DC Partner: Lack of reward availability
Oct 9, 2010, 4:33 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 3
Lack of reward availability
Can any one tell me what's happening with BMI DC?
I cannot seem to redeem any of my miles for decent reward seats.
I cannot find any business class flights on any days between uk and USA or Canada.
Have even looked at LHR to BKK and SIN.
Nothing!!!
Nada!!!
Any day in October and November.
It never used to be this difficult did it?
ANy observations?
I cannot seem to redeem any of my miles for decent reward seats.
I cannot find any business class flights on any days between uk and USA or Canada.
Have even looked at LHR to BKK and SIN.
Nothing!!!
Nada!!!
Any day in October and November.
It never used to be this difficult did it?
ANy observations?
Oct 9, 2010, 4:50 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: OOL
Programs: VA Plat, QF LTS, UA MM, Hilton Diamond, Rydges Black, ,Le-Club Gold
Posts: 3,659
There's loads of seats on those routes.
It sounds as if you've been calling BMI and asking the ICC, aaaaagh. Or worse, using flybmi dot com. You can't rely on BMI to identify availbility.
Use the ANA tool to identify award availability - note that there's now a workaround where you start by asking for an ANA route then change to Star alliance award afterwards.
Only call BMI once you have the flight numbers ready.
It sounds as if you've been calling BMI and asking the ICC, aaaaagh. Or worse, using flybmi dot com. You can't rely on BMI to identify availbility.
Use the ANA tool to identify award availability - note that there's now a workaround where you start by asking for an ANA route then change to Star alliance award afterwards.
Only call BMI once you have the flight numbers ready.
Oct 9, 2010, 5:07 am
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
Posts: 25,940
Can any one tell me what's happening with BMI DC?
I cannot seem to redeem any of my miles for decent reward seats.
I cannot find any business class flights on any days between uk and USA or Canada.
Have even looked at LHR to BKK and SIN.
Nothing!!!
Nada!!!
Any day in October and November.
It never used to be this difficult did it?
ANy observations?
I cannot seem to redeem any of my miles for decent reward seats.
I cannot find any business class flights on any days between uk and USA or Canada.
Have even looked at LHR to BKK and SIN.
Nothing!!!
Nada!!!
Any day in October and November.
It never used to be this difficult did it?
ANy observations?
Read the posts here on how to get award availability and on what airlines to take etc.
Read before complaining, please ! Otherwise tell us your facts.. which have been covered by the hundreds of posts here on the same issues.
There are no problems (with others) getting award spaces to anywhere anytime.
Oct 9, 2010, 4:32 pm
#6
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Under the Heathrow flight path
Programs: BAEC Gold, ICH Plat, Radisson Gold Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 531
I think they've moved to making seats available last minute. I managed to get 2 returns x F LHR-ORD on the new config 763 a couple of weeks out. Great service btw, just back today and seriously impressed at the level of service plus you get arrivals lounge access. Agree that C availability in generally nil apart from the p.s services.
Oct 9, 2010, 9:44 pm
#7
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 399
Not my experience at all - but it could relate to my rather late redemption booking pattern. Always getting decent availability on UA - with one small godforsaken and consistent exception... LAXLAS or vv - even with the lowest published fare buckets open, I find availability there extremely patchy, and never well in conjunction to whatever Intl flight I'm arriving on. But I can live with that
Oct 9, 2010, 11:18 pm
#8
Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: TK*G (E+), IHG Plat Ambassador
Posts: 7,884
(HKG-BJS 2 seats in Y, though) - it took me about 15 minutes to find availability on ANA tool.
Oct 20, 2010, 2:41 pm
#11
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Under the Heathrow flight path
Programs: BAEC Gold, ICH Plat, Radisson Gold Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 531
I hate to bring this back to point after defending UA but Tigerlilly ie FT DC guru. has a point, and it's, I think, you will find that UA Y & F is not too hard to find but C....... look for yourself with 4-6 weeks notice is as per the ops original note scarce. F is v cool tho.....
Oct 20, 2010, 2:58 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,928
I have been looking for west coast availability on UA for next Jan for months. F or C - Nothing, nada I refuse to waste miles and slum it in Y
I refuse to waste miles and slum it in Y
