Oct 14, 2013, 4:55 pm
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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]
Dec 15, 2013, 3:46 pm
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Star Alliance Award Bookings Using US Airways Miles - FAQ and Help Thread [MERGED]
LH would display the entire trip but it only operate the first leg.
Dec 15, 2013, 3:47 pm
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US gave their agents (and trained them on) a tool to decide whether a routing is "most direct" earlier this year. Since that tool uses 25MPM to make that decision, MPM is indeed an extremely important criterion that can't be ignored anymore.
Crossing both oceans is perfectly fine. An RTW involves multiple stopovers over 24h.
Crossing both oceans is perfectly fine. An RTW involves multiple stopovers over 24h.
Dec 15, 2013, 3:49 pm
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indeed. Some airlines will display more.
But all my experience with retrieving my itineraries on UA has been the immediate inbound flight and any successive flights for baggage tag purposes (and also for irrops).
But all my experience with retrieving my itineraries on UA has been the immediate inbound flight and any successive flights for baggage tag purposes (and also for irrops).
Dec 15, 2013, 4:19 pm
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Dec 15, 2013, 6:17 pm
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i already booked a ticket to asia via europe. in the middle of the trip, i plan to skip a flight to travel with my friend. would it affect the following flights i have on the same itinerary?
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Dec 15, 2013, 6:22 pm
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Correct! Don't do it!!!!
Dec 15, 2013, 7:04 pm
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What would be the sweet spots if the trip is originating in south Asia like SIN or BKK??? Any guru?
Dec 15, 2013, 7:46 pm
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Dec 15, 2013, 9:02 pm
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Dec 15, 2013, 9:51 pm
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Dec 15, 2013, 10:28 pm
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If booking a combination *A/US award, how far out will agents be able to see US award availability? I ask because while the US website only shows flights up to 334 days from now (i.e., 11/14/2014), the UA website is able to "see" and book US flights out to 337 days (11/17/2014).
If I call up US directly, will they be able to book those few extra days out despite it not showing on the website, if it's done in combination with other *A carriers? I know that generally speaking, US' systems are able to see other *A carriers out to 337 days. So it seems weird that other *A customers would get access to certain US flights before US customers actually do.
If I call up US directly, will they be able to book those few extra days out despite it not showing on the website, if it's done in combination with other *A carriers? I know that generally speaking, US' systems are able to see other *A carriers out to 337 days. So it seems weird that other *A customers would get access to certain US flights before US customers actually do.
Dec 15, 2013, 10:49 pm
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I haven't used the ANA tool in a while -- and it seems to be limiting the number of searches.
I get this message: "It is not possible to search several times in a row."
Is this something new?
Also, before that message appeared, I receives a series of prompts asking me to enter numbers/letters to prevent "fraud."
I get this message: "It is not possible to search several times in a row."
Is this something new?
Also, before that message appeared, I receives a series of prompts asking me to enter numbers/letters to prevent "fraud."
Dec 15, 2013, 11:19 pm
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Dec 16, 2013, 5:12 am
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Thanks much. Should we be updating the wiki (at the top) with some of these current issues? Reading the last 10 pages it sounds like far in advance bookings with SQ (Singapore) and UA (United) are very limited, in addition to LH (Lufthansa). Also, no First Class on any NH (All Nippon) or LH. I guess it is a little hard due to not knowing the poster and/ or reliability of agent info....
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