ANA (NH) Redemptions using VS Flying Club points - thread locked Sept 2022
Aug 5, 2021, 3:42 am
#1516
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 67
Question - I am now looking out to see if can any reward seats for myself for our trip to Japan - at the moment I have paid ticket bought from ANA for:
Glasgow - Frankfurt flying with Lufthansa
Frankfurt - Haneda via ANA
Haneda - Frankfurt via ANA
Frankfurt to Glasgow flying with Lufthansa
Now two of those flights have potential to get an ANA reward seats on, but if I am lucky enough to get one I would want to cancel that particular flight I have paid for, the question is would I have to cancel the ENTIRE booking, or could I keep the legs of the flights am not replacing with a reward seat?
If I want to cancel the Frankfurt to Haneda leg, can I keep the other flights, inc the Lufthansa ones??
Glasgow - Frankfurt flying with Lufthansa
Frankfurt - Haneda via ANA
Haneda - Frankfurt via ANA
Frankfurt to Glasgow flying with Lufthansa
Now two of those flights have potential to get an ANA reward seats on, but if I am lucky enough to get one I would want to cancel that particular flight I have paid for, the question is would I have to cancel the ENTIRE booking, or could I keep the legs of the flights am not replacing with a reward seat?
If I want to cancel the Frankfurt to Haneda leg, can I keep the other flights, inc the Lufthansa ones??
Aug 5, 2021, 4:18 am
#1517
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Question - I am now looking out to see if can any reward seats for myself for our trip to Japan - at the moment I have paid ticket bought from ANA for:
Glasgow - Frankfurt flying with Lufthansa
Frankfurt - Haneda via ANA
Haneda - Frankfurt via ANA
Frankfurt to Glasgow flying with Lufthansa
Now two of those flights have potential to get an ANA reward seats on, but if I am lucky enough to get one I would want to cancel that particular flight I have paid for, the question is would I have to cancel the ENTIRE booking, or could I keep the legs of the flights am not replacing with a reward seat?
If I want to cancel the Frankfurt to Haneda leg, can I keep the other flights, inc the Lufthansa ones??
Glasgow - Frankfurt flying with Lufthansa
Frankfurt - Haneda via ANA
Haneda - Frankfurt via ANA
Frankfurt to Glasgow flying with Lufthansa
Now two of those flights have potential to get an ANA reward seats on, but if I am lucky enough to get one I would want to cancel that particular flight I have paid for, the question is would I have to cancel the ENTIRE booking, or could I keep the legs of the flights am not replacing with a reward seat?
If I want to cancel the Frankfurt to Haneda leg, can I keep the other flights, inc the Lufthansa ones??
Aug 6, 2021, 9:23 am
#1518
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 601
Getting ready to book return leg of TYO-SEA in July 2022. Using search on United, I see 1 ticket on Saver, 1 on Everyday - both for Business. Does that mean I can book both via Virgin?
Aug 6, 2021, 9:36 am
#1520
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 98
Glad you found it. 
This thread has taught me that VS needs business saver availability, but I believe that United shows one seat under both categories. So United would really only have access to one seat but display it twice. If you book one seat in business class with VS you'll see that both disappear on the UA site.
Take the time to read through the whole thread. You'll learn a lot.
This thread has taught me that VS needs business saver availability, but I believe that United shows one seat under both categories. So United would really only have access to one seat but display it twice. If you book one seat in business class with VS you'll see that both disappear on the UA site.
Take the time to read through the whole thread. You'll learn a lot.
Aug 8, 2021, 10:07 am
#1521
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 601
Im looking to book TYO-NYC on july 10-12 dates... called VS and they said my dates dont open till next week (that makes sense, thats about 330 days out) -- saw 1 award NRT-SFO-LGA but that may be under a different award release bucket?
Aug 8, 2021, 10:13 am
#1522
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 940
Booking for the NRT-SFO will open in 5 days time.
Whether Virgin will be able to book you the SFO-LGA depends on the carrier (for one thing)… as the second leg you’ve found may not be with someone they partner with?
Delta options all seem to involve a further stop in DTW/MSP/ATL.
Whether Virgin will be able to book you the SFO-LGA depends on the carrier (for one thing)… as the second leg you’ve found may not be with someone they partner with?
Delta options all seem to involve a further stop in DTW/MSP/ATL.
Aug 8, 2021, 10:24 am
#1523
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 98
This is a handy website to calculate when the 331 date is: Calculator: Add to or subtract from a date (timeanddate.com)
Aug 8, 2021, 10:43 am
#1524
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 601
Booking for the NRT-SFO will open in 5 days time.
Whether Virgin will be able to book you the SFO-LGA depends on the carrier (for one thing)… as the second leg you’ve found may not be with someone they partner with?
Delta options all seem to involve a further stop in DTW/MSP/ATL.
Whether Virgin will be able to book you the SFO-LGA depends on the carrier (for one thing)… as the second leg you’ve found may not be with someone they partner with?
Delta options all seem to involve a further stop in DTW/MSP/ATL.
Aug 8, 2021, 10:48 am
#1525
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 601
Booking opens 331 days out at 7am UK time.
This is a handy website to calculate when the 331 date is: Calculator: Add to or subtract from a date (timeanddate.com)
This is a handy website to calculate when the 331 date is: Calculator: Add to or subtract from a date (timeanddate.com)
Aug 8, 2021, 11:23 am
#1526
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 98
(assuming you want/can do First, unfortunately there's no business showing)
Last edited by DesperateDan; Aug 8, 2021 at 11:39 am
Aug 8, 2021, 2:03 pm
#1527
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 601
I shall (or my wife and son shall) suffer! :-D
Aug 10, 2021, 7:38 am
#1528
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 601
So United has access to NH award inventory before Virgin, then? I see NH awards popping up searching United!
Aug 10, 2021, 7:42 am
#1529
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: NJ
Programs: UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 511