bmi FAQ No.4: Redemptions - Finding Award seats : the ANA online tool masterclass
Dec 29, 2010, 2:01 pm
#136
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: BCN
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In my FFP [Spanair] only 30.000 miles are needed to get a First Class ticket from Europe to North America, and getting that amount of miles is more or less easy spending just around 25.000 US$ in AMEX SpanairPlus Card. AFAIK, a London to LAX ticket, First Class, is around 5.000 US$
Sounds too good to be true!
Any opinions? Thankx to all!
Spanair Plus isn't based on miles, it's based on arbitrary points that are both very difficult to earn and almost worthless when it comes to redemptions. The sad truth is that JK+ is quite possibly the worst FFP on the planet, at least among airlines affiliated with an alliance. Redemptions in premium classes are on average three times more expensive than most other FFPs and in some cases six times more expensive than Diamond Club's C&M combined with a bit of creative thinking.
That said I recently posted a thread about how JK are reinventing their FFP and soliciting ideas from customers via the web. Unfortunately it seems the only customers to have embraced it are the ones who don't actually fly and are submitting ridiculous ideas. So I hold out little hope that "Spanair Star" will be anything better than JK+.
Dec 31, 2010, 8:45 am
#137
Join Date: Sep 2004
Programs: LH HON, AF Plat, BA Gold, SPG Plat, HHo Gold
Posts: 155
Hello Fellow FT'ers,
I have been trying to use this cherished ANA tool. Having singed up I'm getting to the avail check screen. However, Star Alliance is greyed out. It says, you have to have a certain number of miles before using it ...
ggrrrr.
Any other tool showing *A award availability, particularly I and O -- neither expertflyer (besides LX) nor KVS do the trick.
Thanks
Jan
I have been trying to use this cherished ANA tool. Having singed up I'm getting to the avail check screen. However, Star Alliance is greyed out. It says, you have to have a certain number of miles before using it ...
ggrrrr.
Any other tool showing *A award availability, particularly I and O -- neither expertflyer (besides LX) nor KVS do the trick.
Thanks
Jan
Dec 31, 2010, 9:34 am
#138
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Hello Fellow FT'ers,
I have been trying to use this cherished ANA tool. Having singed up I'm getting to the avail check screen. However, Star Alliance is greyed out. It says, you have to have a certain number of miles before using it ...
ggrrrr.
Any other tool showing *A award availability, particularly I and O -- neither expertflyer (besides LX) nor KVS do the trick.
Thanks
Jan
I have been trying to use this cherished ANA tool. Having singed up I'm getting to the avail check screen. However, Star Alliance is greyed out. It says, you have to have a certain number of miles before using it ...
ggrrrr.
Any other tool showing *A award availability, particularly I and O -- neither expertflyer (besides LX) nor KVS do the trick.
Thanks
Jan
Dec 31, 2010, 9:38 am
#139
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http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes
Dec 31, 2010, 4:03 pm
#140
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 253
Hello Fellow FT'ers,
I have been trying to use this cherished ANA tool. Having singed up I'm getting to the avail check screen. However, Star Alliance is greyed out. It says, you have to have a certain number of miles before using it ...
ggrrrr.
Any other tool showing *A award availability, particularly I and O -- neither expertflyer (besides LX) nor KVS do the trick.
Thanks
Jan
I have been trying to use this cherished ANA tool. Having singed up I'm getting to the avail check screen. However, Star Alliance is greyed out. It says, you have to have a certain number of miles before using it ...
ggrrrr.
Any other tool showing *A award availability, particularly I and O -- neither expertflyer (besides LX) nor KVS do the trick.
Thanks
Jan
Jan 6, 2011, 6:21 pm
#141
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Sydney
Programs: QF Plat, VA Gold, HH Diam, PC Plat, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,082
Thanks RACP for the guide to the ANA tool. I'm specifically searching for TG availability and I have come across the term: "RQ: Submit seat request to other airline". What does this mean practically - Is there award availability or not? or does it mean the ANA tool can't tell?
Can anyone kindly enlighten me? thanks
Can anyone kindly enlighten me? thanks
Jan 7, 2011, 2:26 am
#143
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Location: Manchester, England
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Hopefully it will get sorted at some point soon. ANA are usually quite swift at sorting these problems out.
Jan 7, 2011, 2:28 am
#144
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As of today Awardnexus is a paid for service with limited free availability. It is a good tool though, along with KVS, so people just need to work out whether free access via ANA will suffice or not.
Jan 16, 2011, 3:49 am
#146
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Jan 16, 2011, 7:57 am
#147
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I've just searched and am finding flights to and from OSL with no problems. I've tried LHR-OSL-LHR, MAN-OSL-MAN and OSL-BKK-OSL to name a few routes and had no issues.
Jan 30, 2011, 5:01 am
#149
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ether
Programs: Some, not all.
Posts: 1,595
Trying to book:
FLL-ORD CO Business
ORD-MUC LH Business
MUC-MAN LH Business
ANA shows business available on all flights, but ICC says FLL-ORD is only available in Economy. Same story for an other CO flight I find.
Any ideas?
FLL-ORD CO Business
ORD-MUC LH Business
MUC-MAN LH Business
ANA shows business available on all flights, but ICC says FLL-ORD is only available in Economy. Same story for an other CO flight I find.
Any ideas?
Mar 20, 2011, 11:39 am
#150
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SEA
Posts: 2,556
MOD EDIT: Do you think you can no longer access the ANA Tool?
They have blocked the Star Alliance search button on the first page only. The workaround: do a search for an ANA operated international service, e.g.ICN-NRT. When you get the results, you'll notice the *A button below now magically works. Click it and the over-type the pre-populated fields with the routing you want - and off you go...^
I’m in! Now what?
You will be presented by three main options:
1) ANA International Flight Awards
2) Star Alliance Partner Awards
3) Single Airline Partner Awards
They have blocked the Star Alliance search button on the first page only. The workaround: do a search for an ANA operated international service, e.g.ICN-NRT. When you get the results, you'll notice the *A button below now magically works. Click it and the over-type the pre-populated fields with the routing you want - and off you go...^
I’m in! Now what?
You will be presented by three main options:
1) ANA International Flight Awards
2) Star Alliance Partner Awards
3) Single Airline Partner Awards
Can anyone advise me on this?