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US Miles for NON-Oneworld Awards - NOW CLOSED TO NEW BOOKINGS [Master Help Thread]
Even though US is leaving Star Alliance as of March 31, many existing Dividend Miles partners are continuing their frequent flyer partnership with US. Some may remain indefinitely (or at least until the combination with the American AAdvantage program -- and maybe even beyond); others will be ending at some point in the coming months. This category of partners seems to be in quite a state of flux.
This thread is for discussion of using US miles for NON-Oneworld partner flight awards. (The thread for Oneworld partner flight awards can be foud here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...lp-thread.html) As announcements about specific partnerships are made, please post them here -- AND update the wiki post above to keep it as up-to-date as possible. This is sure to be a moving target over the coming months, so the more information we digest here in this thread and wiki, the easier it will be for members to stay abreast of changes and quickly get answers to their questions. (Just imagine how many thread moves and consolidations that will help us all avoid! ;)) Thanks everyone! -AZ Co-Moderator |
Nice thread to set up. ^
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Will we be able to mix non-oneworld partners when redeeming?
I couldn't find the answer on us webpage. |
Originally Posted by kkjay77
(Post 22619879)
Will we be able to mix non-oneworld partners when redeeming?
I couldn't find the answer on us webpage. |
Can I use my US Dividend Miles to make a reservation on Etihad?
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Originally Posted by gottaluvNW
(Post 22620474)
Can I use my US Dividend Miles to make a reservation on Etihad?
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if it is true that one can mix all the remaining star partners in one ticket, i think it is cool.
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Help us get to South Africa
I have enough miles for 2 round trip tickets to South Africa in J: 160k UR (UA) and 110k US. Departure airport NYC. Here's my dilemma. We're very limited by travel dates, ideally looking to depart 3/7/15 and return 3/14/15. Maybe +/- 1 day on either end but even that is a stretch.
I was hoping to book this all on SA, but their award availability is pretty shoddy. Since I'm a year out, SA appear to be reliably releasing multiple seats in J NYC -> JNB, which are transient and disappear after 24-48 hours. Great, could book 2 one way tickets using UA, but since US doesn't allow one way awards (so frustrating), wouldn't be able to book the return. Alternatively, I could try and snag return seats the day they're released, and hope there is decent award availability for departing segments. Since I'm using a mix of UA/US, I'm really limited to sticking with *A + remaining US partners (e.g, TK, SA). Any advice, creative routing? I really don't want to miss out on snagging SA J a year out but can't find a way to make this work. |
Originally Posted by AirD0c
(Post 22629656)
Since I'm a year out, SA appear to be reliably releasing multiple seats in J NYC -> JNB, which are transient and disappear after 24-48 hours. Great, could book 2 one way tickets using UA, but since US doesn't allow one way awards (so frustrating), wouldn't be able to book the return.
- book outbound and put on hold. 3 day hold is allowed - in that 3 day window, find a return. Book it and ticket - pay change fee when the return date I really want becomes available |
That's great advice, thank you.
Just to confirm, to book the outbound, I'd use 110k miles for a "one way", and then put it on hold? |
Originally Posted by AirD0c
(Post 22629909)
That's great advice, thank you.
Just to confirm, to book the outbound, I'd use 110k miles for a "one way", and then put it on hold? |
Originally Posted by bluegreentravel
(Post 22619988)
Been calling just now, and 2 agents already said no...
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Originally Posted by skaya
(Post 22630303)
No need to pay miles just to put on hold.
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Originally Posted by 1353513636
(Post 22630351)
Award chart for non-alliance partners says yes, but US agents are known to just make stuff up if they don't know.
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I've edited the wiki to point the link to the new award table (it was pointing to the old *A table). Also corrected the description "OneWorld" to "Non-OneWorld Partner" and the date for Avianca's exit to 31 May.
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