Official India-based Airlines Award Availability Check Request Thread
Nov 18, 2015, 9:28 pm
#92
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 128
5th Feb: HKG-DEL 9W 77: Economy & premier (2 seats left) available
Nov 20, 2015, 1:32 am
#95
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Sao Paulo
Programs: AA Exec Platinum, IHG Platinum Elite, HHonors Gold
Posts: 21
BOM-HKG-23rd Feb - Economy/Premiere(2 Seats) available.
DEL-HKG -23rd Feb - Economy/Premiere(2 Seats) available
BOM-HKG-27th Feb - Economy available. Premiere not available.
DEL-HKG -27th Feb - Economy/Premiere(2 Seats) available
DEL-HKG -23rd Feb - Economy/Premiere(2 Seats) available
BOM-HKG-27th Feb - Economy available. Premiere not available.
DEL-HKG -27th Feb - Economy/Premiere(2 Seats) available
Nov 20, 2015, 2:53 am
#96
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ORD, DEL
Programs: AA (Plt Pro; 1.5 MM)
Posts: 6,185
Presumably those inquiring about 9W availability here do not have 9W miles (or they could have checked themselves) and plan to use partner miles.
Therefore it should be pointed out that just because 9W makes certain seats available for its own awards does not mean those will be necessarily available to partners as well.
Of course, it is a good sign and doesn't hurt to ask.
Therefore it should be pointed out that just because 9W makes certain seats available for its own awards does not mean those will be necessarily available to partners as well.
Of course, it is a good sign and doesn't hurt to ask.
Nov 26, 2015, 10:51 am
#98
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: India
Programs: Star Alliance Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus, Hilton Gold
Posts: 907
Presumably those inquiring about 9W availability here do not have 9W miles (or they could have checked themselves) and plan to use partner miles.
Therefore it should be pointed out that just because 9W makes certain seats available for its own awards does not mean those will be necessarily available to partners as well.
Of course, it is a good sign and doesn't hurt to ask.
Therefore it should be pointed out that just because 9W makes certain seats available for its own awards does not mean those will be necessarily available to partners as well.
Of course, it is a good sign and doesn't hurt to ask.
Checked availability on 9W myself for DEL-HKG sector. 2 seats available in business class.
Rang up AAdvantage and sure the agent could see 2 seats. I made her put one of them on hold for me. After ending the call, checked my AA account to see if the award was properly held. Then logged in to my JP account and sure enough, the sector now had only 1 seat available.
At least AAdvantage has access to the same inventory that 9W makes available to own members. YMMV for other programs.
Nov 26, 2015, 11:59 am
#99
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: India
Programs: Star Alliance Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus, Hilton Gold
Posts: 907
Plenty business class was showing along the way, if its any consolation.
Nov 27, 2015, 1:57 am
#100
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 14
Dec 2, 2015, 3:23 am
#101
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 160
So i have roughly 150k miles sitting in my SBI-AI CC account. And i have another 60k points in my Citi PM account (translating to ~30k miles). I have a biz trip coming up to US west coast (LAX) in Jan end which i am clubbing with a holiday in which my wife would join me later. My company pays only for Economy class fare.
So i was thinking of two options -
1. Buy a revenue Economy class fare for my wife and use miles to upgrade the return leg for both of us to Biz
2. Use the miles to buy my wife's economy class ticket
Complicating matters is the fact that only *A flying to LAX from India i could find are SQ/Lufthansa/TK. What should be my modus operandi for this ?
So i was thinking of two options -
1. Buy a revenue Economy class fare for my wife and use miles to upgrade the return leg for both of us to Biz
2. Use the miles to buy my wife's economy class ticket
Complicating matters is the fact that only *A flying to LAX from India i could find are SQ/Lufthansa/TK. What should be my modus operandi for this ?
Dec 2, 2015, 4:20 am
#102
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: www.livefromalounge.com
Programs: AA, BASilver, TajICGold, MarriottPlatinum,HyattGlobalist, EYGold, AI
Posts: 2,215
So i have roughly 150k miles sitting in my SBI-AI CC account. And i have another 60k points in my Citi PM account (translating to ~30k miles). I have a biz trip coming up to US west coast (LAX) in Jan end which i am clubbing with a holiday in which my wife would join me later. My company pays only for Economy class fare.
So i was thinking of two options -
1. Buy a revenue Economy class fare for my wife and use miles to upgrade the return leg for both of us to Biz
2. Use the miles to buy my wife's economy class ticket
Complicating matters is the fact that only *A flying to LAX from India i could find are SQ/Lufthansa/TK. What should be my modus operandi for this ?
So i was thinking of two options -
1. Buy a revenue Economy class fare for my wife and use miles to upgrade the return leg for both of us to Biz
2. Use the miles to buy my wife's economy class ticket
Complicating matters is the fact that only *A flying to LAX from India i could find are SQ/Lufthansa/TK. What should be my modus operandi for this ?
Dec 4, 2015, 4:36 am
#104
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: India
Programs: Star Alliance Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus, Hilton Gold
Posts: 907
Dec 6, 2015, 8:39 am
#105
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 160
So there seems to be economy class open on LH from BLR-LAX if i search on United website. Is it fair to assume AI would be seeing same availibility and i can book through them ?