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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.

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.

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Feb 15, 2013, 9:24 am

#14971

gumbotime

Join Date: Jan 2012

Location: WAS

Posts: 113

Quote:

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL

If it's all on one ticket, most significant carrier rule will apply (unless you start in the US). What is the routing?

Although it doesn't seem relevant to this specific question, I'm curious to know what's different if you start in the US.

Feb 15, 2013, 9:48 am

#14972

cvarming

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: New York

Programs: Cutting down :-(

Posts: 604

Quote:

Originally Posted by gumbotime

Although it doesn't seem relevant to this specific question, I'm curious to know what's different if you start in the US.

The US DOT regulations takes precedence over IATA 302. As a consequence the marketing carrier's baggage rules apply and you get the same baggage allowance though out you journey.

Feb 15, 2013, 1:04 pm

#14973

PVDtoDEL

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: SEA/ORD/ADB

Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat

Posts: 7,763

Quote:

Originally Posted by louie-m

LHR (LH bus) FRA (LH bus) SIN (stop)
SIN (TG bus) BKK (TG first) SYD (dest)
SYD (TG first) BKK (TG bus) CPH (SAS bus) LHR

You will get the TG F allowance I think...

You can try going to Saudia's website, plugging in the ticket number to "Manage my bookings" and see if the ticket was issued with a specific baggage allowance.

Feb 15, 2013, 1:49 pm

#14974

oneworld82

Suspended

Join Date: May 2009

Location: DFW

Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Hilton HHonors Gold

Posts: 2,863

Folks,

Is this an allowed itinerary? DFW-IAH-PEK-HKG-BKK-SGN (DEST) then BKK-ICN-ORD-DFW

It’s not too many stops right? Thanks!

Feb 15, 2013, 1:52 pm

#14975

LHR/MEL/Europe FF

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2001

Location: AU

Programs: former Olympic Airways Gold (yeah - still proud of that!)

Posts: 14,406

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneworld82

Folks,

Is this an allowed itinerary? DFW-IAH-PEK-HKG-BKK-SGN (DEST) then BKK-ICN-ORD-DFW

It’s not too many stops right? Thanks!

It should be ok! Some agents like 4+4 segments - but there plenty of reports that domestic connections 'don't count' in that total.

Feb 16, 2013, 4:26 am

#14976

belfordrocks

Join Date: Dec 2009

Posts: 5,439

Here's another data point for you guys:

Tried to book SYD-SIN-NGO-GUM which exceeds MPM+25, went to the rates desk, came back fine...

Feb 16, 2013, 6:51 am

#14977

silentnonrev

Join Date: Aug 2005

Posts: 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneworld82

Guys,

if I need to cancel an award booking, I understand I will have to pay a 150usd redeposit fee. Of the 111 usd I paid in fees when booking, how much will I recover?

thanks!

You don't. You just get your miles back.

Feb 16, 2013, 7:00 am

#14978

LM225

Join Date: Apr 2008

Posts: 1,151

Quote:

Originally Posted by silentnonrev

You don't. You just get your miles back.

Taxes are refunded. Non-refundable fees (such as award processing fees and quick ticketing fees) are not.

Feb 16, 2013, 10:04 am

#14979

kctrojan

Join Date: Jan 2011

Posts: 2

Hi all, I have this USAir award routing on hold:

MCI-ORD-YUL-ZRH stop
ZRH-IST-NRT-SHA-PEK destination
PEK-ICN-SFO-ORD-MCI

Should this not price at 90K RT in business, as destination is Northern Asia? Have called multiple times trying to ticket, but always gets priced at 100K due to Euro stop.

Should I pull the trigger at 100K or keep trying for the 90K?

Thanks for your help.

Feb 16, 2013, 2:08 pm

#14980

LHR/MEL/Europe FF

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2001

Location: AU

Programs: former Olympic Airways Gold (yeah - still proud of that!)

Posts: 14,406

Quote:

Originally Posted by kctrojan

It can go either way - some agents will and some won't charge you the higher price for a stop in a higher zone. However...ff an agent has already annotated the booking determining it is 100K you may have little luck getting that changed (short of cancelling the whole thing and starting again - and even then you might have the same issue).

Given you have 11 segments (instead of the 'usual' 8 or so) I would say just bite the bullet and pay the extra 10K.

Congrats on your first post!!

Feb 16, 2013, 9:43 pm

#14981

ianp

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: BNE

Programs: QF,US,ANA

Posts: 323

Quote:

Originally Posted by belfordrocks

Here's another data point for you guys:

Tried to book SYD-SIN-NGO-GUM which exceeds MPM+25, went to the rates desk, came back fine...

Thats a pretty good booking , is that 30,000 miles in C ?

Feb 16, 2013, 10:29 pm

#14982

LHR/MEL/Europe FF

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2001

Location: AU

Programs: former Olympic Airways Gold (yeah - still proud of that!)

Posts: 14,406

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianp

Thats a pretty good booking , is that 30,000 miles in C ?

yes.

Feb 17, 2013, 4:40 am

#14983

bxs

Join Date: Nov 2011

Location: MY

Posts: 58

Star Alliance Award Bookings Using US Airways Miles - FAQ and Help Thread [MERGED]

Hi guys,

I have an award booking confirmed and booked and it all looks good. However there are some anomalies so just wanted to get some opinions whether or not I have something to worry about.

Routing is BKK-CDG-IST, IST-FRA-ICN-NGO-SIN-BKK.

I checked the booking on sq website and noticed that the NGO-SIN-BKK section is missing. Called sq and was told that the segment got cancelled due to ticket not issued. Managed to get US to reissue the ticket and it is showing on sq website.

When I checked on LH website it shows 2 different ticket numbers to my booking. And these numbers are different to the one on US website. Is there anything to worry about? Thanks.

Feb 17, 2013, 9:21 am

#14984

PVDtoDEL

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: SEA/ORD/ADB

Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat

Posts: 7,763

Quote:

Originally Posted by bxs

You can never be too cautious. I'd call every airline on your itinerary and ask them whether everything is alright with the ticket.

Feb 17, 2013, 2:23 pm

#14985

Slipless

Join Date: Jan 2011

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 183

I wanted to get an award ticket from Seattle to Australia with a stopover in NRT. However the agent told that stopovers in Asia are not allowed on South Pacific routes. Is my only option to get a direct flight from North America to Australia or New Zeland on AC/UA/NZ? Any advice on this?