Help with last minute award availability
Oct 6, 2014, 9:11 pm
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Help with last minute award availability
I'm trying to visit a family member who is sick. I have: 60k united, 50k avios, 60k ultimate rewards. I'm located in PDX and need to head to MEX, leaving ~thursday of this week and returning ~saturday of next. I am flexible on the exact dates. Normally I would book this through alaska or american using avios, but it seems as though there are stopovers or other metal for all available saver flights. Any tricks I'm missing here
? Would really appreciate help
? Would really appreciate help
Oct 6, 2014, 9:29 pm
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"Normally I would book this through alaska or american using avios, but it seems as though there are stopovers or other metal for all available saver flights."
Can you explain what you mean by this? A search for SAAver awards between PDX and MEX on aa.com should only return flights on AA and/or AS metal.
As both BA Avios and UA miles can be redeemed for one-way awards, you might look at redeeming Avios in one direction, and UA miles in the other. But UA will charge you a close-in award-booking fee.
"Normally I would book this through alaska or american using avios, but it seems as though there are stopovers or other metal for all available saver flights."
Can you explain what you mean by this? A search for SAAver awards between PDX and MEX on aa.com should only return flights on AA and/or AS metal.
As both BA Avios and UA miles can be redeemed for one-way awards, you might look at redeeming Avios in one direction, and UA miles in the other. But UA will charge you a close-in award-booking fee.
Oct 6, 2014, 9:44 pm
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"Normally I would book this through alaska or american using avios, but it seems as though there are stopovers or other metal for all available saver flights."
Can you explain what you mean by this? A search for SAAver awards between PDX and MEX on aa.com should only return flights on AA and/or AS metal.
As both BA Avios and UA miles can be redeemed for one-way awards, you might look at redeeming Avios in one direction, and UA miles in the other. But UA will charge you a close-in award-booking fee.
"Normally I would book this through alaska or american using avios, but it seems as though there are stopovers or other metal for all available saver flights."
Can you explain what you mean by this? A search for SAAver awards between PDX and MEX on aa.com should only return flights on AA and/or AS metal.
As both BA Avios and UA miles can be redeemed for one-way awards, you might look at redeeming Avios in one direction, and UA miles in the other. But UA will charge you a close-in award-booking fee.
Oct 6, 2014, 9:52 pm
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PDX-LAX-MEX is 2,386 flown miles; PDX-DFW-MEX is 2,551 flown miles. By contrast, a PDX-MEX nonstop (which neither AA nor AS offers) is 2,248 flown miles.
Routing via DFW is not going very much out of the way.
PDX-LAX-MEX is 2,386 flown miles; PDX-DFW-MEX is 2,551 flown miles. By contrast, a PDX-MEX nonstop (which neither AA nor AS offers) is 2,248 flown miles.
Routing via DFW is not going very much out of the way.
Oct 6, 2014, 9:54 pm
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PDX-LAX-MEX is 2,386 flown miles; PDX-DFW-MEX is 2,551 flown miles. By contrast, a PDX-MEX nonstop (which neither AA nor AS offers) is 2,248 flown miles.
Routing via DFW is not going very much out of the way.
PDX-LAX-MEX is 2,386 flown miles; PDX-DFW-MEX is 2,551 flown miles. By contrast, a PDX-MEX nonstop (which neither AA nor AS offers) is 2,248 flown miles.
Routing via DFW is not going very much out of the way.