Codeshare not bookable with miles?
Sep 16, 2013 | 12:27 pm
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Codeshare not bookable with miles?
Trying to book a flight on MF operated by AE. It's been a CZ codeshare the past few days with confirmed space.
Trying to book it now and was told no more space because codeshares not bookable with miles.. Is that true?
Trying to book it now and was told no more space because codeshares not bookable with miles.. Is that true?
Sep 16, 2013 | 1:04 pm
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends is it made available to DL by the codesharing airline. E.g. AF codeshares are normally bookable, but AZ ones are not - as AF has codeshares available for mileage bookings, while AZ does not.
Sep 16, 2013 | 1:06 pm
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I'd tried to do something similar recently (booking a KLM or AF flight operated by CY) and was told the same thing by DL. It appears that the flight has to be operated by a DL partner (it has to be DL partner metal).
Sep 16, 2013 | 1:14 pm
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You can book "AF" flight HEL-CDG that is operate by Finnair using SkyMiles. Been there done tat
Sep 16, 2013 | 1:33 pm
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Sep 16, 2013 | 1:50 pm
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Same for the JL flight CDG-NRT. It is bookable using DL SkyMiles, as long as it's done under its AF codeshare.
Sep 16, 2013 | 2:26 pm
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Over the past few years I redeemed SkyMiles on trips which included FB-operated segments on AF and AZ codeshares.
That said I am sure one cannot redeem SkyMiles on EY-operated flights under KL, AF, AZ, and OK codeshares (i.e. AUH-MLE OK3190, KL3916, AF3814, etc).
So, my conclusion is that it's possible to redeem SkyMiles on some SkyTeam airline codeshares operated by a non-SkyTeam airlines, but definitely not on any codeshare.
That said I am sure one cannot redeem SkyMiles on EY-operated flights under KL, AF, AZ, and OK codeshares (i.e. AUH-MLE OK3190, KL3916, AF3814, etc).
So, my conclusion is that it's possible to redeem SkyMiles on some SkyTeam airline codeshares operated by a non-SkyTeam airlines, but definitely not on any codeshare.
Last edited by VladQ; Sep 16, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Sep 16, 2013 | 9:10 pm
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