Originally Posted by
gkbiiii
I saw that South African had this route and it was only 50K PP, RT in J. Is this possible to book and if so, how do you do it?
I'm not sure SA does fly that route. IAD to DSS (Dakar's new airport) yes (three times a week I think), but not JFK-DSS.
But what you should do is look up the route in the same way you would look up an NH redemption: use the UA search tool to look for Saver Award space. Then phone up VS and ask for a redemption on the specific flights you want. As ever, this is an exceptionally rare procedure for the average VS phone agent, so it may take 2,3,4+ tries to get someone experienced enough to do it.
One thing - because of the recent airport change in Dakar, you might want to look for redemption on the IAD-JNB route (which is the route which stops at DSS), as not all search processes are giving accurate results to DSS.
Good luck, and do report back!