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]
Jan 7, 2014, 8:38 pm
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anyways - good that it is now ticketed.
Jan 7, 2014, 9:21 pm
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Just spending a few minutes doing the same searches to HKG and AKL on AA (and their partners and US) that I spent an hour trying to do for US and * partners for over an hour yesterday on the ANA site......instantly a TON of availability of business/ first awards for what was blacked out months on end on *. I know the price is higher (in my case 110K to 130K) but cheap is worthless if there are no flights.
Also, when you say the availability had been blacked out via *, which carriers is AA partners with that also had flights available via *?
Jan 7, 2014, 9:26 pm
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I'd propose slightly different guidance.
If someone knows they're breaking the rules, and they've already made multiple calls (including at least one when the airline is overwhelmed dealing with severe weather issues), then they really need to HUASC calling before they wreck things for others.
If someone knows they're breaking the rules, and they've already made multiple calls (including at least one when the airline is overwhelmed dealing with severe weather issues), then they really need to HUASC calling before they wreck things for others.
Jan 7, 2014, 9:45 pm
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Jan 7, 2014, 9:49 pm
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I'd propose slightly different guidance.
If someone knows they're breaking the rules, and they've already made multiple calls (including at least one when the airline is overwhelmed dealing with severe weather issues), then they really need to HUASC calling before they wreck things for others.
If someone knows they're breaking the rules, and they've already made multiple calls (including at least one when the airline is overwhelmed dealing with severe weather issues), then they really need to HUASC calling before they wreck things for others.
Jan 7, 2014, 11:38 pm
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well, with my new itinerary I'm not breaking the rules. maybe if agents 1 thru 6 would have known how to explain the invalid issue it would have been ticketed on the 2nd call. It's also not my fault that they don't allow this booking online. I'm off the phones, now; you can breathe more easily
Jan 8, 2014, 5:34 am
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Jan 8, 2014, 5:42 am
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And now that USDM is happy - it is essentially the same itinerary.
Jan 8, 2014, 6:35 am
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no, I thought I had mentioned it earlier stating that my return was longer by 500 miles when I was routing TYS-IAD-BRU-MXP instead of TYS-ORD-YYZ-WAW-MXP. By doing the later, that turned into the longer series which moved MXP to my destination, thus making the CDG stopover legal.
Jan 8, 2014, 6:40 am
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correct, but CDG is served directly by US so it is valid.
Jan 8, 2014, 7:37 am
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no, I thought I had mentioned it earlier stating that my return was longer by 500 miles when I was routing TYS-IAD-BRU-MXP instead of TYS-ORD-YYZ-WAW-MXP. By doing the later, that turned into the longer series which moved MXP to my destination, thus making the CDG stopover legal.
Jan 8, 2014, 7:46 am
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Jan 8, 2014, 9:08 am
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no, I thought I had mentioned it earlier stating that my return was longer by 500 miles when I was routing TYS-IAD-BRU-MXP instead of TYS-ORD-YYZ-WAW-MXP. By doing the later, that turned into the longer series which moved MXP to my destination, thus making the CDG stopover legal.
The final itin looks very much legal.
Jan 8, 2014, 9:40 am
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So while, based on the above responses this is not a normal outcome, it can be done.
Happy New Year!
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