Author Topic: Star Alliance Award Search Tips  (Read 831136 times)

Offline jaywhy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2012
  • Posts: 3768
  • Total likes: 68
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1000 on: July 09, 2014, 03:45:27 PM »
Life Miles. All others like ANA (who has a great award chart) will charge you heavy YQ.
Pretty sure you can't book any Austrian flights with Lifemiles because they are coded as being operated by Tyrolean and LM can't see that.

Offline KidOOO

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 1821
  • Total likes: 16
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 2
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: NY
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1001 on: July 09, 2014, 03:47:57 PM »
Pretty sure you can't book any Austrian flights with Lifemiles because they are coded as being operated by Tyrolean and LM can't see that.

That would explain it

Offline ilherman

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *********
  • Join Date: Jun 2013
  • Posts: 8935
  • Total likes: 227
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 35
    • View Profile
  • Location: Brooklyn
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1002 on: July 09, 2014, 03:51:14 PM »
Pretty sure you can't book any Austrian flights with Lifemiles because they are coded as being operated by Tyrolean and LM can't see that.
I thought he was talking about ANA, but anyway.. Why can't LM see Tyrolean operated flights?
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

Offline jaywhy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2012
  • Posts: 3768
  • Total likes: 68
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1003 on: July 09, 2014, 03:59:53 PM »
I thought he was talking about ANA, but anyway.. Why can't LM see Tyrolean operated flights?
Want to continue this convo in the Lifemiles master thread? ;)

Offline Thingywingy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2011
  • Posts: 4789
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 24
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1004 on: July 17, 2014, 06:46:03 PM »
I am unable to search for flights to Idaho Falls (IDA), Billings (BIL), Cody (COD), and some other smaller airport on ANA. Whats my best option?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

Offline AJK

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 20K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 25419
  • Total likes: 721
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 15
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Programs: United Concierge Key; Delta Global Services; American Chairman; US Airways 1K; Hilton Sapphire; Hyatt Tritium; Marriott Californium; Starwood Kryptonium; Hertz Plutonium; National Adamantium, Avis Executive Proactanium
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1005 on: July 17, 2014, 07:02:43 PM »
Use UA?
2015: 116K bkd | 1.6M brnd | F: OZ,NH,AA,EK | J: UA,CA,TK,DL,TN,AF,VA | LIH,NRT,ROR,PEK,CNS,BOB,MEL,TLV & Pacific Hopper

Offline Thingywingy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2011
  • Posts: 4789
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 24
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1006 on: July 17, 2014, 07:50:16 PM »
Use UA?
But ANA is supposed to be more thorough.

If I see a segment on United thats available as part of longer trip; does that mean I can patch it with a different flight?
Example: ORD-DEN-SLC shows availability. EWR-DEN shows availability. Can I call up for EWR-DEN-SLC? Even though it doesn't come up when searching EWR-SLC?

Is there a way to search all flights going into a specific airport?
« Last Edit: July 17, 2014, 08:09:39 PM by Thingywingy »
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

Offline jaywhy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2012
  • Posts: 3768
  • Total likes: 68
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1007 on: July 17, 2014, 08:24:24 PM »
But ANA is supposed to be more thorough.

If I see a segment on United thats available as part of longer trip; does that mean I can patch it with a different flight?
Example: ORD-DEN-SLC shows availability. EWR-DEN shows availability. Can I call up for EWR-DEN-SLC? Even though it doesn't come up when searching EWR-SLC?

Is there a way to search all flights going into a specific airport?
If you are searching UA metal, ua.com is better.
PUTPAC to book that.

Offline Thingywingy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2011
  • Posts: 4789
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 24
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1008 on: July 17, 2014, 10:42:55 PM »
If you are searching UA metal, ua.com is better.
PUTPAC to book that.
So your saying an agent would book that for me?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

Offline MEIR613

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Aug 2012
  • Posts: 4593
  • Total likes: 6
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1009 on: July 17, 2014, 10:43:40 PM »
So your saying an agent would book that for me?
[/quote
Yes

Offline Thingywingy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2011
  • Posts: 4789
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 24
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1010 on: July 18, 2014, 12:33:56 AM »
Is it a chiddush that I was able to find a flight by patching together segments, and that option didn't come up on ANA?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

Offline Thingywingy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2011
  • Posts: 4789
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 24
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1011 on: July 18, 2014, 03:21:50 PM »
Dont mean to be spamming the board but...got one more question. If there is award availability only when searching with an account that has expanded availability because the Explorer card, will that flight be available on Lufthansa?

Also pretty strange: When I search EWR-DEN on 8.10 it shows BIZ availability for EWR-BZN-DEN. When I search EWR-BZN same flight doesnt show up??
« Last Edit: July 18, 2014, 04:24:49 PM by Thingywingy »
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

Offline raccah

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Silver Elite
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2013
  • Posts: 562
  • Total likes: 7
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
    • View Profile
  • Location: Bay Area, CA
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1012 on: July 18, 2014, 04:23:17 PM »
Hey I need help getting to Israel, the best options there and back now still seem to be SA, AA had a GREAT deal, but no real way back at all, other than a day after I would arrive. Fly Blue has nothing, Avios has nothing.

Anyway, SFO to TLV and back Monday (the 21st) for a week. Is the best deal 160K and that is not even biz all the way, just biz there nad eco back. But is there better ideas? Need help, going to be meachem aval - not part of the war, just a friend's mother passed. Anyway, is 165K the best?

Thanks for any help..

Offline Joe4007

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Feb 2013
  • Posts: 4077
  • Total likes: 154
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 11
    • View Profile
  • Location: NY
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1013 on: July 21, 2014, 12:37:36 PM »
Dont mean to be spamming the board but...got one more question. If there is award availability only when searching with an account that has expanded availability because the Explorer card, will that flight be available on Lufthansa?
No.
Also pretty strange: When I search EWR-DEN on 8.10 it shows BIZ availability for EWR-BZN-DEN. When I search EWR-BZN same flight doesnt show up??
It's called a "Married Segment".

Offline Azis Papa

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jul 2013
  • Posts: 359
  • Total likes: 1
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 1
    • View Profile
  • Location: Sunny So. Florida
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1014 on: July 21, 2014, 03:03:38 PM »
I am trying to book an award flight with a free domestic one-way.  I haven't done this before.  I am trying to book it on UA.com as "multiple destinations" but it doesn't seem to work even though I am finding availability of each segment via one-way.  What am I doing wrong?

Offline AJK

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 20K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 25419
  • Total likes: 721
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 15
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Programs: United Concierge Key; Delta Global Services; American Chairman; US Airways 1K; Hilton Sapphire; Hyatt Tritium; Marriott Californium; Starwood Kryptonium; Hertz Plutonium; National Adamantium, Avis Executive Proactanium
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1015 on: July 21, 2014, 03:07:26 PM »
UA award search is full of bugs. PUTPAC.
2015: 116K bkd | 1.6M brnd | F: OZ,NH,AA,EK | J: UA,CA,TK,DL,TN,AF,VA | LIH,NRT,ROR,PEK,CNS,BOB,MEL,TLV & Pacific Hopper

Offline ilherman

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *********
  • Join Date: Jun 2013
  • Posts: 8935
  • Total likes: 227
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 35
    • View Profile
  • Location: Brooklyn
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1016 on: July 21, 2014, 03:12:09 PM »
I am trying to book an award flight with a free domestic one-way.  I haven't done this before.  I am trying to book it on UA.com as "multiple destinations" but it doesn't seem to work even though I am finding availability of each segment via one-way.  What am I doing wrong?
What are the flights?
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

Offline Thingywingy

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Sep 2011
  • Posts: 4789
  • Total likes: 46
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 24
    • View Profile
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1017 on: July 21, 2014, 03:55:22 PM »
Also pretty strange: When I search EWR-DEN on 8.10 it shows BIZ availability for EWR-BZN-DEN. When I search EWR-BZN same flight doesnt show up??
It's called a "Married Segment".
So even if I call up I wont be able to get the "single" ;D flight by itself?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

Offline Azis Papa

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jul 2013
  • Posts: 359
  • Total likes: 1
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 1
    • View Profile
  • Location: Sunny So. Florida
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1018 on: July 22, 2014, 12:38:26 AM »
What are the flights?
JFK - TLV  (8/27-9/1),  TLV - FLL/PBI (10/20-10/23), - CLE (10/30).  TIA for any help.

Offline meshugener

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *********
  • Join Date: Feb 2012
  • Posts: 6887
  • Total likes: 62
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 4
  • Gender: Female
    • View Profile
  • Location: DDF
  • Programs: Amex Platinum, Chase Freedom 10X10 Exclusives, Avis Presidents Club, National Executive, Hertz 5 Star, Hilton Gold, Accor Platinum, Hyatt Platinum, Marriott Silver, SPG Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1019 on: July 22, 2014, 04:29:21 PM »
Anyone notice the new website layout for M&M award search?
Love me or hate me. I still love you.