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Jul 14, 2005 | 6:42 am

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Originally Posted by irmster

I have just tried to use up my 30,000 Aeroflot bonus miles which gives me exactly enough for a return business flight to Moscow (thanks to the 1000 extra miles I just got for my birthday!).

You can only book by phone - they can't tell you availability - you give them the dates and then 3-4 days later they tell you there's no seats, so you give them more dates and wait another 3-4 days etc etc.

I'm not holding out too much hope....the LHR-SVO route is quite profitable for SU and they are less than keen on non fare paying passengers.

BA award availability to DME is also pretty dire for the same reasons I suppose.

For me, BA is bad; as expected, Aeroflot is worse.

Star Alliance carriers seem to be the easiest for me to get awards, followed by OneWorld. Given Aeroflot's apparent "award redemption" headaches, I guess Aeroflot will fit in well with SkyTeam's CO (year-round) and DL (during the summer).

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