pricing for award ticket: a mixed itinerary of UA J and partner J
Hi everybody, I'm working on an itinerary to Japan, and have a question about prices:
EWR-HAM in UA J, then HAM-FRA in LH J;
stopover in Frankfurt for a week
FRA-Tokyo Haneda (HND) in ANA J;
NRT-ORD in ANA J
I paid 150k miles (basically it's priced as a round trip between the US and Japan, since a stopover and open-jaw are included)
Here is my question: the transatlantic flight is in UA J; then from Frankfurt is ANA J (so a partner flight). Should this half of the ticket really cost 75k, or rather 65k (the price of a UA-operated J award to Japan), or 70k (splitting the difference, since there are intercontinental flights on both UA and a partner airline)?
I apologize if this is answered somewhere, I couldn't find it.