Originally Posted by
Marathon Man
I think UA does this too, but what really bugs me about NWAs site is that you cant like look at what awards are available unless you have the miles in your account! I know I will soon (waiting on a promo) but since I do not yet have enough, I can see NOTHING!
NW just let me search for flights far outside my mileage balance and just told me I had insufficient miles to select those flights and continue down the booking process. I've not run into that with them, but I remember hitting that problem on UA.