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]
May 26, 2013, 8:02 am
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LH has 2 levels of availability, one for M+M members and the other for *A.
My guess is that you saw the former and assumed the latter was available.
If it's more than 2 weeks out, I think I am right.
May 26, 2013, 8:02 am
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If you look at the USDM partner award chart.... there is a statement they exclude LH F (which was impossible to book even before they included this statement).
May 26, 2013, 8:04 am
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Read Footnote # 1) on the *A Award Chart...
May 26, 2013, 8:19 am
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Read Footnote # 1) on the *A Award Chart...
to bad, I only bought miles for to use them on that.and of course, i knew O class only Comes available within 14 days from departure ( it was 6-9 June ) and them available on ANA.
May 26, 2013, 8:31 am
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Buy Lifemiles instead :-).
May 26, 2013, 10:27 am
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May 26, 2013, 10:34 am
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You can book your trip on OZ, which you can get in F with USDM. OZ flies FRA-ICN, and there are many options for ICN-HKG
May 26, 2013, 10:36 am
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Thank you to everyone who chimed in to answer my question. I spoke to Air Canada a few weeks ago and got seats, spoke to Turkish Air at the same time who told me it is too soon to get seats, and have an email from Aegean who I could not call (couldn't find a US #) saying how to get seats and recognizing it was all booked on US Airways. So I think I am set, but as it gets closer to my August 20 departure I will check again. Thanks again for helping this relative newbie find her way with a complex itinerary (four week trip including an open jaw, a stopover and 4 carriers, none of which are US Airways). Thanks again.
May 26, 2013, 10:39 am
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May 26, 2013, 10:50 am
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but LM much more expensive !
Special offer DM 100k are 1780 USD good for BHX-FRA-BKK-HKG-BKK-FRA-BHX
LM asks 195k for F class to HKG from Europe ( and I don't know how to trick it ). 195 * 15,23 ( that's the new min. Price with LM ) = 2970 USD taxes/ fees should be the same. And with LM one even can not Combine Business and first, so BHX-FRA would go extra.
Special offer DM 100k are 1780 USD good for BHX-FRA-BKK-HKG-BKK-FRA-BHX
LM asks 195k for F class to HKG from Europe ( and I don't know how to trick it ). 195 * 15,23 ( that's the new min. Price with LM ) = 2970 USD taxes/ fees should be the same. And with LM one even can not Combine Business and first, so BHX-FRA would go extra.
May 26, 2013, 10:50 am
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May 26, 2013, 11:04 am
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Thinking about this a little more, and calendaring what I need to do to "babysit" my reservations, I have another question.
So would an airline give you seats and NOT have "a ticket number against this booking?"
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
May 26, 2013, 11:22 am
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Use your e-ticket number when you call the partners or go to their websites. If they find your itinerary ( all segments that are supposed to be there ), then you have nothing to worry about. The easiest way is to ask each partner to email you a copy of the itinerary as reflected on their system.
May 26, 2013, 11:32 am
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May 26, 2013, 11:55 am
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Use your e-ticket number when you call the partners or go to their websites. If they find your itinerary ( all segments that are supposed to be there ), then you have nothing to worry about. The easiest way is to ask each partner to email you a copy of the itinerary as reflected on their system.
Are there airlines you all try to avoid because they tend to mess up/be difficult with award bookings from US Airways?