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re: Miles / Points travel consulting
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:39 am to BlackenedOut
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:39 am to BlackenedOut
Sorry - yes i realize that there are other airline partners i can transfer to, however i currently only have Delta and United accounts.
Actually, my not well phrased initial query was directly related to this. Is there a painless way to explore opportunities for lower mile redemptions with other airlines, especially international carriers.
Actually, my not well phrased initial query was directly related to this. Is there a painless way to explore opportunities for lower mile redemptions with other airlines, especially international carriers.
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Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:54 am to DandyPimp
I have some bad news.
As someone who booked Japan for April 2024, you should have already been looking for seats a month ago when the schedule opened up. It's gonna be a tough road now if you want business class.
You will likely also have to widen your search to possibly look going via Taiwan/Hong Kong/S. Korea.
ANA just doesn't release seats anymore. Used to be easy to book them to Japan.
JAL is the night 330 days out you can get them. Then you're pretty much SOL until a week before departure when they release business seats again. With how difficult this may be for you now, you actually may want to use a service to get it done. When I was looking 330 days out, some days SFO would have 6-8 business seats available. 60k each one way using AA. Alaska got access too late so their miles are worthless for this type of booking currently.
Lastly, you're booking during when it's hot and typhoon season. Good for pricing and it won't be crowded, but FYI on why that is.
As someone who booked Japan for April 2024, you should have already been looking for seats a month ago when the schedule opened up. It's gonna be a tough road now if you want business class.
You will likely also have to widen your search to possibly look going via Taiwan/Hong Kong/S. Korea.
ANA just doesn't release seats anymore. Used to be easy to book them to Japan.
JAL is the night 330 days out you can get them. Then you're pretty much SOL until a week before departure when they release business seats again. With how difficult this may be for you now, you actually may want to use a service to get it done. When I was looking 330 days out, some days SFO would have 6-8 business seats available. 60k each one way using AA. Alaska got access too late so their miles are worthless for this type of booking currently.
Lastly, you're booking during when it's hot and typhoon season. Good for pricing and it won't be crowded, but FYI on why that is.
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 11:02 am
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:15 am to DandyPimp
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Sorry - yes i realize that there are other airline partners i can transfer to, however i currently only have Delta and United accounts.
It's easy to open accounts with other airlines and book with miles. AmEx and Chase both transfer to Air Canada Aeroplan and Alaska MileagePlus which are good for Asia redemptions.
SkyPesos are worthless and United miles are only good when booking on partner metal.
There are also paid services that show award availability and will send you an alert when something opens up. Look at ExpertFlyer.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 12:32 pm to DandyPimp
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however i currently only have Delta and United accounts.
It takes two minutes to set up an account.
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