Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
Awardhacker gives a
guide to the ff miles needed for a route by ffp.
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https://www.awardhacker.com/#f=HKG&t...=1&c=j&s=1&p=1
However need to check the detailed rules & award cash surcharges, if any.
Some ffp's charge by total flown distance and not broad zones (say Asia to Eu) Awardhacker at times does not pick up the finer rules of awards. Is OK for a single segment
Then you must find award availability. Awardhacker does not do that.
Some ffp's are not keen on newbie's signing up, transferring points from a credit card and then getting long haul premium awards. Do some checking first.
Thanks for the tip on the sign ups and award travel. I didnt know that was an issue.
I've got the Award Hacker site down pretty good, I suck at finding availability as most people probably do (hence the thought about using a 3rd party search service), but what I've never done is transfer from CC program to an airline FFP, and then book on a carrier other than them. I've transferred from TYP to BR for example, and it went well, but I've never tried to book a partner flight through BR after the transfer. I'm not sure if you were referring to a simple CC transfer to use on that airline, or the subsequent request for award travel with that original airline, but im assuming the latter. Please correct me if i'm mistaken.
I'm also not sure if each airline inside the alliance has different rates for the same partner flight. That
really complicates things. In theory I'd need to transfer the CC points to the airline with the best award rates in the alliance, or at least the best one that my CC partners with.
I think I should find the 3rd party booking agent that already knows the most efficient way to use the points. For the $50 or whatever, I think it's probably going to be worth my time.