Aeroplan issues with award redemption on partner airlines
Aug 31, 2018, 9:40 am
#78
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Toronto, ON
Programs: AC 75K
Posts: 6,358
Yes, they are available and working as expected. Lots of availability from JFK, BOS, and ORD which displays fine on Aeroplan.com
They've really tightened up business class inventory on their two Canadian routes, which is not a technical issue.
They've really tightened up business class inventory on their two Canadian routes, which is not a technical issue.
Aug 31, 2018, 5:35 pm
#81
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
As of now AE is still having issues seeing LX/SK/NH spaces while LO is blocked from booking (since June). This made intra-European connectors a challenge if you want to avoid YQ on LH and OS, but not impossible. I was able to find workarounds by using OU (Croatia), JP (Adria), A3, ET and TK.
TK long haul availability between Europe and Asia is pretty good for even the Christmas holiday season, and BR availability for AMS/CDG/VIE/LHR-TPE is not bad either if you want to avoid YQ.
That being said, I wonder when this issue will be resolved. I'd really like to have the second half of my mini-RTW put on NH, but I did book mine already and I am prepared to pay the change fee to do so as the first half was already a solid itinerary that I could not afford to lose the spaces for waiting any longer.
TK long haul availability between Europe and Asia is pretty good for even the Christmas holiday season, and BR availability for AMS/CDG/VIE/LHR-TPE is not bad either if you want to avoid YQ.
That being said, I wonder when this issue will be resolved. I'd really like to have the second half of my mini-RTW put on NH, but I did book mine already and I am prepared to pay the change fee to do so as the first half was already a solid itinerary that I could not afford to lose the spaces for waiting any longer.
Aug 31, 2018, 6:00 pm
#83
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
You can also use JP as a connector and check out Ljubljana on the way in your mini-RTW.
Aug 31, 2018, 8:32 pm
#85
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
JP's FFP is Miles&More, so I assumed it had some kind of YQ but not excessive like LH. Although finding JP availability for my desired dates was next to impossible so I didn't even try a dummy booking to see.
Sep 1, 2018, 6:08 pm
#87
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,917
Now I have to book CA flights... and the exact same thing is happening. Facepalm. Is ANYTHING bookable on the website?!?!?
Sep 1, 2018, 9:06 pm
#88
Join Date: May 2013
Location: YYT/YYC/TPE
Programs: AC SE, UA, National Exec Elite, Nexus, GE
Posts: 1,810
Update to my own post upthread: JP has the same YQ charges as LH and OS (did a dummy booking to confirm). So if you want to avoid YQ in the European connectors, use OU/A3/TK/SN while issues with LX/SK/LO are being worked on.
There are also a couple of cool intra-European routes that can be redeemed on YQ-free airlines: ARN-OSL on ET and ARN-DME on SQ.
There are also a couple of cool intra-European routes that can be redeemed on YQ-free airlines: ARN-OSL on ET and ARN-DME on SQ.
Sep 1, 2018, 11:49 pm
#90
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,917
Yeah the problem is when TK flights show up, it doesn’t show anything else - which is massively annoying because what if you don’t want to fly TK and want one of the myriad other options?
