Which zone is UUS?
Mar 27, 2011 | 4:46 pm
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Which zone is UUS?
Have been looking to reddem DL miles for an award on SU flying LHR-SVO-UUS (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)with return VVO (Vladivostok)-SVO-LHR and can't figure out if UUS (and VVO) are considered Europe or North Asia. On the DL chart is seems that Russia is considered Europe, but UUS and VVO are clearly in the Asian part of the country. Anyone had experience with redemption to that area of the world?
Mar 27, 2011 | 8:45 pm
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I'll take a stab in the dark and say that they'll price out as Europe since Russia is listed as Europe on the award chart. Geography is not the strong suit of the new award charts (not that we should complain... we finally have award charts), so this is not terribly surprising. I'd say make the call and see what it prices out at. Seems like it's took good to be true that you could get that in 45K (plus maybe some YQ for SU redemption?) for J, but it might be. FWIW, SU's award calculator shows 80K Y and 130K J for "Europe 3/North Africa" to "Russia 4" redemptions, so it could be that's what it prices out as. If you do call in, be sure to let us know what you find out.