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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1260 on: October 23, 2014, 03:57:30 PM »
What's the best way to book TG F/J from BKK-NRT?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1261 on: October 23, 2014, 04:07:29 PM »
15K/25K with AC + YQ.
And you can only book RT.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1262 on: October 24, 2014, 10:22:18 AM »
Any good search engine for star alliance? KVS tells me its too complex to search from BKK-MIA

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1263 on: October 24, 2014, 10:28:54 AM »
Segment by segment is the only true way to do award searching.

It takes time and effort, but you can get some beautiful itineraries.
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1264 on: October 24, 2014, 11:18:02 AM »
Segment by segment is the only true way to do award searching.

It takes time and effort, but you can get some beautiful itineraries.

I am not so well versed in the cities that OW goes through...
Anyone up for the challenge? I'm willing to pay.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1265 on: October 24, 2014, 11:23:02 AM »
I am not so well versed in the cities that OW goes through...
Anyone up for the challenge? I'm willing to pay.
Are you looking for Star or Oneworld?
Just search route with Matrix and then search a route you like with UA or Aeroplan.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1266 on: October 24, 2014, 11:30:12 AM »
Are you looking for Star or Oneworld?
Just search route with Matrix and then search a route you like with UA or Aeroplan.

What ever has better stops/cheaper.

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« Reply #1267 on: October 24, 2014, 12:48:12 PM »
I am not so well versed in the cities that OW goes through...
Anyone up for the challenge? I'm willing to pay.

How much?  :D

What class?
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1268 on: October 29, 2014, 10:31:21 AM »
i cant seem to get expert mode to display available seats. i see its on. tried deleting cookies, incognito , nada !! any suggestions on how to get it to work ?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1269 on: October 29, 2014, 01:12:52 PM »
Is there a way to book ANA earlier than 4 days in advance? I found a flight on united from JFK to TLV via IST for 80,000 miles (Business) this Sunday Nov 2nd. If I can book it through ANA it's basically half the price. I have Chase UR points, Amex MR points, and SPG points available.

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1270 on: November 06, 2014, 06:54:24 PM »
Can you hold flights on ANA?
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1271 on: November 06, 2014, 07:02:02 PM »
Can you hold flights on ANA?
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Officially no, but I remember someone on DDF managed to convince them to put on hold.
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1272 on: November 09, 2014, 02:58:43 AM »
Officially no, but I remember someone on DDF managed to convince them to put on hold.
It was @meshugener,no? (I just spent an enjoyable last few days reading through this thread :-))

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1273 on: November 09, 2014, 04:43:49 PM »
booked a TLV-FRA- LAX on LH in I on the UA website. I need a second seat on that flight (could be economy) but nothing doing. I remembered that I have about 55K LH miles so I tried directly on their site, and nothing. Does anyone know if that usually opens up?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1274 on: November 20, 2014, 11:33:38 AM »

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1275 on: November 20, 2014, 12:10:27 PM »
A new *A program on the way

Without a CC transfer partner, I'm not sure why this is even news :P
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1276 on: November 20, 2014, 01:13:28 PM »
Without a CC transfer partner, I'm not sure why this is even news :P
Mileage programs created by Latin Americans tend to be quite fun ;D

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1277 on: November 20, 2014, 02:59:19 PM »
which are the best STAR miles to use overall including taxes/yq for NYC to PVG?

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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1278 on: November 20, 2014, 03:22:12 PM »

which are the best STAR miles to use overall including taxes/yq for NYC to PVG?

What class
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Re: Star Alliance Award Search Tips
« Reply #1279 on: November 20, 2014, 07:37:48 PM »
If I wanna go from NY to FL or to somewhere else ( was just for a example)  the best way would be to search for a flight from NY to anywhere in the USA but with a stop in FL...  Now my question is where can I search that the connecting flight should be only in FL if I will search just for a connecting flight it will probably not show up that certain state where I want the flight should connect.  Can I search it on ana?  Where can I?