Miles redemption with partner airline
Apr 20, 16, 4:47 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,781
Originally Posted by FTU1
Hi, does anyone know how long it takes to receive a reply once you sent off the redeem miles with partner airlines form?
Better to input your Emirates number when booking with the partner airline, generally SAA miles post within 5- 7 days on my Skywards account.
Apr 20, 16, 4:50 am
#3
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 946
Originally Posted by skywardhunter
The form can take between 1 - 4 weeks if everything goes well, if something gets lost be ready to wait for eternity.
Better to input your Emirates number when booking with the partner airline, generally SAA miles post within 5- 7 days on my Skywards account.
Better to input your Emirates number when booking with the partner airline, generally SAA miles post within 5- 7 days on my Skywards account.
afaik you can also ring the call center to book the flights (except easyjet), duration around 2-3 days via form
Apr 20, 16, 5:17 am
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 6
[QUOTE=kuroko;26510583]if I understand correctly, OP wants to redeem miles..
That is correct. I sent off the form via their website but received no acknowledgement email or text, so no way of confirming that they received the request. Right after I sent it, there was a message to say that someone will be in contact after 24 hrs. Its been 2 days so I wasn't sure if I should wait..
That is correct. I sent off the form via their website but received no acknowledgement email or text, so no way of confirming that they received the request. Right after I sent it, there was a message to say that someone will be in contact after 24 hrs. Its been 2 days so I wasn't sure if I should wait..
Apr 20, 16, 11:16 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,781
Originally Posted by kuroko
if I understand correctly, OP wants to redeem miles..
afaik you can also ring the call center to book the flights (except easyjet), duration around 2-3 days via form
afaik you can also ring the call center to book the flights (except easyjet), duration around 2-3 days via form
Apr 22, 16, 2:40 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: SIN
Programs: EK GOLD, AZ FRECCIA ALATA, PR ELITE
Posts: 27
Originally Posted by FTU1
Hi, does anyone know how long it takes to receive a reply once you sent off the redeem miles with partner airlines form?
Apr 24, 16, 1:54 am
#9
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney & London
Programs: UA Lifetime Exec Plat (2MM)
Posts: 744
Has anyone had any success making a Qantas redemption booking using miles on the EK website recently?
Every time I try and make an online booking for a Qantas flight with my EK miles, I get the following message:
"Sorry, we have a technical problem at the moment. Please try again later.
If you are still unable to complete your booking, please get in touch with us(Opens a new window) for help."
Every time I try and make an online booking for a Qantas flight with my EK miles, I get the following message:
"Sorry, we have a technical problem at the moment. Please try again later.
If you are still unable to complete your booking, please get in touch with us(Opens a new window) for help."
Apr 28, 16, 7:15 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Up in the Air
Programs: AC/EK
Posts: 248
I've decided miles redemption is a hopeless exercise. I have 12k points expiring and decided I'd use 20k to go from Madrid to the Azores. They wanted $217 in tax when I can book the same flights for $270. All that effort for $53 in savings? Feck it.
Apr 29, 16, 12:44 am
#11
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,781
Originally Posted by Baldpacker
I've decided miles redemption is a hopeless exercise. I have 12k points expiring and decided I'd use 20k to go from Madrid to the Azores. They wanted $217 in tax when I can book the same flights for $270. All that effort for $53 in savings? Feck it.
Apr 29, 16, 5:54 am
#12
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 6
Ended up ringing them again when the email was not forthcoming. Spoke to a really helpful guy. He booked it instantly and confirmation email came shortly after. Paid €8.91 in taxes so it was well worth the 7500 points spent for a one way flight. I note the same route costs 12500 with Flying blue/DL so no guessing which miles I redeemed
