Tools for award searches
Nov 17, 2014, 12:17 am
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Tools for award searches
At one time I was very sophisticated in award searches, but I've pretty much forgotten everything I knew.
Could someone point me to threads or resources useful for doing award searches? In particular I'm interested in premium cabin international tickets using Delta miles.
At one time I had a paid account on a site. As best I recall, I paid something like $20 for a one-month platinum membership and I had to sign up for ANA or JAL, Flying Blue, and Quantas. If that info is enough for someone to identify the tool I used, that would be great. I'm also sure there were other threads on Flyertalk but again, I don't know where they are. I've been almost totally inactive on this site for about 18 months.
Could someone point me to threads or resources useful for doing award searches? In particular I'm interested in premium cabin international tickets using Delta miles.
At one time I had a paid account on a site. As best I recall, I paid something like $20 for a one-month platinum membership and I had to sign up for ANA or JAL, Flying Blue, and Quantas. If that info is enough for someone to identify the tool I used, that would be great. I'm also sure there were other threads on Flyertalk but again, I don't know where they are. I've been almost totally inactive on this site for about 18 months.
Nov 17, 2014, 10:35 am
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Another paid site is:
www.expertflyer.com
but for Delta it only seem to search for miles upgrades, not outright awards. However, it can search for awards on certain SkyTeam airlines (that you can use Delta miles for).
A free-to-FlyerTalk-members site the can search for awards in three alliances (and therefore can search for Delta awards in SkyTeam) is:
www.awardnexus.com
(Click on "more signup options" in the lower right, below the Purchase Membership button, to get to the free signup for FlyerTalk members.)
www.expertflyer.com
but for Delta it only seem to search for miles upgrades, not outright awards. However, it can search for awards on certain SkyTeam airlines (that you can use Delta miles for).
A free-to-FlyerTalk-members site the can search for awards in three alliances (and therefore can search for Delta awards in SkyTeam) is:
www.awardnexus.com
(Click on "more signup options" in the lower right, below the Purchase Membership button, to get to the free signup for FlyerTalk members.)
Nov 17, 2014, 1:09 pm
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Another paid site is:
www.expertflyer.com
but for Delta it only seem to search for miles upgrades, not outright awards. However, it can search for awards on certain SkyTeam airlines (that you can use Delta miles for).
A free-to-FlyerTalk-members site the can search for awards in three alliances (and therefore can search for Delta awards in SkyTeam) is:
www.awardnexus.com
(Click on "more signup options" in the lower right, below the Purchase Membership button, to get to the free signup for FlyerTalk members.)
www.expertflyer.com
but for Delta it only seem to search for miles upgrades, not outright awards. However, it can search for awards on certain SkyTeam airlines (that you can use Delta miles for).
A free-to-FlyerTalk-members site the can search for awards in three alliances (and therefore can search for Delta awards in SkyTeam) is:
www.awardnexus.com
(Click on "more signup options" in the lower right, below the Purchase Membership button, to get to the free signup for FlyerTalk members.)
Nov 17, 2014, 2:25 pm
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KVS Availability tool
www.kvstool.com
www.kvstool.com
Last edited by JDiver; Nov 21, 2014 at 1:28 pm Reason: edit to provide current information
Nov 19, 2014, 2:09 am
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Another paid site is:
www.expertflyer.com
but for Delta it only seem to search for miles upgrades, not outright awards. However, it can search for awards on certain SkyTeam airlines (that you can use Delta miles for).
A free-to-FlyerTalk-members site the can search for awards in three alliances (and therefore can search for Delta awards in SkyTeam) is:
www.awardnexus.com
(Click on "more signup options" in the lower right, below the Purchase Membership button, to get to the free signup for FlyerTalk members.)
www.expertflyer.com
but for Delta it only seem to search for miles upgrades, not outright awards. However, it can search for awards on certain SkyTeam airlines (that you can use Delta miles for).
A free-to-FlyerTalk-members site the can search for awards in three alliances (and therefore can search for Delta awards in SkyTeam) is:
www.awardnexus.com
(Click on "more signup options" in the lower right, below the Purchase Membership button, to get to the free signup for FlyerTalk members.)
1. Through no fault of it's own, expertflyer is shut out of accessing United information.
2. Awardnexus.com is in fact free for a certain amount of use for FT members. Beyond that, you have to pay, but it's well worth it IMHO.
I find expertflyer good for finding award availability on the specific airlines that it covers, as well as for several others purposes (especially finding upgrade availability). You can only search one airline at a time. But awardnexus is better for finding award availability on specific routes - that is, plug in the origin and arrival points, and it will find all available options, sometimes across a spread of airlines (including some not covered by expertflyer). So usually I prefer awardnexus for award searches, unless I'm just looking at a specific airlines.
Another nice feature of both is that you can sign up for email alerts to be informed if award availability opens up for a route and date(s) you're interested in. This is included in the expertflyer overall price; it's extra in awardnexus, but not egregiously so and is worth the investment.
Nov 21, 2014, 1:18 pm
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A large number of very off topic posts have been removed. Please note also that this thread now lives in the Travel Tools foru where it is more relevant.
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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Nov 21, 2014, 4:40 pm
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In particular I'm interested in premium cabin international tickets using Delta miles.
At one time I had a paid account on a site. As best I recall, I paid something like $20 for a one-month platinum membership and I had to sign up for ANA or JAL, Flying Blue, and Quantas. If that info is enough for someone to identify the tool I used, that would be great. I'm also sure there were other threads on Flyertalk but again, I don't know where they are. I've been almost totally inactive on this site for about 18 months.
At one time I had a paid account on a site. As best I recall, I paid something like $20 for a one-month platinum membership and I had to sign up for ANA or JAL, Flying Blue, and Quantas. If that info is enough for someone to identify the tool I used, that would be great. I'm also sure there were other threads on Flyertalk but again, I don't know where they are. I've been almost totally inactive on this site for about 18 months.
KVS Availability tool
www.kvstool.com
www.kvstool.com