD BNE)
- Air NZ, via AKL [Star Alliance]
- Fiji Airways, via Fiji (AA & AS partner)
- Air Tahiti Nui (last segments on codeshares) (AA & DL partner)
- Air Canada [Star Alliance]
And others via Asia & Middle East
Some forums have threads on awards to Australia
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...es-2012-a.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html