Star Alliance Award Search Tips

[benjie1305]

Best option to search CA?  ANA?

Oy is all I can say.

Yes ANA is seemingly the only way to see space but that won't help with no one being able to ticket this for you.

[Marco Polo]

Great.

At least I have a few months.

[mmm740]

Best option to search CA?  ANA?

EF under flight availability, fare codes O  and I.

[Marco Polo]

EF under flight availability, fare codes O  and I.

Thanks.

[Mech]

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[eliteflyer]

Would like to book SIN Suites Class JFK-FRA, then LH business or economy FRA-RAK. Is 1:10 minutes a workable connection time between the two? I have UA miles and can transfer UR to Krisflyer. Best to book as separate tickets? (Krisflyer for the Singapore leg and UA for the LH leg)?

SIN Depart JFK 12/24/15: 8:20pm arrive FRA 12/25 9:50
LH Depart 12/25/15: 11:00am arrive RAK 1:50pm

[D93]

Would like to book SIN Suites Class JFK-FRA, then LH business or economy FRA-RAK. Is 1:10 minutes a workable connection time between the two?

Yes

I have UA miles and can transfer UR to Krisflyer. Best to book as separate tickets? (Krisflyer for the Singapore leg and UA for the LH leg)?

Booking it all with SQ will cost you 75k.
Booking with SQ + UA will cost you 57,375 + 15k/27.5k

IMO book it all with SQ.

[a mirrer]

Yes

Booking it all with SQ will cost you 75k.
Booking with SQ + UA will cost you 57,375 + 15k/27.5k

IMO book it all with SQ.

and if it's one ticket you are protected if there are delays

[D93]

and if it's one ticket you are protected if there are delays

Exactly why I said -

IMO book it all with SQ.

[Joe4007]

Exactly why I said meant

FTFY

[eliteflyer]

Thanks, guys. Suites is only available as a waitlist for Saver level right now. Can I combine a waitlisted award with the confirmed LH leg (and cancel if Suites doesn't open)?

[eliteflyer]

Yes

Booking it all with SQ will cost you 75k.
Booking with SQ + UA will cost you 57,375 + 15k/27.5k

IMO book it all with SQ.

Issue now is that the FRA-RAK is apparently a married segment that has no award space on its own or connecting to a SIN flight from JFK(but is OK connecting with the LH flight from JFK) Any suggestions to wed the segment to SIN?

[a mirrer]

if ua and ana show availability in lh f but ef,aeroplan and avianca don't and sq over the phone x15 doesn't see it is it phantom space or huca

[benjie1305]

if ua and ana show availability in lh f but ef,aeroplan and avianca don't and sq over the phone x15 doesn't see it is it phantom space or huca

UA can be phantom. When is this flight for? Is it within 2 weeks of the flight? I find AC to be very reliable.

[Tom Brady]

What's the best place to search Air NZ availability, and is there ever any in J AKL-SIN?

[Emkay]

What's the best place to search Air NZ availability, and is there ever any in J AKL-SIN?

Use UA.bomb but good luck

[AJK]

Some of the toughest awards in the business. Even rarer than QF F. The only route I've seen available is China, I think PVG-AKL.

[Tom Brady]

Use UA.bomb but good luck

Thanks.

Some of the toughest awards in the business. Even rarer than QF F. The only route I've seen available is China, I think PVG-AKL.

Wow, I knew that it was rare, but I didn't realize that it was rarer than QF rare. I was hoping that it wouldn't be too bad on the non U.S. routes.

[AJK]

It's definitely more likely on non-US routes, but still unicorn-ish.

[loveddeals]

For now, I have been able to price SFO-LHR, FCO-ATH, ATH-SFO on United.com for 3 tickets for 180,000 miles + $531.78 (taxes). Funny thing is tax from SFO - LHR is $18 for all 3, and other 2 flights add over $500 in taxes. Is it possible to lower the taxes somehow?

Possible to add another open jaw (like Zurich or Berlin) in this route somewhere? I only have one open jaw right now.