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Old Aug 20, 2023, 10:57 pm
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Any Tricks To Unlock Award Fares Shown in 30-day Calendar View?
Hi - I'm looking at IAD-TYO award fares in Jul 2024. I can see 110k biz mileage awards in the summary 30-day calendar view, but the specific day view that lists all available flights only shows 200k biz awards.

Is there a way to book these 110k biz award flights online?
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Old Aug 20, 2023, 11:04 pm
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Here's an example:

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Old Aug 21, 2023, 12:10 am
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Originally Posted by leewalk
Hi - I'm looking at IAD-TYO award fares in Jul 2024. I can see 110k biz mileage awards in the summary 30-day calendar view, but the specific day view that lists all available flights only shows 200k biz awards.

Is there a way to book these 110k biz award flights online?
Thanks, Lee
The good news is flights do show up on the app.
The bad news is, the only route appears to IAD-LFW-ADD-TYO. (I only searched Jul 10). Probably not what you had in mind.
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 12:11 am
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Have you clicked on the column header to sort by mileage need, UA will place partner itin further down (even if less miles)
If you do, this shows for 1 July

3 stops and 33 hours but its 110K miles

There are a few days (such as 2 & 3 July) with IN and the non-stop from IAD-HND for 100K but you need to be Premier Plat or higher
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 9:26 am
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Sometimes you need to clear cookies, I have run into this issue myself.
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 10:18 am
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Yes, sorting by miles in the desired class column usually reveals the “deal.”

OT, but what explains the market strong enough to drive flights from Dulles to Lomé?
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 10:27 am
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From the picture example (post 2), it looks like OP did sort by "Business (lowest)" and still only had the 200k UA metal option show.
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 10:51 am
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OT, but what explains the market strong enough to drive flights from Dulles to Lomé?
ET is operating direct flights IAD-LFW-ADD and EWR-LFW-ADD. It seems that LFW is a hub for onward connections via KP, and also a convenient tech stop. (The great circle route from IAD to ADD runs over Libya and Sudan, both of which are currently no-go for civilian traffic.)

https://www.businesstravelnews.com/G...acity-Recovery
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 11:04 am
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Sometimes you need to click "Show all flights" at the end of the list of flights for some of the lowest priced options to show up :-)
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Old Aug 21, 2023, 11:35 am
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Originally Posted by fumje
From the picture example (post 2), it looks like OP did sort by "Business (lowest)" and still only had the 200k UA metal option show.
Originally Posted by pradhantushar
Sometimes you need to click "Show all flights" at the end of the list of flights for some of the lowest priced options to show up :-)
Right. You always need to expand 'show all flights'. If the OP would have posted in the master thread that would have been prominently there.
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