Oct 14, 2013, 4:55 pm
Last edit by: NewbieRunner
Update 08APR2014: Star Alliance Awards must have been booked by March 30, 2014. They are no longer available through US. This thread is mostly useful for historic purposes, and discussing issues such as schedule changes/route changes that affect FTers existing *A awards booked before 3/31/2014.
Discussion on using US miles to book oneworld awards is available here.
If you are looking for discussion on US's new partner awards that use various partners not in oneworld (many of whom are former *A partners), see the devoted thread on using US miles to book NON-oneworld partners here.
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Update 07JAN14: American Airlines award tickets bookable online on usairways.com or through reservation.
Please see the devoted thread on using US miles to book AA here.
Discussion on using US miles to book oneworld awards is available here.
If you are looking for discussion on US's new partner awards that use various partners not in oneworld (many of whom are former *A partners), see the devoted thread on using US miles to book NON-oneworld partners here.
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Update 07JAN14: American Airlines award tickets bookable online on usairways.com or through reservation.
- Award travel must be wholly on American Airlines or a combination of American Airlines and US Airways.
- American Airlines awards cannot be combined with any of our current partner.
- American Airlines award travel chart (PDF)
Please see the devoted thread on using US miles to book AA here.
Star Alliance Award Bookings Using US Airways Miles - FAQ and Help Thread [MERGED]
Feb 17, 2013, 11:46 pm
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Location: AU
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this can be a case of hang up and call again! I've had a couple of agents who thought Haneda and Tokyo were two different cities!
Feb 18, 2013, 3:22 am
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 12
Distance flown is meaningless. It's all about the countries and airports where you have stopovers and make connections. I quick attempt at assembling that routing on ITA produces:
German Passenger Service Charge (RA) $48.50
Norway Passenger Charge (ZN) $21.10
Turkish Int'l Airport Service Charge (TR) $13.40
South Africa Passenger Service Charge (ZA) $87.10
South Africa Air Passenger Tax (WC) $42.60
South Africa Passenger Safety Charge (EV) $5.40
South Africa Passenger Services and Security Charge (UM) $6.60
Mauritius Passenger Service Charge (MU) $32.70
Mauritius Terminal Expansion Fee (OV) $4.70
Mauritius Passenger Fee (HH) $45.80
Mauritius Passenger Solidarity Fee (JE) $2.60
German Airport Security Tax (DE) $9.00
US is spot on.
German Passenger Service Charge (RA) $48.50
Norway Passenger Charge (ZN) $21.10
Turkish Int'l Airport Service Charge (TR) $13.40
South Africa Passenger Service Charge (ZA) $87.10
South Africa Air Passenger Tax (WC) $42.60
South Africa Passenger Safety Charge (EV) $5.40
South Africa Passenger Services and Security Charge (UM) $6.60
Mauritius Passenger Service Charge (MU) $32.70
Mauritius Terminal Expansion Fee (OV) $4.70
Mauritius Passenger Fee (HH) $45.80
Mauritius Passenger Solidarity Fee (JE) $2.60
German Airport Security Tax (DE) $9.00
US is spot on.
Feb 18, 2013, 8:43 am
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Location: BWIADCA
Posts: 1,902
Another question regarding booking on partner airlines. If I want to book flight to Europe in J, and only first flight is on US (IAD-PHL), do I need to use 100K miles or thanks the the CC it will cost me 95K?
Thanks.,
Thanks.,
Feb 18, 2013, 8:53 am
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Location: AVL
Programs: AA EXP ; Cunard Plat
Posts: 4,211
T&Cs
... In the event any portion of the award itinerary is not operated by US Airways/US Airways Express, or is not a valid roundtrip or open-jaw routing, these benefits will not apply for any part of the itinerary and the benefits will not be pro-rated ...
Feb 18, 2013, 10:18 am
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
Programs: various
Posts: 3,689
I will be sad when DM ends, just got
CDG-BKK TG F
BKK-HKG (STOP) TG F
HKG-ICN TG C
ICN-NRT OZ F
NRT-FRA NH F
FRA-CDG LH C
100K + $140 TAXES + $50 TICKET FEE
CDG-BKK TG F
BKK-HKG (STOP) TG F
HKG-ICN TG C
ICN-NRT OZ F
NRT-FRA NH F
FRA-CDG LH C
100K + $140 TAXES + $50 TICKET FEE
Feb 18, 2013, 11:31 am
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: GSO
Programs: US Chairman, Hilton Diamond, Hertz 5S, Starwood Gold
Posts: 113
I have a question about a Star Alliance partner award I have booked using US Dividend miles and a possible change.
Currently booked open jaw itinerary is:
CLT-ORD-PEK (outbound)
HKG-ICN-ORD-CLT (return)
The ORD-PEK segment is on UA in Global First (yeah, I know, but better than nothing
) The HKG-ICN-ORD segments are on OZ with the ICN-ORD flight in OZ First Suite (woohoo!) The flights between CLT-ORD are on US metal.
So, finally my question. I now have reason to originate/terminate the trip in ORD. It seems on the surface that I could call up the Chairman's Preferred line and ask them to drop the CLT-ORD and the ORD-CLT flights and just leave everything else alone. I get to make changes for free as a Chairman, so no issue there. However, as you can imagine, I'm VERY nervous about doing anything that might cause an accidental cancellation of the outbound to PEK or the return in OZ first class from HKG/ICN.
Based on your experiences, should I be fine to make this tweak or would it be better if I just left it as is? I can still keep the schedule as booked, if I must, but it would be better to make the change, if I can be assured there is no risk to the rest of the itinerary.
Currently booked open jaw itinerary is:
CLT-ORD-PEK (outbound)
HKG-ICN-ORD-CLT (return)
The ORD-PEK segment is on UA in Global First (yeah, I know, but better than nothing
) The HKG-ICN-ORD segments are on OZ with the ICN-ORD flight in OZ First Suite (woohoo!) The flights between CLT-ORD are on US metal.So, finally my question. I now have reason to originate/terminate the trip in ORD. It seems on the surface that I could call up the Chairman's Preferred line and ask them to drop the CLT-ORD and the ORD-CLT flights and just leave everything else alone. I get to make changes for free as a Chairman, so no issue there. However, as you can imagine, I'm VERY nervous about doing anything that might cause an accidental cancellation of the outbound to PEK or the return in OZ first class from HKG/ICN.
Based on your experiences, should I be fine to make this tweak or would it be better if I just left it as is? I can still keep the schedule as booked, if I must, but it would be better to make the change, if I can be assured there is no risk to the rest of the itinerary.
Feb 18, 2013, 11:40 am
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,592
Or you can stop in any of these cities ? (means 2 stops total ?)
Does NRT-FRA has the new F square ?
CDG-BKK - row 1 has 4 windows and row 2 only 3
Feb 18, 2013, 12:31 pm
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...I now have reason to originate/terminate the trip in ORD. It seems on the surface that I could call up the Chairman's Preferred line and ask them to drop the CLT-ORD and the ORD-CLT flights and just leave everything else alone. ...
Based on your experiences, should I be fine to make this tweak or would it be better if I just left it as is? ...
Based on your experiences, should I be fine to make this tweak or would it be better if I just left it as is? ...
Braver after that initial experience, I went ahead with another change for better US flight connections when the opportunity presented itself (through minor schedule change). Again, US opened up award inventory for me, and the SQ flights survived.
I think I must have pleadingly begged the agent more than once, "Please don't cancel my SQ resv, I'd never get it back"
It should be fine if the agent knows what s/he's doing, but the possibility of a screw-up (however small) is there ...
Feb 18, 2013, 4:18 pm
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I know stopovers and open jaws are not allowed when your entire trip is within the one zone, but has anyone had any success in the past with doing this?
Feb 18, 2013, 4:26 pm
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Posts: 398
Feb 18, 2013, 5:29 pm
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: VA WP, NZ *A SG
Posts: 529
Thanks. Can you have a stopover in the same region as your origin if you are then travelling onto a different region? (ie JFK-LAX(stop)-NRT(dest)?
Feb 18, 2013, 5:38 pm
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 34
Using Dividend Miles for Copa Airlines
I'm trying to book an economy award using US Airways dividend miles and I'm looking at Star Alliance Copa Airlines. However, after numerous attempts, (and trips to the rate desk) the US Airways agents have told me that Copa has blocked all award travel to US Airways. Has anyone else been successful using Dividend miles on Copa Airlines?
Feb 18, 2013, 5:42 pm
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Feb 18, 2013, 10:29 pm
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,184
Haven't followed this thread closely in awhile, but it seems US has gotten more stringent of late, so just a quick question -- can you still route to North Asia via Europe for 90/120k (from east coast if it matters)?