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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 7:26 pm
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Originally Posted by MMB568
... What are the cons, if any, of a OW130 award vs a standard all-partners award. Routing flexibility, date flexibility? For example, will I still be able to change my return from LHR-LAX to the non-stop if award availability in J opens up on my desired dates? Or does this only work for the all-partners award type, which costs 5K miles more? ...
Bingo, you got it in 1. The Oneworld award has zero routing flexibility after being issued -- no change in routing, stopover or carrier allowed, ever (date changes are allowed). So on the OW130 you cannot change to the LHR-LAX non-stop, while on the partners award you can.
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