EVA (BR) award experiences using United miles
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It's already gone...just a day or two ago, you could go JFK-TPE-JFK in business pretty much any day in August (!), when all other TPAC/TATL space was gone. Now - BR space is gone as well. Ah well.
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Maybe they changed the availability based on some other metric, like because we're in July now instead of June. Inventory changes all the time. Suggesting that it is "already gone" because one route you're following changed for reasons we don't really know seems quite a stretch.
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Simply watch out when you book.
I have tried to make a dummy award booking for TPE-HKG one-way. And UA allows me to book this:
Flight: BR2897
Operated by Hamburg Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft.
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Meal: Snack or Brunch
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
I checked with HKG's flight schedule. That was a BR codeshare flight operated by Hong Kong Airlines (HX).
I am not sure. But are we allowed to book on non-UA and non-*A partnered award flights?
I have tried to make a dummy award booking for TPE-HKG one-way. And UA allows me to book this:
Flight: BR2897
Operated by Hamburg Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft.
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Meal: Snack or Brunch
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
I checked with HKG's flight schedule. That was a BR codeshare flight operated by Hong Kong Airlines (HX).
I am not sure. But are we allowed to book on non-UA and non-*A partnered award flights?
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Simply watch out when you book.
I have tried to make a dummy award booking for TPE-HKG one-way. And UA allows me to book this:
Flight: BR2897
Operated by Hamburg Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft.
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Meal: Snack or Brunch
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
I checked with HKG's flight schedule. That was a BR codeshare flight operated by Hong Kong Airlines (HX).
I am not sure. But are we allowed to book on non-UA and non-*A partnered award flights?
I have tried to make a dummy award booking for TPE-HKG one-way. And UA allows me to book this:
Flight: BR2897
Operated by Hamburg Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft.
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Meal: Snack or Brunch
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
I checked with HKG's flight schedule. That was a BR codeshare flight operated by Hong Kong Airlines (HX).
I am not sure. But are we allowed to book on non-UA and non-*A partnered award flights?