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]
Aug 28, 2013, 9:35 pm
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I had a lot of issues with dates today. Booking IST-CMB and the said no availability on the 23rd (1:05AM), but there was on the 22nd. They don't operate that route on the 22nd, but I said I'd take it and sure enough it was the 23rd. Don't know if that's a system issue or agent issue.
Aug 28, 2013, 10:00 pm
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I have been on the phone with two seperate US Airways agents. I see J and Y class availability on LH on both united.com and KVS, and agent can't see any availabilities. Is US Airways blocking LH premium class awards recently? I read somewhere there was a IT issue that is doing so, but is solved already a week ago.
I had a lot of issues with dates today. Booking IST-CMB and the said no availability on the 23rd (1:05AM), but there was on the 22nd. They don't operate that route on the 22nd, but I said I'd take it and sure enough it was the 23rd. Don't know if that's a system issue or agent issue.
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Aug 28, 2013, 11:12 pm
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I have been on the phone with two seperate US Airways agents. I see J and Y class availability on LH on both united.com and KVS, and agent can't see any availabilities. Is US Airways blocking LH premium class awards recently? I read somewhere there was a IT issue that is doing so, but is solved already a week ago.
Aug 29, 2013, 1:47 am
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I was able to get a FRA-ORD on LH although on the first attempt the US rep didn't see any non-US availability. When I called the next day, they could see it and everything was good to go.
Aug 29, 2013, 5:04 am
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Aug 29, 2013, 9:12 am
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From the FAQ, a business class ticket with a coach segment can have that segment upgraded if a business class seat becomes available. I was just told that that only applies to US flights, and that partner (AC in this case) segments can not be upgraded after ticketing. I'm pretty sure I seats will become available, but I want to know if I'll have a chance to get them if I book now. Thanks!
Aug 29, 2013, 9:23 am
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Same thing happened to me, it's a system issue. Was trying to book a flight on the 6th of July, shortly after midnight. When the agent read the flights back to me she said it was the 7th. I said no the 6th. Eventually was able to confirm it by looking for the 5th and it coming back confirmed on the 6th.
I had a lot of issues with dates today. Booking IST-CMB and the said no availability on the 23rd (1:05AM), but there was on the 22nd. They don't operate that route on the 22nd, but I said I'd take it and sure enough it was the 23rd. Don't know if that's a system issue or agent issue.
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#AgentSaysNo
See also http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...l#post21266339
Aug 29, 2013, 9:28 am
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From the FAQ, a business class ticket with a coach segment can have that segment upgraded if a business class seat becomes available. I was just told that that only applies to US flights, and that partner (AC in this case) segments can not be upgraded after ticketing. I'm pretty sure I seats will become available, but I want to know if I'll have a chance to get them if I book now. Thanks!
Aug 29, 2013, 9:29 am
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Someone could probably tell you for certain, but I do recall reading about united.com showing phantom availability on LH and when you try to actually make the booking the website gives an error. Also, I recall reading about possibly KVS using miles and more for it's availability, which is only available to M&M members and not all *A partners.
It is also not subject to the 'Phantom' Award Availability issues that UA.com has.
Aug 29, 2013, 9:54 am
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Aug 29, 2013, 10:09 am
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Aug 29, 2013, 11:00 am
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Hello-
Need some help with booking a reward ticket.
My destination is Beijing, I wondered if I could stop by Tokyo outbound and stop by London when I return?
Ideal itinerary
Boston- Tokyo (stay for 3 days) - Beijing (destination)
Beijing- London, Pairs (stay for 6 days) - Boston
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Need some help with booking a reward ticket.
My destination is Beijing, I wondered if I could stop by Tokyo outbound and stop by London when I return?
Ideal itinerary
Boston- Tokyo (stay for 3 days) - Beijing (destination)
Beijing- London, Pairs (stay for 6 days) - Boston
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Aug 29, 2013, 11:11 am
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Welcome to FT, QWERT1!
Have you read the first post in this thread with the basic rules?
Have you read the first post in this thread with the basic rules?
Aug 29, 2013, 11:16 am
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Hello-
Need some help with booking a reward ticket.
My destination is Beijing, I wondered if I could stop by Tokyo outbound and stop by London when I return?
Ideal itinerary
Boston- Tokyo (stay for 3 days) - Beijing (destination)
Beijing- London, Pairs (stay for 6 days) - Boston
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Need some help with booking a reward ticket.
My destination is Beijing, I wondered if I could stop by Tokyo outbound and stop by London when I return?
Ideal itinerary
Boston- Tokyo (stay for 3 days) - Beijing (destination)
Beijing- London, Pairs (stay for 6 days) - Boston
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Flying through Europe though, should not be an issue. I've done this multiple times.
Aug 29, 2013, 12:32 pm
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I'd definitely suggest reading Post #1 as goliath suggested, but the short answer to your question is yes, though not as you've described. You may only have one stopover (per the rules, of course many of us have had agents break them for us, but YMMV) -- that is, a stop in a city for more than 24 hours. I assume you're stopping in Beijing for longer than 24 hours, so you may not also do this in Tokyo and Paris.
Flying through Europe though, should not be an issue. I've done this multiple times.
Flying through Europe though, should not be an issue. I've done this multiple times.