Jan 1, 2014, 5:17 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
NOTE: This thread has been superseded by the thread entitled LM F and J routes (and the occasional trick-it) Rebooted v2.0. Please follow the discussion there.
Region definitions
C1 North America
C1.5 Caribbean, Bermuda
C2 Europe
C2.5 Middle East
C3 Asia
C4 South America
C5 Africa
C6 Oceania
2X, 3X: in the context of this LifeMiles thread, 2X and 3X refer to any 2nd and 3rd legs of a one-way award ticket.
LifeMiles' Star Alliance Award Chart
Cash & Miles redemptions: buying the max (60%) isn't always the best deal (unless you're purchasing all miles right there). Check here for the best CPM.
Beware of Cabotage: LifeMiles has been known to issue tickets that constitute Cabotage, and at least one instance of denied boarding has been reported, stranding the passenger. An easily-seen example is travel on Copa from LAX to SJU (via PTY).
Region definitions
C1 North America
C1.5 Caribbean, Bermuda
C2 Europe
C2.5 Middle East
C3 Asia
C4 South America
C5 Africa
C6 Oceania
2X, 3X: in the context of this LifeMiles thread, 2X and 3X refer to any 2nd and 3rd legs of a one-way award ticket.
LifeMiles' Star Alliance Award Chart
Cash & Miles redemptions: buying the max (60%) isn't always the best deal (unless you're purchasing all miles right there). Check here for the best CPM.
Beware of Cabotage: LifeMiles has been known to issue tickets that constitute Cabotage, and at least one instance of denied boarding has been reported, stranding the passenger. An easily-seen example is travel on Copa from LAX to SJU (via PTY).
LM F and J routes (and the occasional trick-it)
Nov 28, 2013, 5:45 pm
#721
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: Flying: VA; Buying: AA, AS, AV, BA, UA!
Posts: 2,349
can anyone share their experience/knowledge about using LM for LH F? From what I can gather availability shows up 14 days in advance and that is it? Doing some dummy searches I can find seats for what I want but is there another way to check LH F availability more than 14 days in advance?
Looking to travel FRA to DEN/JFK (wherever their 744's fly into the USA) around Christmas...
Looking to travel FRA to DEN/JFK (wherever their 744's fly into the USA) around Christmas...
Nov 29, 2013, 10:26 pm
#723
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: LAX BUR
Programs: UA LM Airbnb
Posts: 396
Anyone with experience leaving the narrator on a chiclet run, please pm.
Dec 3, 2013, 5:11 pm
#724
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
hi y'all hope you aren't talking about me lol
Dec 3, 2013, 10:02 pm
#726
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere I need to be.
Programs: OW Emerald, *A Gold, NEXUS, GE, ABTC/APEC, South Korea SES, eIACS, PP, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 16,046
Dec 4, 2013, 1:28 am
#727
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: HAJ
Posts: 237
booked it 2 Weeks ago for February 2014
Dec 4, 2013, 2:04 am
#728
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt Glob; AA ExPlat; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 317
Has anyone flown a lifemile award on an asian airline USA-(Asian City)-USA?, one-way ticket with both segments on the asian airline. Will I run into cabotage troubles? PM would be appreciated, Thanks.
Dec 4, 2013, 2:12 am
#729
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
afaik it cannot be ticketed. will error out and cannot proceed to payment page (although if you can let me know!).
Dec 4, 2013, 7:21 am
#731
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 688
What do you do if the Avianca website does not recognize an IATA airport code? Can someone PM me. Thank you.
Dec 4, 2013, 8:26 am
#732
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,924
This can occasionally happen when you are selecting an airline of some kind in the search box (they actually check some hacked-up routing database behind the scenes to see which airports are "legal" and which are "not"). Try de-filtering some results. Is it possible it's an extremely minor airport nobody flies to, though?
Dec 4, 2013, 8:31 am
#733
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: BCN-BUE-PSA-GRU
Programs: BA Gold - A3 Gold - FB Gold - IHG Plat - SPG Gold -Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 1,581
For me is always impossible flying to/from Pisa. Even with LH/air dolomiti flying to MUC 2 times daily. Let alone some small airports in Brasil.
Dec 4, 2013, 8:44 am
#734
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BTS
Posts: 611
the problem is that LH probably doesn't release award seats to LM on that route, as both ANA and United.com show plenty of space
Actually, I doubt LM would see any Air Dolomiti operated flights
Dec 4, 2013, 8:51 am
#735
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: BKK, CDG, TLS
Programs: QR G, A3 G, EK G, IHG Amb, GHA Black, WOH LT something
Posts: 1,306
Actually the problem comes that Lifemiles does not see any flights that are operated by a third carrier. That's the reason you can't book almost all austrian airlines with LM since their financial troubles OS flights are now operated by one of their subsidiaries.