ANA (NH) Redemptions using VS Flying Club points - thread locked Sept 2022
Jan 7, 2020, 1:31 pm
#841
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: MAN,POZ
Programs: Tinder Plus
Posts: 116
Any experiences on redeeming Virgin Atlantic miles on Hawaii Airlines ?
Jan 7, 2020, 1:34 pm
#842
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SoCal
Programs: UA Plat, National Exec Elite
Posts: 833
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/virg...vs-points.html
Jan 9, 2020, 9:02 pm
#843
Join Date: Mar 2007
Programs: UA MP, NW WP, AA
Posts: 719
I tried to book a couple first/business class seats around Thanksgiving. I did my homework and saw award availability on United.com. However, when I called Flying Club an agent said he couldn’t confirm the same flights I had seen on United. I even logged on to United and saw availability while I was talking to the agent on the phone. What should I do?
Jan 10, 2020, 1:13 pm
#844
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 27
I tried to book a couple first/business class seats around Thanksgiving. I did my homework and saw award availability on United.com. However, when I called Flying Club an agent said he couldn’t confirm the same flights I had seen on United. I even logged on to United and saw availability while I was talking to the agent on the phone. What should I do?
Jan 16, 2020, 9:40 am
#845
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: DC
Programs: AA PPRO, HH Diamond, National EE
Posts: 603
Award change policy
Not sure if this needs to go over to the VA forum or not but we will see.
If I do a R/T JFK-TYO, find JFK-TYO in economy and TYO-JFK in first, I can switch the JFK-TYO portion of the flight to business or first when it becomes available a week or two out?
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
If I do a R/T JFK-TYO, find JFK-TYO in economy and TYO-JFK in first, I can switch the JFK-TYO portion of the flight to business or first when it becomes available a week or two out?
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
Jan 16, 2020, 10:53 am
#846
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: DC
Programs: AA PPRO, HH Diamond, National EE
Posts: 603
If I do a R/T JFK-TYO, find JFK-TYO in economy and TYO-JFK in first, I can switch the JFK-TYO portion of the flight to business or first when it becomes available a week or two out?
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
Jan 16, 2020, 6:18 pm
#847
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Tokyo
Programs: JAL Metal Card (OWE), SAS Eurobonus Gold (*G), Marriott Titanium (LTP), Tokyu Hotels Platinum
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If I do a R/T JFK-TYO, find JFK-TYO in economy and TYO-JFK in first, I can switch the JFK-TYO portion of the flight to business or first when it becomes available a week or two out?
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
For NH points, if you pay for it as an F redemption return, you can change the flight to F should it become available.
Jan 16, 2020, 6:43 pm
#848
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: New York, NY
Programs: IHG Spire Ambassador, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 456
If I do a R/T JFK-TYO, find JFK-TYO in economy and TYO-JFK in first, I can switch the JFK-TYO portion of the flight to business or first when it becomes available a week or two out?
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
Can I do this when I do the flight with VA points?
Would I contact ANA or VA to make the change? Thanks.
Jan 16, 2020, 8:46 pm
#849
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: DC
Programs: AA PPRO, HH Diamond, National EE
Posts: 603
Yes, sorry wrong identifier. Ok, just wanted to make sure I could do it. I found F class from TYO-JFK in Dec but no outbound. Just wanted to make sure if I waited and risked it I could make the change. Now I just have to figure out how to get to MLE from TYO r/t. A good problem to have though.
Jan 17, 2020, 7:35 am
#850
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 10
I've been reading through the forums, but I'm new please excuse my question if it is obvious to most.
I want to book 3 1st or Bus tickets from US to Asia from mid December (preferably 10th) but flexible a bit, and come back Jan 2-6 range. Are three tickets in that range a pipe dream? My thought was Delta or ANA planes (Delta a series of one ways or ANA round)
I'd appreciate any advice on strategy or thoughts on this.
I want to book 3 1st or Bus tickets from US to Asia from mid December (preferably 10th) but flexible a bit, and come back Jan 2-6 range. Are three tickets in that range a pipe dream? My thought was Delta or ANA planes (Delta a series of one ways or ANA round)
I'd appreciate any advice on strategy or thoughts on this.
Jan 17, 2020, 7:49 am
#851
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SoCal
Programs: UA Plat, National Exec Elite
Posts: 833
I've been reading through the forums, but I'm new please excuse my question if it is obvious to most.
I want to book 3 1st or Bus tickets from US to Asia from mid December (preferably 10th) but flexible a bit, and come back Jan 2-6 range. Are three tickets in that range a pipe dream? My thought was Delta or ANA planes (Delta a series of one ways or ANA round)
I'd appreciate any advice on strategy or thoughts on this.
I want to book 3 1st or Bus tickets from US to Asia from mid December (preferably 10th) but flexible a bit, and come back Jan 2-6 range. Are three tickets in that range a pipe dream? My thought was Delta or ANA planes (Delta a series of one ways or ANA round)
I'd appreciate any advice on strategy or thoughts on this.
Jan 17, 2020, 11:37 am
#852
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Fortune Wings Club Gold
Posts: 358
I've been reading through the forums, but I'm new please excuse my question if it is obvious to most.
I want to book 3 1st or Bus tickets from US to Asia from mid December (preferably 10th) but flexible a bit, and come back Jan 2-6 range. Are three tickets in that range a pipe dream? My thought was Delta or ANA planes (Delta a series of one ways or ANA round)
I'd appreciate any advice on strategy or thoughts on this.
I want to book 3 1st or Bus tickets from US to Asia from mid December (preferably 10th) but flexible a bit, and come back Jan 2-6 range. Are three tickets in that range a pipe dream? My thought was Delta or ANA planes (Delta a series of one ways or ANA round)
I'd appreciate any advice on strategy or thoughts on this.
Jan 17, 2020, 2:21 pm
#854
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Fortune Wings Club Gold
Posts: 358
Yes, Jan 10-12 could be possible. You may want to look into using ANA miles for this. Due to seasonality, if you departed regular season mid-December (before Dec 17) and returned low season Jan 10-12 (assuming availability), you could get it business for 80k ANA miles round trip per person.
Last edited by aquanine; Jan 17, 2020 at 2:22 pm Reason: clarify round trip
Jan 17, 2020, 4:31 pm
#855
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 10
Yes, Jan 10-12 could be possible. You may want to look into using ANA miles for this. Due to seasonality, if you departed regular season mid-December (before Dec 17) and returned low season Jan 10-12 (assuming availability), you could get it business for 80k ANA miles round trip per person.
Using the tips about looking for availability with United's reward finder, I agree that I'll almost certainly (if I'm lucky) need to split seats between B/F