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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 20, 2010, 8:35 am
#841
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: AA, UA, NWA, SPG, HH
Posts: 353
Which flights to Male (MLE), Mauritious (MRU), Madagascar (TNR)
I had booked my dad and sister on a LH F visit to the US to see me, but the US Embassy in India denied them a visa (in a 2 minute interview).
Anyway, my dad would like to visit either Male (MLE) , Mauritious (MRU) or Madagascar (TNR) (He's got an island thing!)
Is there a way to use the Star Alliance to book?
1) 2 tickets from MCI to any of the above destinations and
2) 2 tickets from BOM to any of the above destinations?
I know this is a somewhat unusual question, but I'm quite sure that you all will have posted replies by the time I return from my morning run!
Anyway, my dad would like to visit either Male (MLE) , Mauritious (MRU) or Madagascar (TNR) (He's got an island thing!)
Is there a way to use the Star Alliance to book?
1) 2 tickets from MCI to any of the above destinations and
2) 2 tickets from BOM to any of the above destinations?
I know this is a somewhat unusual question, but I'm quite sure that you all will have posted replies by the time I return from my morning run!
Feb 20, 2010, 10:01 am
#842
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NCL and LBA
Programs: BD*G, BAGold, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 3,270
To Mauritius:
1) MCI-europe-JNB-MRU
2) BOM-JNB-MRU
or possibly via europe to JNB
To Male
1) MCI-US hub-SIN-MLE
2) Only possible way with *A would be BOM-SIN-MLE
But you can fly BLR-MLE with air india. Sri Lankan flys BOM-CMB-MLE. Also Maldivian flys from TRV-MLE.
To Madagascar:
SA airways flies from JNB daily I think.
Have you thought considered Zanzibar?
Swiss flies to Dar es Salaam daily and a ferry will then take you to Zanzibar
1) MCI-europe-JNB-MRU
2) BOM-JNB-MRU
or possibly via europe to JNB
To Male
1) MCI-US hub-SIN-MLE
2) Only possible way with *A would be BOM-SIN-MLE
But you can fly BLR-MLE with air india. Sri Lankan flys BOM-CMB-MLE. Also Maldivian flys from TRV-MLE.
To Madagascar:
SA airways flies from JNB daily I think.
Have you thought considered Zanzibar?
Swiss flies to Dar es Salaam daily and a ferry will then take you to Zanzibar
Feb 20, 2010, 4:32 pm
#843
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MUC
Programs: LH M&L, SPG, HH
Posts: 47
MUC-SIN-MLE worked like a charm
I booked today through the German call center and it really worked like a charm. A very nice lady (with an equally nice Cologne-bred accent) did not question the routing at all (me neither of course
) and just entered the flights, I told her. She even offered me to hold the - pure SQ - itin for three days, but I preferred to get it ticketed immediately to be on the safe side.The availability shown on ANA was accurate, this means I could indeed get the J seats indicated available on 77W.
All in all, a big ^ to US Air, they really made my day.
Feb 20, 2010, 4:37 pm
#844
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: AA, UA, NWA, SPG, HH
Posts: 353
To Mauritius:
1) MCI-europe-JNB-MRU
2) BOM-JNB-MRU
or possibly via europe to JNB
To Male
1) MCI-US hub-SIN-MLE
2) Only possible way with *A would be BOM-SIN-MLE
But you can fly BLR-MLE with air india. Sri Lankan flys BOM-CMB-MLE. Also Maldivian flys from TRV-MLE.
To Madagascar:
SA airways flies from JNB daily I think.
Have you thought considered Zanzibar?
Swiss flies to Dar es Salaam daily and a ferry will then take you to Zanzibar
1) MCI-europe-JNB-MRU
2) BOM-JNB-MRU
or possibly via europe to JNB
To Male
1) MCI-US hub-SIN-MLE
2) Only possible way with *A would be BOM-SIN-MLE
But you can fly BLR-MLE with air india. Sri Lankan flys BOM-CMB-MLE. Also Maldivian flys from TRV-MLE.
To Madagascar:
SA airways flies from JNB daily I think.
Have you thought considered Zanzibar?
Swiss flies to Dar es Salaam daily and a ferry will then take you to Zanzibar
Feb 21, 2010, 4:56 pm
#845
Suspended
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 736
Can you get a stop over on this routing?
CLT-LHR-JNB-MRU
JNB-FRA-MUC-CLT
open jaw award, looking for a stopover in MUC on the way home.
CLT-LHR-JNB-MRU
JNB-FRA-MUC-CLT
open jaw award, looking for a stopover in MUC on the way home.
Feb 21, 2010, 7:10 pm
#846
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Perth, Australia
Programs: Hilton Diamond, QFF WP, Velocity Gold
Posts: 647
Hey all again,
Thanks for the replies. It seems quite futile to try with my PER-North asia-DXB itinerary, so my partner and I have decided to go to North America instead =)
There have been a lot of posts saying that South pacific-Asia-USA has been okay, but has anyone tried to/from Perth?
We are looking at this:
PER-SIN-ICN-LAX DESTINATION ---> We would love to go PER-AKL-LAX, but availability is so scarce...
LAX-SFO-NRT STOPOVER --> Reason for this is we could only find availability on NH through SFO...
NRT-HKG 20 HOUR LAYOVER
HKG-SIN-PER
thoughts?
Also, would taxes increase a lot if we were to take these flights?.. There's around 6 or 7 flights...
Thanks so much again!
Thanks for the replies. It seems quite futile to try with my PER-North asia-DXB itinerary, so my partner and I have decided to go to North America instead =)
There have been a lot of posts saying that South pacific-Asia-USA has been okay, but has anyone tried to/from Perth?
We are looking at this:
PER-SIN-ICN-LAX DESTINATION ---> We would love to go PER-AKL-LAX, but availability is so scarce...
LAX-SFO-NRT STOPOVER --> Reason for this is we could only find availability on NH through SFO...
NRT-HKG 20 HOUR LAYOVER
HKG-SIN-PER
thoughts?
Also, would taxes increase a lot if we were to take these flights?.. There's around 6 or 7 flights...
Thanks so much again!
Feb 21, 2010, 8:41 pm
#847
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA Exec Plat, BAEC Bronze, UA Silver, DL Silver, Marriott Titanium, IHG Diamond
Posts: 253
Not to burst your bubble...
Hey all again,
Thanks for the replies. It seems quite futile to try with my PER-North asia-DXB itinerary, so my partner and I have decided to go to North America instead =)
There have been a lot of posts saying that South pacific-Asia-USA has been okay, but has anyone tried to/from Perth?
We are looking at this:
PER-SIN-ICN-LAX DESTINATION ---> We would love to go PER-AKL-LAX, but availability is so scarce...
LAX-SFO-NRT STOPOVER --> Reason for this is we could only find availability on NH through SFO...
NRT-HKG 20 HOUR LAYOVER
HKG-SIN-PER
thoughts?
Also, would taxes increase a lot if we were to take these flights?.. There's around 6 or 7 flights...
Thanks so much again!
Thanks for the replies. It seems quite futile to try with my PER-North asia-DXB itinerary, so my partner and I have decided to go to North America instead =)
There have been a lot of posts saying that South pacific-Asia-USA has been okay, but has anyone tried to/from Perth?
We are looking at this:
PER-SIN-ICN-LAX DESTINATION ---> We would love to go PER-AKL-LAX, but availability is so scarce...
LAX-SFO-NRT STOPOVER --> Reason for this is we could only find availability on NH through SFO...
NRT-HKG 20 HOUR LAYOVER
HKG-SIN-PER
thoughts?
Also, would taxes increase a lot if we were to take these flights?.. There's around 6 or 7 flights...
Thanks so much again!
I don't think your return routing would be possible as you have more than 4 segments. I was told when booking my flights to South Africa that you can only have 4 segments each way on an award ticket with US.
Ryan
Feb 22, 2010, 12:18 am
#848
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: TXL
Programs: US, LH, HH
Posts: 725
They get increasingly nervous the more segments you tell them, but 5 per direction can be booked.
Feb 22, 2010, 12:28 am
#849
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,866
Since the JFK-BKK is gone, and SQ does not allow partner award travel on EWR-SIN, it will be hard to do cities like DPS from the US, and SIN and BKK unless you cross the Atlantic, or find a nonstop out of NRT, when originating from a non-hub city. When you have the further distance awards that require more miles, it would seem common sense that an additional segment will be required.
I would love to see PBI-BKK-DPS-PBI and do such a trip in three segments, but it will never happen.
Last edited by BF263533; Feb 22, 2010 at 12:33 am
Feb 22, 2010, 5:40 am
#850
Join Date: May 2003
Location: australia
Posts: 438
I am currently in the final stages of booking another award seat looking at 199 pounds in taxes for
lhr-syd-mel-sin-muc-lhr now I assume this is because of the lovely 110 fee that the UK charges, would anyone recommend a short trip say as this
LHR-FRA-ICN-SYD MEL-SIN-MUC-LHR
Also does anyone know why I can never get a London city flight on Lufthansa from US Airways on ANA they are always available but whenever I ask US Airways always says no flights are these not bookable as star alliance awards?
Many thanks
lhr-syd-mel-sin-muc-lhr now I assume this is because of the lovely 110 fee that the UK charges, would anyone recommend a short trip say as this
LHR-FRA-ICN-SYD MEL-SIN-MUC-LHR
Also does anyone know why I can never get a London city flight on Lufthansa from US Airways on ANA they are always available but whenever I ask US Airways always says no flights are these not bookable as star alliance awards?
Many thanks
Feb 22, 2010, 6:23 am
#851
Suspended
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 736
thoughts please
Whats a better bet?
CLT-IAD-LHR using United 777 First class
or
CLT-LGA, car transfer to JFK, then LH F class to FRA-LHR?
I dont mind the extra time, but is it worth the effort and risk of a missed connection to take LH?? Im thinking the FRA lounge and the onboard product vs UA might make it worth it and doable....connection time between LGA arrival and JFK departure is 3.5 hours....doable and advisable??
thoughts please?
CLT-IAD-LHR using United 777 First class
or
CLT-LGA, car transfer to JFK, then LH F class to FRA-LHR?
I dont mind the extra time, but is it worth the effort and risk of a missed connection to take LH?? Im thinking the FRA lounge and the onboard product vs UA might make it worth it and doable....connection time between LGA arrival and JFK departure is 3.5 hours....doable and advisable??
thoughts please?
Feb 22, 2010, 6:37 am
#852
Join Date: May 2003
Location: australia
Posts: 438
United
I would personally go for United just seems easier no car journeys and I would say their new seats if you get a plane with new seats in first would be better than those on Lufthansa which are a little older. Hope that helps
Feb 22, 2010, 7:24 am
#853
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meli & HH & Marriott Gold
Posts: 5,460
A transfer between airports, an unnecessary connection (with the associated additional risk of misconnecting and/or losing bags) in FRA -- where you shouldn't be on the ground long enough for lounges to be relevant. Remember we're talking about a single six hour flight if you do it the easy way, as opposed to nearer 12 hours by adding JFK and FRA into the equation.
Go on, admit that you were just winding us up...
Feb 22, 2010, 8:15 am
#854
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DCA/IAD
Posts: 135
I've flown both UA (777) and LH (744) F recently. Agree with prior post re: UA's food, but their F service was gracious and competent enough. UA F seat is better, IMHO, especially if traveling solo and you get one by the windows in the 1-2-1 config. If you can snag seats on the IAD-LHR (763) day flight, you'll get UA's new F product which I haven't experienced but understand to be very good. I'd avoid the LGA-JFK schlep and the FRA-LHR rebound and go UA, even if you miss the FRA FCT experience!
Feb 22, 2010, 9:19 am
#855
Suspended
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 736
I was under the impression UAL was not really good in F on the 777
hence why I was thinking of going out of my way to do the LH via FRA and JFK
I guess the FRA lounge isnt worth the extra travel now....PLUS ide have to ride coach to IAD from CLT....
hence why I was thinking of going out of my way to do the LH via FRA and JFK
I guess the FRA lounge isnt worth the extra travel now....PLUS ide have to ride coach to IAD from CLT....