M&M Flight Award Booking - FAQ and Help Thread
Jul 14, 2022, 7:16 am
#1081
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: BRU
Posts: 307
Does SN allow lap infants in business class? I am using AC miles to book SN J for two adults USD-BRU-FCO, and I can see availability in J, but when I add a lap infant to my search all of a sudden there's no availability. What's the best way to go about doing this? Book using AC miles for adult and then call SN to add lap infant?
Unfortunately, booking an award flight on a partner airline with an infant is often a headache, see this thread for instance.
Jul 14, 2022, 8:45 am
#1082
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,171
Adding an Infant to a non LH group award ticket is tricky and best avoided: Adding infant onto an award or revenue ticket
Jul 14, 2022, 4:56 pm
#1084
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Globalist, *A Silver
Posts: 4,896
No problem flying with a lap infant on SN business, we flew 2 adults + infant in June.
Unfortunately, booking an award flight on a partner airline with an infant is often a headache, see this thread for instance.
Unfortunately, booking an award flight on a partner airline with an infant is often a headache, see this thread for instance.
Adding an Infant to a non LH group award ticket is tricky and best avoided: Adding infant onto an award or revenue ticket
Jul 14, 2022, 11:31 pm
#1085
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: BRU
Posts: 307
If you can get your hand on miles&more rather than AC miles, then booking adults and infant at once will be a much easier call.
Jul 15, 2022, 12:53 am
#1086
Join Date: Jun 2006
Programs: SQ PPS - M&M SEN - QR Platinum - ITA Executive - IC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 303
Is THAI now also removed from the M&M search engine?
I know you have to call in for SQ availability (which was a few years back perfectly visible online), but it seems also the TG flights are now removed when searching online. I do find plenty of X & I availability on the UA website, but nothing on M&M...
I know you have to call in for SQ availability (which was a few years back perfectly visible online), but it seems also the TG flights are now removed when searching online. I do find plenty of X & I availability on the UA website, but nothing on M&M...
Jul 15, 2022, 1:28 am
#1087
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Stoke on Trent, UK (MAN ), BUE, BKK, DBV
Programs: LH HON***,UA,BA.EK Gold,AV.
Posts: 11,641
Is THAI now also removed from the M&M search engine?
I know you have to call in for SQ availability (which was a few years back perfectly visible online), but it seems also the TG flights are now removed when searching online. I do find plenty of X & I availability on the UA website, but nothing on M&M...
I know you have to call in for SQ availability (which was a few years back perfectly visible online), but it seems also the TG flights are now removed when searching online. I do find plenty of X & I availability on the UA website, but nothing on M&M...
Jul 15, 2022, 1:48 am
#1088
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,622
I was researching award flights to Asia in late September yesterday, for example SIN and DPS, and I was expecting to find all sorts of availability across different airlines. But the only airline showing any availability was Thai. Getting in and out of DPS at the end of September on an award ticket seems to be mostly impossible (although there was a little availablity on TG around the 20th September). TBH I was hoping to find something with Asiana so I can give them a try before they are merged into Korean Air (on this subject it seems to be impossible to make itineraries that continue onto Korean domestic flights, perhaps because of the airport change in Seoul).
Last edited by Concerto; Jul 15, 2022 at 5:31 am Reason: typos
Jul 15, 2022, 1:50 am
#1089
Join Date: Jun 2006
Programs: SQ PPS - M&M SEN - QR Platinum - ITA Executive - IC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 303
I send them a message - curious how long it will take for them to reply. Will report back.
Jul 15, 2022, 2:28 am
#1090
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SIN (LEJ once a year)
Programs: SQ, LH, BA, IHG Diamond AMB, HH Gold, SLH Indulged, Accor Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,739
I was researching award flights to Asia in late September yesterday, for example SIN and DPS, and I was expecting to find all sorts of availability across different airlines. But the only airline showing any availability was tie. Getting in and out of DPS at the end of September on an award ticket seems to be mostly impossible (although there was a little availablity on TG around the 20th September). TBH I was hoping to find something with Asiana so I can give them a try before they are merged into Korean Air (on thus subject it seems to be impossible to make itineraries that continue onto Korean domestic flights, perhaps because of the airport change in Seoul).
Jul 15, 2022, 2:41 am
#1091
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: London | Sydney
Programs: LH HON, QF CL, SQ TPPS, AF Plat, VS Gold, VA Plat, EK Gold, HH Diamond, WoH Globalist, Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,528
Can anyone provide insight into the chances of business class award availability (all miles) opening for two passengers on September 20, from BOS to MUC? We need to book via United, as we are both 1K, and all our miles reside with United. As of this writing, there are economy seats available at 33K miles each showing on the United MP website for the 20th. We are currently flying BOS-LHR on the 20th with United, in Polaris, and connecting on Lufthansa at 1:50 pm on the 21st in business. I was hoping to avoid the connection and fly non-stop BOS to MUC.
Jul 15, 2022, 2:53 am
#1092
Join Date: Jun 2006
Programs: SQ PPS - M&M SEN - QR Platinum - ITA Executive - IC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 303
I may have to go the other way around from SIN-Germany-SIN and it is quite bad if you are looking for Biz. Eco on TG pops up a fair bit, but no TK, very few TG Biz, the odd LH maybe very short notice, maybe the odd sprinkling of BR for some of the routes they run via BKK and Europe. Very, very few seats.
Jul 15, 2022, 6:00 am
#1094
Join Date: Jun 2006
Programs: SQ PPS - M&M SEN - QR Platinum - ITA Executive - IC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 303
That's correct - I digged into the problem and found that everything is available in 2022, but from 2023 nothing anymore (while both the UA website and EF show availability)
Jul 15, 2022, 6:00 am
#1095
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SIN (LEJ once a year)
Programs: SQ, LH, BA, IHG Diamond AMB, HH Gold, SLH Indulged, Accor Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,739