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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by WillSkiGT
I'm looking at J class award flights in 2026 and have seen something curious.

ANA has released a limited number of partner awards (bookable via UA and sometimes Aeroplan). However, if you try to book directly via ANA for those same flights, there is no J availability aside from waitlisting.

Is ANA really holding inventory for partners and giving priority to those partners vs. its own bookings, or is this phantom availability (i.e. if I tried to book via United I would get an error)?
You can just book it to test out. You have 24 hours to cancel.
Do you have miles with VS? They only charge 60K for j class, instead of 110K.
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