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]
Oct 20, 2010, 8:23 am
#3781
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New York, NY
Programs: CO, US, AA
Posts: 99
Ultimately I switched out BKK for ICN to keep me in N Asia.The 30k difference 120k to 90k is worth more to me than the $75 CO change fee I'll pay to adjust my CO *A intra-asia ticket to replace my BKK segment. But lucky me, now my US routing is RTW
Oct 20, 2010, 10:10 am
#3782
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,397
Ultimately I switched out BKK for ICN to keep me in N Asia.The 30k difference 120k to 90k is worth more to me than the $75 CO change fee I'll pay to adjust my CO *A intra-asia ticket to replace my BKK segment. But lucky me, now my US routing is RTW
Oct 20, 2010, 12:09 pm
#3783
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: AVL
Programs: Hhonors Diamond, Bonvoy LT Plat, TSA vilifier extraordinaire, Once upon a time... US Silver, AA Gold
Posts: 1,313
No you cannot (well you can but you are charged the higher rate aka F miles)
what you should do is look for business class both ways
be flexible (if I want to go from London to Charlotte, but there are no non stop seats I think - London-Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa on Air Canada then canada-charlotte on USairways [always easy to grab coach on a n.america connection], or I think how about London-Munich-Charlotte on Lufthansa or via Zurich for swiss etc... just be flexible and dont mind connections
also, my personal rule is if I am ticketing in C class or F class, Im NOT taking a lower cabin on a sector which offers a 3 class cabin)
miles = money, spend wisely.
what you should do is look for business class both ways
be flexible (if I want to go from London to Charlotte, but there are no non stop seats I think - London-Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa on Air Canada then canada-charlotte on USairways [always easy to grab coach on a n.america connection], or I think how about London-Munich-Charlotte on Lufthansa or via Zurich for swiss etc... just be flexible and dont mind connections
also, my personal rule is if I am ticketing in C class or F class, Im NOT taking a lower cabin on a sector which offers a 3 class cabin)
miles = money, spend wisely.
The FRA-CLT flight is a US flight, does this mean that after we book and once my wife makes silver in another month we could move up in to the green seats as this is a US coded flight?
miles = money understood.^
Oct 20, 2010, 3:44 pm
#3784
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Berlin Germany
Posts: 25
just bookes for my parents:
TXL-FRA-HKG-BKK-USM//USM-BKK-NRT//NRT-MUC-TXL
100k miles and 185€ per Person.
A routing with a stopover in HKG instead of NRT was not possibel to book ->tryed it a few times
so thx US
TXL-FRA-HKG-BKK-USM//USM-BKK-NRT//NRT-MUC-TXL
100k miles and 185€ per Person.
A routing with a stopover in HKG instead of NRT was not possibel to book ->tryed it a few times
so thx US
Oct 20, 2010, 4:42 pm
#3785
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: AA DL UA SU
Posts: 102
On a german forum I read about someone trying to book an award on LX. The agent was not able to book the flight although the ANA tool was showing availability. In their system, the agent found an entry by LX stating "frequent flyers not welcome".
LX seems to reduce their award seats dramatically (esp. to and from the US).
Any similar experiences ?
LX seems to reduce their award seats dramatically (esp. to and from the US).
Any similar experiences ?
Oct 20, 2010, 4:42 pm
#3786
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,397
A routing with a stopover in HKG instead of NRT was not possibel to book ->tryed it a few times
But I can see pretty good FC availability on Expertflyer which reads the info directly from the GDS instead of Starnet (ANA)
Oct 20, 2010, 5:33 pm
#3787
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: *G, SPG, OW Sapphire
Posts: 2,565
so it does sound like LX is restricting some of their rewards to M&M members.
Oct 20, 2010, 5:36 pm
#3788
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DCA
Programs: AMC MovieWatcher, Giant BonusCard, Petco PALS Card, Silver Diner Blue Plate Club
Posts: 22,298
LX offers additional availability to Miles & More members that are not offered to partners.
Expertflyer shows availability for Miles & More members, not partner availability.
If it doesn't show up on the ANA website, don't bother...
Oct 20, 2010, 5:38 pm
#3789
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DCA
Programs: AMC MovieWatcher, Giant BonusCard, Petco PALS Card, Silver Diner Blue Plate Club
Posts: 22,298
I have only once in probably 50 successful US AIrways redemptions ever had this rule even mentioned and even then it was mentioned incorrectly on their end. (They didn't want to allow a stopover in DPS becauest it wasn't a hub.. but DPS was the DESTINATION and BKK the stopover, which is a hub.)
Oct 20, 2010, 5:51 pm
#3790
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
Programs: Cards with lots of logos on them
Posts: 591
I have heard and read about a few people who have successfully booked RTW tickets without being charged for the RTW, is this just a case of call agent roulette? Reason being, I am looking to complete the following routing:
LAX-ICN-CEB, SIN-IST-LAX in C
Being that this is an illegal routing, if I were to get away with it, would they cancel my ticket later on? Or possibly flag it down the line? If I can't complete the above, I guess I will just stay in the Asian region and replace IST with PEK or PVG.
Thanks!
LAX-ICN-CEB, SIN-IST-LAX in C
Being that this is an illegal routing, if I were to get away with it, would they cancel my ticket later on? Or possibly flag it down the line? If I can't complete the above, I guess I will just stay in the Asian region and replace IST with PEK or PVG.
Thanks!
Oct 20, 2010, 5:52 pm
#3791
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,032
I have heard and read about a few people who have successfully booked RTW tickets without being charged for the RTW, is this just a case of call agent roulette? Reason being, I am looking to complete the following routing:
LAX-ICN-CEB, SIN-IST-LAX in C
Being that this is an illegal routing, if I were to get away with it, would they cancel my ticket later on? Or possibly flag it down the line? If I can't complete the above, I guess I will just stay in the Asian region and replace IST with PEK or PVG.
Thanks!
LAX-ICN-CEB, SIN-IST-LAX in C
Being that this is an illegal routing, if I were to get away with it, would they cancel my ticket later on? Or possibly flag it down the line? If I can't complete the above, I guess I will just stay in the Asian region and replace IST with PEK or PVG.
Thanks!
Oct 20, 2010, 6:08 pm
#3792
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DCA
Programs: AMC MovieWatcher, Giant BonusCard, Petco PALS Card, Silver Diner Blue Plate Club
Posts: 22,298
I have heard and read about a few people who have successfully booked RTW tickets without being charged for the RTW, is this just a case of call agent roulette? Reason being, I am looking to complete the following routing:
LAX-ICN-CEB, SIN-IST-LAX in C
Being that this is an illegal routing, if I were to get away with it, would they cancel my ticket later on? Or possibly flag it down the line? If I can't complete the above, I guess I will just stay in the Asian region and replace IST with PEK or PVG.
Thanks!
LAX-ICN-CEB, SIN-IST-LAX in C
Being that this is an illegal routing, if I were to get away with it, would they cancel my ticket later on? Or possibly flag it down the line? If I can't complete the above, I guess I will just stay in the Asian region and replace IST with PEK or PVG.
Thanks!
US AIrways does not have a rule that you have to only cross the same ocean each direction. United has such a rule. US Airways does not. Air Canada does not.
A round-the-world ticket with US Airways is defined by the number of stops not by crossing both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
I have done this many times, never gotten push back, and it's both auto-priced and involved the rate desk.
I've never found a published rule prohibiting it.
Oct 20, 2010, 6:38 pm
#3793
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,032
The above itinerary is fine, not illegal.
US AIrways does not have a rule that you have to only cross the same ocean each direction. United has such a rule. US Airways does not. Air Canada does not.
A round-the-world ticket with US Airways is defined by the number of stops not by crossing both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
I have done this many times, never gotten push back, and it's both auto-priced and involved the rate desk.
I've never found a published rule prohibiting it.
US AIrways does not have a rule that you have to only cross the same ocean each direction. United has such a rule. US Airways does not. Air Canada does not.
A round-the-world ticket with US Airways is defined by the number of stops not by crossing both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
I have done this many times, never gotten push back, and it's both auto-priced and involved the rate desk.
I've never found a published rule prohibiting it.
Oct 20, 2010, 8:19 pm
#3794
Moderator: American AAdvantage & Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: PHX
Programs: American ExPlat; Marriott/SPG Lifetime Plat; Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 8,116
Oct 20, 2010, 8:25 pm
#3795
Moderator: American AAdvantage & Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: PHX
Programs: American ExPlat; Marriott/SPG Lifetime Plat; Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 8,116
An important note about LX availability via US
Originally Posted by gleff:
LX offers additional availability to Miles & More members that are not offered to partners.
Expertflyer shows availability for Miles & More members, not partner availability.
If it doesn't show up on the ANA website, don't bother...
LX offers additional availability to Miles & More members that are not offered to partners.
Expertflyer shows availability for Miles & More members, not partner availability.
If it doesn't show up on the ANA website, don't bother...
I really want to draw attention to this, as it's been brought up multiple times in all these pages. This is most definitely what is happening with LX availability via US DM, as it's been proven over and over again. Take it to the bank, folks.