May 21, 2014, 7:31 pm
Last edit by: Tokyoite
Coronawiki (March 2020)
Does anyone know if Lifemiles will waive cancellation fees for an award ticket due to COVID-19 concerns?
Unfortunately, barring an outright flight cancellation, Lifemiles will not waive cancel fees.
Just pay the $200 as a "self caution fee". (nobody is actually preventing you the passenger from flying as you booked).
In the future, it would be wise to invest in travel insurance.
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Transferring Amex MR points will extend expiration of LM. Post #906 confirms this. Expiration date updates overnight, so wait 24 hours after the transferred miles have posted to LM.
LifeMiles' Star Alliance Award Chart
Cash & Miles redemptions: the price per mile purchased during award booking varies significantly depending on how many miles are purchased. The "sweet spots" are between 38% and 58% of the total mileage required, where miles are purchased for 1.5 cents. See here for some examples.
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 example is travel on Avianca from LAX to SJU (via SAL/BOG). For additional information see the WIKI of this thread.
https://www.lifemiles.com/eng/abo/wnb/wnbtercond.aspx
Does anyone know if Lifemiles will waive cancellation fees for an award ticket due to COVID-19 concerns?
Unfortunately, barring an outright flight cancellation, Lifemiles will not waive cancel fees.
Just pay the $200 as a "self caution fee". (nobody is actually preventing you the passenger from flying as you booked).
In the future, it would be wise to invest in travel insurance.
=====
Transferring Amex MR points will extend expiration of LM. Post #906 confirms this. Expiration date updates overnight, so wait 24 hours after the transferred miles have posted to LM.
LifeMiles' Star Alliance Award Chart
Cash & Miles redemptions: the price per mile purchased during award booking varies significantly depending on how many miles are purchased. The "sweet spots" are between 38% and 58% of the total mileage required, where miles are purchased for 1.5 cents. See here for some examples.
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 example is travel on Avianca from LAX to SJU (via SAL/BOG). For additional information see the WIKI of this thread.
https://www.lifemiles.com/eng/abo/wnb/wnbtercond.aspx
Miles Expiration Policy valid from April 15th , 2018.
- Any miles accrual transaction in a member´s account in the Program extends the validity of the miles in the account of such member for a term of twelve (12) months from the date of such accrual of miles. Other transactions that may affect the balance of miles in a member’s account, including redemption transactions, will have no effect on them and will not extend the validity of the miles in such account. This general rule will have the following exceptions that extend the validity of such miles in the account of such member for twenty-four (24) months from the date of such accrual: (i) any accrual of miles in a member´s account with an Elite Status at the time of the accrual; (ii) any accrual of miles derived from a cobranded credit or debit cards under the LifeMiles brand.
- ......the following accrual activities do not extend the validity of the miles in the member´s account: 1) the birthday bonus or any other miles bonus that may be given by the LifeMiles Program and LifeMiles LTD so establishes.; 2) the migration of points or miles from other loyalty programs to the LifeMiles Program made as a consequence of the union of both loyalty programs or the migration of one member from another loyalty program to the LifeMiles Program; and 3) the merger of accounts of the LifeMiles Program, including those derived from a member´s duplicate accounts.
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Mar 6, 2017, 7:30 pm
#616
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: AY Platinum, UA Premier Platinum, OneWorld Emerald, VA Platinum
Posts: 558
0800 numbers are only available to call from the country in which they are published.
Contact numbers can be found here: https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/..._FINAL_web.pdf
By the way, anyone who "requires" the *A handbook should download that link...there's some handy info in there.
Contact numbers can be found here: https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/..._FINAL_web.pdf
By the way, anyone who "requires" the *A handbook should download that link...there's some handy info in there.
Mar 6, 2017, 8:02 pm
#617
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 3,784
0800 numbers are only available to call from the country in which they are published.
Contact numbers can be found here: https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/..._FINAL_web.pdf
By the way, anyone who "requires" the *A handbook should download that link...there's some handy info in there.
Contact numbers can be found here: https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/..._FINAL_web.pdf
By the way, anyone who "requires" the *A handbook should download that link...there's some handy info in there.
I booked a South African flight through Travelocity a few hours ago. In the option to put in my FF number I selected Avianca but it said LM not Amigo. I put my Amigo number anyway. Will it register with SA or will I have to phone?
Mar 7, 2017, 4:34 am
#618
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: SIN
Posts: 76
Showing credit card at check in?
Hi! I booked a ticket using my LM for my friend and his wife on EVA, using my credit card. Will they need to show my credit card at check-in? Or shld I get an indemnity form from EVA? Thanks!
Mar 14, 2017, 5:57 am
#624
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ORD/MKE
Programs: UA General Member, AA Gold, SPG (Bonvoy) Gold; IHG Plat. Ambassador
Posts: 399
Mar 14, 2017, 6:00 pm
#625
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 668
Last edited by erik19283; Mar 14, 2017 at 6:06 pm
Mar 15, 2017, 10:29 pm
#626
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Denver CO
Posts: 3,682
Hi guys!
I'm new to LM and want to know if this trip on one ticket would be possible and how I'd book it (assuming availability on all legs in Economy):
Bozeman - Denver (UA)
- 5 hr connection -
Denver - Washington (UA)
- 3 hr connection -
Washington - Boston (UA)
- 7 hr 9 minute layover, leaving the airport to retrieve luggage from Boston -
Boston - Frankfurt (LH)
The key is a layover in Boston to get luggage, I chose DEN and IAD only because that's the route showing award availability right now.
I'm new to LM and want to know if this trip on one ticket would be possible and how I'd book it (assuming availability on all legs in Economy):
Bozeman - Denver (UA)
- 5 hr connection -
Denver - Washington (UA)
- 3 hr connection -
Washington - Boston (UA)
- 7 hr 9 minute layover, leaving the airport to retrieve luggage from Boston -
Boston - Frankfurt (LH)
The key is a layover in Boston to get luggage, I chose DEN and IAD only because that's the route showing award availability right now.
Last edited by Mountain Trader; Mar 16, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Mar 17, 2017, 2:53 pm
#627
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 35
Doing some googling, it seems that Asiana F should be available - But despite finding F availability on the 12:20 AM flight from LAX-ICN on every other partner on almost every day, none is appearing in the Avianca search.
Is there a general problem with Asiana F and booking that I'm unaware of or is it this particular flight? Could it have to do with the time of travel given the time options in the avianca bookings seem to start at 5 am?
Is there a general problem with Asiana F and booking that I'm unaware of or is it this particular flight? Could it have to do with the time of travel given the time options in the avianca bookings seem to start at 5 am?
Mar 17, 2017, 3:03 pm
#628
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: AA Plat,PC Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 904
Doing some googling, it seems that Asiana F should be available - But despite finding F availability on the 12:20 AM flight from LAX-ICN on every other partner on almost every day, none is appearing in the Avianca search.
Is there a general problem with Asiana F and booking that I'm unaware of or is it this particular flight? Could it have to do with the time of travel given the time options in the avianca bookings seem to start at 5 am?
Is there a general problem with Asiana F and booking that I'm unaware of or is it this particular flight? Could it have to do with the time of travel given the time options in the avianca bookings seem to start at 5 am?
Mar 17, 2017, 5:01 pm
#629
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Doing some googling, it seems that Asiana F should be available - But despite finding F availability on the 12:20 AM flight from LAX-ICN on every other partner on almost every day, none is appearing in the Avianca search.
Is there a general problem with Asiana F and booking that I'm unaware of or is it this particular flight? Could it have to do with the time of travel given the time options in the avianca bookings seem to start at 5 am?
Is there a general problem with Asiana F and booking that I'm unaware of or is it this particular flight? Could it have to do with the time of travel given the time options in the avianca bookings seem to start at 5 am?
But we need to repeat one more time: *-partners can open different amounts of award seats to different carriers, so it could be an Asiana thing (though I've always found them rather generous with LM).
Mar 18, 2017, 8:32 am
#630
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 35
For the search engine the day has 24 hours, so that's not the problem.
But we need to repeat one more time: *-partners can open different amounts of award seats to different carriers, so it could be an Asiana thing (though I've always found them rather generous with LM).
But we need to repeat one more time: *-partners can open different amounts of award seats to different carriers, so it could be an Asiana thing (though I've always found them rather generous with LM).