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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1540 on: November 10, 2015, 02:57:10 PM »
If you are not stopping over, then this can for sure be done in UA and prob others

The stops are not necessary at all.
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1541 on: November 11, 2015, 12:54:33 PM »
Trying to book LH F Class. Showing availability on United and ANA website but when I call Singapore to book they tell me they see it as wait listed. What's the deal?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1542 on: November 11, 2015, 12:56:19 PM »
Trying to book LH F Class. Showing availability on United and ANA website but when I call Singapore to book they tell me they see it as wait listed. What's the deal?

Do you see it on AC? UA can sometimes be Phantom availability.
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« Reply #1543 on: November 11, 2015, 12:59:41 PM »
Trying to book LH F Class. Showing availability on United and ANA website but when I call Singapore to book they tell me they see it as wait listed. What's the deal?

HUCA

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1544 on: November 11, 2015, 01:00:10 PM »
Do you see it on AC? UA can sometimes be Phantom availability.

ANA is usually the most accurate.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1545 on: November 11, 2015, 01:01:06 PM »
Trying to book LH F Class. Showing availability on United and ANA website but when I call Singapore to book they tell me they see it as wait listed. What's the deal?
HUCA HUCA HUCA and don't give up. I had similar issue and got my flight after two days.
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1546 on: November 11, 2015, 01:03:43 PM »
ANA is usually the most accurate.

1) ANA
2) AC
3) UA

or

1) ANA & AC
2) UA
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1547 on: November 11, 2015, 01:08:31 PM »
1) ANA
2) AC
3) UA


or

1) ANA & AC
2) UA

That one

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1548 on: November 11, 2015, 01:09:46 PM »
HUCA HUCA HUCA and don't give up. I had similar issue and got my flight after two days.
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I had a similar issue a couple months ago, after about 2 hours worth HUCA a rep finally got it.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1549 on: November 11, 2015, 01:30:08 PM »
Do you see it on AC? UA can sometimes be Phantom availability.

It's not showing on AC, but still showing on UA and ANA. Is it possible that only UA has access, I had read somewhere that ppl have been having success booking UA when SQ couldn't

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1550 on: November 11, 2015, 01:32:12 PM »
It's not showing on AC, but still showing on UA and ANA. Is it possible that only UA has access, I had read somewhere that ppl have been having success booking UA when SQ couldn't

No, if it's showing on ANA, SQ has access to it. HUCA, HUCA, HUCA.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1551 on: November 11, 2015, 01:37:12 PM »
HUCA HUCA HUCA and don't give up. I had similar issue and got my flight after two days.

Was it showing on AC when you were able to book it after HUCA. It's not showing on AC and I have tried to HUCA, I am hesitant to move miles into SQ until I know it's bookable

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1552 on: November 11, 2015, 02:04:16 PM »
Was it showing on AC when you were able to book it after HUCA. It's not showing on AC and I have tried to HUCA, I am hesitant to move miles into SQ until I know it's bookable

No.

What good is it for you to HUCA, if you have no miles in your account, you can't book it anyway?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1553 on: November 11, 2015, 02:18:25 PM »
No.

What good is it for you to HUCA, if you have no miles in your account, you can't book it anyway?

I wanted to make sure it's bookable and what the taxes were before I transferred miles in. They were able to look up the flight as if I was booking it and told me that there was only wait list available but I could book LH F the next day if I transferred the miles. I HUCA a few times and they each told me the same thing, don't think it mattered I didn't have miles in account.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1554 on: November 11, 2015, 02:39:54 PM »
I wanted to make sure it's bookable and what the taxes were before I transferred miles in. They were able to look up the flight as if I was booking it and told me that there was only wait list available but I could book LH F the next day if I transferred the miles. I HUCA a few times and they each told me the same thing, don't think it mattered I didn't have miles in account.

Transfer isn't instant, availability can come and go in the interim.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1555 on: November 11, 2015, 02:42:16 PM »
Transfer isn't instant, availability can become available or lost in the interim.

I know, but I wanted to as least see if it was phantom before I transferred them and how much cash I would have to lay out.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1556 on: November 11, 2015, 02:42:39 PM »
I know, but I wanted to as least see if it was phantom before I transferred them and how much cash I would have to lay out.

What route?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1558 on: November 11, 2015, 02:58:16 PM »
EWR-FRA-TLV in LH F

IIRC it's somewhere between $350-$400

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1559 on: November 11, 2015, 03:17:48 PM »
IIRC it's somewhere between $350-$400

Thanks, if you are sure that they will be able to book me if ANA is showing avail then I will transfer the points and HUCA like crazy. Thanks