Can I book a flight between two US cities via Air France
Aug 15, 2018, 7:17 pm
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Can I book a flight between two US cities via Air France
I'm actually trying to get from PDX - KUF (Russia), but air france doesn't show any award flights available that start out in PDX. If I enter LAX, then I get plenty of award flight availability. Is it possible to book award flights with air france that have a flight from one US city to another in there? Do I have to call them for this?
Aug 15, 2018, 7:29 pm
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Use Delta.com & Alaskaair.com to check for low level award availability from PDX-LAX on the day you with to travel and if building a connection will meet minimum/apporpirate connection time and then call Flying Blue. If there is no availability then you have to purchase and you will therefore by on two tickets and not have protection so plan accordingly.
Aug 16, 2018, 12:18 am
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I'm actually trying to get from PDX - KUF (Russia), but air france doesn't show any award flights available that start out in PDX. If I enter LAX, then I get plenty of award flight availability. Is it possible to book award flights with air france that have a flight from one US city to another in there? Do I have to call them for this?
Aug 16, 2018, 2:11 pm
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Aug 16, 2018, 5:13 pm
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Aug 17, 2018, 9:12 am
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Haha, yes, but what I was really driving at was - how do you know if it's "low level" availability? DL doesn't publish a redemption chart. I am kind of interested in how DL makes awards available for partners, although I'd probably never redeem anything other than DL miles (unless maybe there's some arbitrage from Amex MR through, say, VS).