Any thoughts on why LAN makes it so ridiculously hard to figure out where they actually fly to? Yes, they have a "Where We Fly" section, but it produces a few grainy JPEGs that are hard to read and are not searchable.

And forget trying to figure out a more complicated route that might involve stopovers, unless you enjoy tracing hard to follow lines. ...Or booking using a OW partner, which seems to be notoriously difficult (but that's a whole 'nother problem).

....or....am I just missing something? If not, some kind of table would be GREAT!

Well, the OneWorld interactive map is really pretty good, for LAN and the partners... I find it a great resource, u might give it a try...

http://onw.innosked.com/?show=MAP

Wow...that's a wonderful resource, much thanks.

Seat guru finally updated A340 seat maps
 

It took a lot of emails but it is finally done! Seat guru and by extension, Expert Flyer now have the updated A340 maps.

Well done, Plash, a big thank you for sticking with this. Many will benefit from your persistence!

Help understanding OW awards
 

Hi All,

I wanted to check whether anyone that had used LAN's OW http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_personas/lanpass/como_canjear/tabla_premios_oneworld.html to book flights could help with a specific query.

My question pertains to the last category in that table for travelled distance of 15k-100k kms. Based on the examples provided for MAD-CDG-MAD and MIA-MCO-MIA, it would seem that one must redeem miles on a segment by segment basis. If this is the case, then the last level makes no sense as there are no OW flights longer than 20k miles (I think LHR-SIN-SYD with a single flight number is the longest OW flight) and the 100k upper limit is superfluous.

On the other hand, do LAN offer awards similar to AA's OW awards, which are priced on the sum of distance of all segments travelled? Is this the same table for such awards? If yes, then they would be stellar value for miles!

Sorry for replying to my own post, but I did find the (unfortunate) answer to my question after some digging in older threads.

Preserving LAN kms.
 

I suspect that the answer is here somewhere but I can't find it. I have 100k LANPASS kms. that will expire at the end of the year. Is there any way, other than flying LAN, to stop the kms from expiring?

Yes you can fly any other One World airline and credit to LAN

According to the FAQs only LAN group flights will affect the date of KM expiration and I don't know of any other way of extending the date.

http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...s/earning-kms/

I stand corrected 3544quebec, I just checked my own statement and my kms are 36 months from my last LAN flight and not my subsequent BA flight

And for the definitive link:

http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...n/kms-lanpass/

Thanks, everyone. Extending the expiration date on my LAN miles by flying American would have been great, but it sounds like it's not to be. I guess I'll have to find a friend who can use the miles.

Yes but that link posted by 3544quebec states

"If your kilometers are about to expire, they can be used towards a reward ticket (which will have a period of validity of 12 months). If you do not have a clear desired travel date, then you can change the date of your reward ticket as many times as you like at LAN.com at no additional cost."

So if you book an award for yourself you have a whole year to fly it. (I'd question your ability to change it as often as you like without costs though)

Thanks. I did figure out that I can book an award this year to fly next year. I think the LAN website is unclear as to whether there is a charge for changing the dates if I keep the destination the same. But, fortunately, I have a wedding to go to in Brazil next year, so I am hoping that I can use the miles for that.