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EVA Air award availability and how to book

Old Aug 4, 2018, 8:19 am
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EVA Air award availability and how to book

What is the best way to find and book EVA Air long haul awards?
I'm looking for a one way award ex-AMS to TPE or HKG on BR, but i'm struggling to find any.

I hope you guys can help me.

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Old Aug 4, 2018, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by Granite64
What is the best way to find and book EVA Air long haul awards?
I'm looking for a one way award ex-AMS to TPE or HKG on BR, but i'm struggling to find any.

I hope you guys can help me.

Best,

Granite64
I searched through www.united.com . Easier to find ex-VIE and ex-CDG than ex-AMS. On my dates only from VIE and CDG were available.
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Old Aug 4, 2018, 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Jaenks
I searched through www.united.com . Easier to find ex-VIE and ex-CDG than ex-AMS. On my dates only from VIE and CDG were available.
Thanks I will give it a try.
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Old Aug 5, 2018, 5:06 pm
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Just to be clear, can I book this itinerary HKG-ZRH-JFK on LX in J for 68k miles on TK Miles&Smiles? Far East to USA, one way is 68k at TK.

It shows as 90K on UA, but so do other saver awards like HKG-SFO-JFK on United.
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Old Aug 5, 2018, 7:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Granite64
What is the best way to find and book EVA Air long haul awards?
I'm looking for a one way award ex-AMS to TPE or HKG on BR, but i'm struggling to find any.

I hope you guys can help me.

Best,

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AMS-TPE or HKG will be difficult to find as there are only 3x weekly frequency, and there are no direct flights AMS-TPE; it must be routed through AMS-BKK-TPE, and you need availability in all sectors (BKK-TPE can be challenging to find during holiday season, as Taiwanese people like to go to BKK for vacation).
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Old Aug 5, 2018, 8:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Granite64
What is the best way to find and book EVA Air long haul awards?
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Originally Posted by Jaenks
I searched through www.united.com ...
I also use NH & AC to find award space.
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Old Aug 6, 2018, 10:39 am
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Originally Posted by Granite64
Just to be clear, can I book this itinerary HKG-ZRH-JFK on LX in J for 68k miles on TK Miles&Smiles? Far East to USA, one way is 68k at TK.

It shows as 90K on UA, but so do other saver awards like HKG-SFO-JFK on United.
Anyone who can answer my question?
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Old Aug 6, 2018, 11:35 am
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Originally Posted by Granite64
Just to be clear, can I book this itinerary HKG-ZRH-JFK on LX in J for 68k miles on TK Miles&Smiles? Far East to USA, one way is 68k at TK.

It shows as 90K on UA, but so do other saver awards like HKG-SFO-JFK on United.
Turkish charges based on Highest Intermediate Point. To book the above itinerary, you will pay the mileage amount based on the highest of HKG-ZRH, ZRH-JFK, and HKG-JFK.
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Old Aug 6, 2018, 12:41 pm
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Turkish charges based on Highest Intermediate Point. To book the above itinerary, you will pay the mileage amount based on the highest of HKG-ZRH, ZRH-JFK, and HKG-JFK.
Thanks for explaining, but I still don't get it ;-) So how much miles would I use if I would book this itinerary on TK?
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Old Aug 6, 2018, 6:07 pm
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Thanks for explaining, but I still don't get it ;-) So how much miles would I use if I would book this itinerary on TK?
It goes by region, Im pretty certain you need to add the Asia-Europe award cost to a Europe-US award since you connect in ZRH.

google Turkish miles and smiles award chart
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Old Aug 6, 2018, 7:45 pm
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It goes by region, Im pretty certain you need to add the Asia-Europe award cost to a Europe-US award since you connect in ZRH.

google Turkish miles and smiles award chart
Not quite - OP should look up Asia-Europe, Europe-North America, and Asia-North America prices. Whichever is the highest is what they'll be charged.
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Old Aug 6, 2018, 7:49 pm
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Not quite - OP should look up Asia-Europe, Europe-North America, and Asia-North America prices. Whichever is the highest is what they'll be charged.
I see. Good to know, thanks!
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Old Aug 7, 2018, 3:54 am
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Not quite - OP should look up Asia-Europe, Europe-North America, and Asia-North America prices. Whichever is the highest is what they'll be charged.
Wow I didn't know that, then it should be 67,5k; which sounds pretty good to me!

Another question: I asked the TK helpdesk on Twitter if it was possible to mix *A carriers on a one way award.

They said 'Yes', but I know you can't really trust TK when it comes down to asking questions like this.

So, is it possible to mix carriers?
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Old Aug 7, 2018, 5:13 am
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So, is it possible to mix carriers?
Don't count on it. Don't forget that you will be dealing with a human being at TK, and that offers its own challenges.
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Old Aug 7, 2018, 5:22 am
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Don't count on it. Don't forget that you will be dealing with a human being at TK, and that offers its own challenges.

Yeah too bad, I love TK but the customer service is just really bad. I will give the sales office a call.
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