sfducati

Hi all,
I have a flying blue account but since it has zero miles in it I cannot look up the award ticket availability, so I was wondering if someone could help me out?

I'm looking to fly SFO-BHX:
Depart: SFO-BHX(Aug22nd evening, Aug 23rd -all day)
Return: BHX-SFO(Sep 1st)
Ideally I would like it to be in Biz but econ will do.

Would someone be kind enough to check the availability for me? Or enlighten me if there are other ways to look it up?

I have about 125k in SPG and 150k in MR points. Other creative ideas are most welcome.

thanks in advance!

Brobbel

You can use KVS or ExpertFlyer (both paid services).

Depart: SFO-BHX(Aug22nd evening, Aug 23rd -all day)
KVS shows CA+ and YA+ for the CO-morning flights and YA+ for several NW-flights during the day.
Return: BHX-SFO(Sep 1st)
KVS shows again CA+ and YA+ for the early KL/CO/NW-morning flights, later flights show YA+

No CS or YS found.

YS = Standard (e.g. Saver) Economy Award, YA = Additional (e.g. PerkPass) Economy Award; CS = Standard Business Award, CA = Additional Business Award.

For FB: Standard are the "normal" awards, Additional are the Open Miles, only I don't know how this will work with CO/NW, I guess it will not work at all, because the open miles are only available on KL/AF.

So at this point only Open Miles-ticket are available for the return flight but no standard awards.

lascarb

http://www.seatcounter.com/

sfducati

Thanks for your replies, Brobbel & Lascarb. How many miles required for the open miles ticket for SFO-BHX?
I could find the standard award chart on FB but not the open miles...

YVR Cockroach

2x as much.

PJK

2x as much indeed and you need not look for award seats; if any seat is available for regular purchase (even full-fare) you can book this with open miles. But with the fuel surcharges you might not have a really good deal.

sfducati

Thanks, everyone! ^
I ended up using my TY points. Details in this post:
My TY award booking