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  1. October 26th, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    sam said,

    Want to use American Express points to fly Bussiness Class to Vietnam in July.

    Which airline will give me the ticket for the least amount of points? Can I fly from New York into Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City and out of Siem Reap Cambodia?

  2. October 28th, 2010 at 1:46 am

    lucky said,

    @ sam — On most airlines you can do an open jaw ticket, which would be flying into one city and out of another, as you describe. The airline that would require the lowest number of points is entirely dependent upon the availability for the dates you need to travel. Feel free to send me an email at ben@pointspros.com with more details and I should be able to help out.

  3. November 9th, 2010 at 8:37 pm

    Ben said,

    I noticed you are a college student, and was just wondering how you are able to travel so much. I am a college student as well, and would love to be able to travel 300,000 miles per year and gain elite status. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time or money.

  4. December 7th, 2010 at 3:55 am

    Simon Chen said,

    Lucky,

    I wanted to say how pleased I was with your award planning service. You handled the multiple changes, the time zone I was in (ie Singapore) and the never ending list of questions.

    Your service is worth every cent. I’m sorry it took so long to agree on a final itinerary.

    You are a true pro. I will definitely use you again.

    SIMON
    (eightblack)
    Moderator-EK Forum

    And tired 1K MM flier…

  5. February 3rd, 2011 at 8:02 am

    Eva said,

    I would like t o know how I can fly round tripMiami to London on Virgin using Amex points via ANA? I will pay you for your advice-we a
    are two people an have 130.000

  6. February 9th, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    johnny said,

    Lucky,
    Great blog- I need to know if I need your award help or not. Need to go to Ukraine next year with Mrs. via BA and 241 voucher. Will start in IAH and stopover in London and on to KBP. Is it easier to get awards in Business or First? Not usually a redemption issue but it will be during Soccer Euro 2012 hosted by Poland and Ukraine and I expect them to be more scarce. Should I call Call center 1 day before awards are released on internet?

    thanks

  7. February 10th, 2011 at 12:24 am

    lucky said,

    @ johnny — Generally speaking, first class awards are easier on BA than business class awards, and I find that to be especially true out of IAH. As far as whether or not you need my help, you are looking at a basic roundtrip, so if you plan far out and are persistent, you should probably be able to do it on your own. Otherwise, I’m always around!

  8. February 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    Phil (philemer on FT) said,

    Hi Ben,
    My wife & I each have 100K BA miles & would like to fly Business Class BOI-MUC (this Sept. or Oct.) to visit a friend for a few days, buy tix to LHR, tour England and Scotland and then fly home from LHR (or maybe out of Scotland). I know we can use partner AS to get us from BOI to a gateway city. Does this sound like something I could do easily? We are flexible on dates & cities.

    Phil

  9. February 23rd, 2011 at 9:50 am

    lucky said,

    @ Phil — British Airways does have pretty good award availability, and September and October aren’t *too* high season, so with a bit of flexibility that shouldn’t be too difficult. Just route through a hub with a lot of award availability (like DFW), and you should be good to go.

  10. March 26th, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    Kelly said,

    Looking for two tickets to Denver CO from DCA or Dulless using points from American Express. When I phone Am Ex they tell me to call airlines first. Call the airlines and they tell me I have to transfer miles first. But how do I know which airlines to trsf to when I don’t have a reservation??

  11. May 10th, 2011 at 9:55 am

    Kalboz said,

    Three of us flying in December LAX-BKK in business … what are our best options for award seats? How many miles needed?

  12. May 25th, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    Jeremy said,

    Hi Lucky,
    I have family in Hawaii so we fly out there alot I normaly fly out of Albuquerque NM on United and connect in SFO or LAX as it is cheper then doing ABQ-DEN-OGG or DEN-OGG. When I use miles I try to go for the SFO or LAX conections from ABQ way to much so I try direct from Denver and its perfect for me in terms of miles I would have to use can you please tell me why when I use money its cheper to go threw LAX or SFO then with miles and why its cheper to go threw Denver with miles then cash
    Thanks

  13. June 13th, 2011 at 2:30 am

    curt said,

    In April my United MP miles were about to expire. I tried to redeem them and a system glitch prevented me from being able to book anything. The miles then expired because I could not get support to fix the problem. It took me 6 weeks to get the miles back into my account, and now when I go in to book the same flights in July / Aug as before, they suddenly are 50,000 miles instead of 25.000. Is there a way to get them to give me the 25,000 rate? Also heard that on June 15th United is changing their MP redemptions too… will that help or will it not matter in this case?

  14. June 15th, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    Kim said,

    I recently got the Citi AA cards for both my DH and myself (150K each). I’m looking at AA.com for milessaver business class from SFO to CDG. However, there are no such award tickets available at this level. I’m looking out into march, april and may next year. I prefer to only use 100K for a round trip ticket. What aa shows on its website is 100K Anytime for one-way ticket. Do you have any suggestions? Should I try to redeem these miles on BA instead?

    Thanks,
    Kim

  15. June 27th, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    Tee said,

    Hi Lucky,

    The feedback on your PointsPros site is awesome. I’m just getting started building up miles and want to plan ahead to book a RT first class award trip to LHR next summer. I have about 63k combined miles with UA & CO. How can I find out how many miles I’ll need for the flight? And should I fly UA/CO or a Star Alliance partner? Thanks in advance!

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  17. July 11th, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    karen G said,

    Hi there,
    Love this site..now to my question..

    I was wondering if there are any credit cards that we Australian’s can sign up for in the USA that will give us Delta skymiles?? Seeing all the bonuses is driving me mad!!!
    Or any other ideas to boost our skymiles from “down under”.
    Thanks heaps
    Karen & Tony…..trying to get to the USA in style one point at a time :)

  18. July 13th, 2011 at 8:42 am

    Pat S. said,

    Hey I heard you on NPR this morning! Excellent tip on the coin idea but what kind of overhead costs are there. It appears a $25 roll of $1 coins is about $35 plus $4.95 and $7.95 per bag for shipping. What’s the final cost of your award points then? Again man, really great site! Especially dig the picture story. Great comments hehehehe. Pat

  19. July 14th, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Terry K said,

    I have 2.7 million miles on American Aadvantage program and that gives me annual Platnium. Is there any benefit of having 3 million miles except for conversation sake? i.e. Exec Plat?

  20. July 19th, 2011 at 7:02 am

    Hilary said,

    I have 175,000 miles on BA and was looking to fly my self and a friend to australia/new zealand in march of 2012. I have two questions. First, does Qantas open up more award spots as the date gets closer, or do they put them all out up front and once they are gone they are gone? Also, when I went through and selected a flight there were over $600 in fuel surcharges and taxes per ticket. Is this common, or is it something I should call and ask to have removed as with the American situation you mention above?

    Thank you for your advice!

  21. September 16th, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Morris said,

    we travel to Zurich from New York at least once a year to visit family. We would typically use points from amex to continental and go business first. (this is very important because my wife has back problems and simply can’t sit in coach for long stretches of time)

    The only airlines that fly to Zurich (nonstop) are: Swiss, Continental/UA; American & Delta (BUT Delta is summer only)

    I have about 600,000 amex points

    Should I transfer about 400,000 to Continental and then to UA (I do not like that idea because I do not know if I will like UA and I don’t like the idea of having so many points sitting at UA)

    Should I rely on the AmEx to BA transfer and then to AA when needed ( I don’t know what AA upgrade policy is or even if this is a viable solution)Apparently I can also use Unuted points on Swiss–that could be helpful

    Any other ideas?–I was confused by the advice I found in the net so far)

  22. September 18th, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Morris said,

    (I am new to this website–where would I find a response (if any) to my post on firda–I apologize if inapproporiate to ask

  23. September 22nd, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    Danny said,

    Quick question, who would you recommend Star Alliance wise for a mileage reward ticket (Singapore Airlines vs. Thai Airways) First or Business. Thinking about a trip to Asia for my 30th next year. Most likely Bangkok, also dying to go to Four Seasons Koh Samui, but main concern is over the water segment from LAX (home) or SFO.

  24. January 3rd, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    Patrick said,

    Warning! Under no circumstance transfer miles to British Air. They fraudulently advertise that you can take flights with your collected Avious milage but there flights are so limited that it is almost impossible to plan a flight on dates that you actually want to go. I tried 9 months in advance to get mid week tickets. They have plenty of flights available at full price but when I comes to actually redeeming miles they make it almost impossible, unless you want to go to perhaps Iceland in the dead of winter. I am getting the feeling they would like everyones miles to lapse before they actually have to honor their promises. I am thinking of a class action lawsuit for fraud and misrepresentation. Everyone who is collecting British miles beware.

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  26. January 16th, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Suzy Bright said,

    I want to book my flights using Delta Skymiles. When I checked online on Jan. 6 I got an award price of 62,500 per ticket. When I checked back the next day the same tickets were 80,000 each. Why the increase?

  27. February 7th, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Seva said,

    Hey, was thinking to book a flight from SFO – MSQ may 13-15 and back on may 31-jun3rd using 150000 BA miles… for 2 people or is that even possible? also have chase preferred 70k which i rather not use…. Thanks, would use your service if it is possible

  28. March 15th, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Marilyn Sorensen said,

    Why is it that I got to United mileage awards chart and there is nothing there that applies—no chart; nothing enabling me to click on it to get to this nebulous chart…..

    What’s the deal????

  29. April 18th, 2012 at 6:49 am

    Michael Hartmann said,

    Lucky, I just got off the skype phone with UA (am Gold and 2,000 miles from lifetime 1 million); they say that from BNE (Brisbane) to LAX they have NO FF flights on Starwood, and none from SYD to LAX on UA, in Dec. and Jan. They also say that since the merger they cannot provide upgrade awards (from HIR options are to fly Solomon Air. to BNE, or to VLI or NAN and from there to LAX via Air Pacific (Fiji) or via ANZealand. Wanted to upgrade that. So looks like if I want biz RT need to fly Air Pac. (old biz seats) as no options under $6000! Ideas?

  30. April 18th, 2012 at 6:50 am

    Michael Hartmann said,

    OOPS meant Star Alliance. No award flights in Biz or First from BNE, and no way to even consider giving upgrade should I buy a revenue econ on ANZ or another that services BNE – LAX (SQ).

  31. April 18th, 2012 at 7:08 am

    lucky said,

    @ Michael — As you know that’s absolute peak season, and unfortunately United has a complete shortage of options between Australia and the US. I’m afraid if you’re looking at using miles, the only option might be routing via Asia to the US, as that’s where the award availability is.

  32. May 9th, 2012 at 6:34 am

    Chris said,

    Even the routing through Asis during that time looks tough…at least for Skyteam, not sure about Star Alliance. I’m trying to book award space to Thailand in December/January through KE (best product for Skyteam to Asia from NYC IMO) and it’s more difficult by the day. I know it’s peak season but there’s got to be something.

  33. June 7th, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    econjon said,

    We’re saving up UR points to transfer to UA for a SAA C tix Jan 2014 (SAN-JNB). So two quick questions:
    1) How does the cancellation of LHR-CPT affect the expected likelihood of award seat availability?
    2) Would it behoove us to make friends with an experienced traveler who might be able to make bookings for us ;) ??

  34. June 11th, 2012 at 5:23 am

    Bill said,

    Hello! I am planning a trip with my wife and I to Singapore and Bali at the middle to end of July, 2013 I have over 600k miles with US Air. I would really, really love to cash them in for Singapore First Class from JFK. I know Singapore Air is very, very proud and stingy on their first class award tickets.

    At this point I am over a year from traveling…in the planning stages now. What are my chances for getting Singapore First Class tickets. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If not I will settle for Lufthansa First Class which I would be more than happy with as well.

    Thanks for your time and help!

  35. June 21st, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Avi said,

    I am late in planning a trip from SFO-DEL in mid-late November’12 using DL miles. Tried searching AMS/CDG to DEL and nothing came up for the whole November (using Expertflyer). Have not checked KE yet.
    Any suggestions? In the end, I might have to resort to using AA or Star Alliance miles but I have tons of DL miles I would like to burn.

  36. July 6th, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    Ish said,

    Hi Lucky,

    Am trying to get 2 HKG – LAX F redemptions with US miles. I’m trying to route via Europe for travel towards the end of July. Am struggling to find anything decent. I’ve got 260k miles to play with.

    Any suggestions or help would be appreciated!

  37. July 9th, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    Kathy said,

    What days / dates are considered “off peak”. I tried to schedule a flight for Aug.2,a Thursday, and the agent told me I would have to use 60,000 miles. If I traveled on Wednesday, the 1st, I could use 25,000.

  38. July 19th, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Ricardo said,

    Does lufthansa also limit 1st class award tickets to a couple of weeks before actual flight for mileageplus going out of caracas venezuela or bogota colombia? i’m trying a june 2013 trip to singapore with wife and found only business class to frankfurt Then no problem in first with Thai. please let me know if due to the specific question i need to contact you directly at points pros. thanks.

  39. July 24th, 2012 at 9:45 am

    Tim said,

    Lucky, have you thought about putting together city guides? ie hotel reviews, restaurant recommendations, and tourist suggestions? I know there is a lot of that stuff out there but I think your viewpoint is highly valued and for a nominal fee, say $4.99 I would certainly pay for guide from you. Just a thought.

  40. July 27th, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    Teri said,

    Lucky,
    Both my husband and I did the 100K points promo from BA last year. We don’t have any immediate plans to go to Europe. What’s the best way to make good use of the points for flights to Asia? Thanks.

  41. July 28th, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    POR said,

    My Dad has a BA CC account. He can no longer travel. He has enough points for my brother and I to buy two tickets to the UK. What is the best way to transfer the points? Can he transfer the points?

  42. August 21st, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    Aaron said,

    I NEED HELP! I convinced my fiancé to sign up for the British Airways 100k offer so that we could put the miles toward our honeymoon. We had no specific destination in mind but she mentioned the following: Hawaii, Caribbean, Europe (Spain, Morocco, France, Italy, Greece), Asia (Thailand, Vietnam). However, every destination I choose is not available for travel, racks up thousands of dollars in fees, and/or costs around 180k avios. Either I am missing something or this BA deal was a scam. I dread breaking the news to my fiancé since it was all my idea to get the card (in fact, I even convinced her to get the card in her name and not mine because I am a grad student and had no consistent income). I just want to make her happy and start our marriage off right!

    Our travel info:
    From: Chicago
    To: see list above or any other recommended honeymoon spot
    Dates: May 27-June 9 (approx). We are getting married on May 25.
    Avios: 96,000 (currently)-130k

  43. September 2nd, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    AAP said,

    @Aaron – those Avios points are not worthless. From Chicago, they are good for direct flights on American Airlines. Given that you have 100K Avios points and need 2 tickets, I’d redeem those for Hawaii or the Caribbean from Chicago. To get an idea of what flights are available, take a look at this interesting tool http://beta.awardtravelr.com , and select OneWorld as your alliance option. Otherwise, you can get on AA.com and select “Award Travel” to get an idea of seats available. If you see anything in the “saver” class, then you can redeem those via British Airways. Good luck!

  44. September 4th, 2012 at 5:04 am

    Scott said,

    Lucky,
    Do you still offer an award booking service. Thanks.

  45. October 18th, 2012 at 10:26 am

    Richard said,

    Hello all. I have a trip planned to Europe and booked a round trip/stop-over and open jaw business class award ticket with Delta. My question is, I need to get from Paris to Rome by air since I don’t want to make the long train journey and waste the almost full day doing so. I have about 55K American Express Reward Points that I can change into lots of different air programs. Which European (or American) airline has the best and cheapest one way award tickets in at least a business class (we will have one large suitcase a piece – 65 to 70# so business would be cheaper than paying a luggage upgrade fee)?

  46. October 18th, 2012 at 10:42 am

    lucky said,

    @ Richard — You’d be best off booking through Air France as they allow one-way awards and partner with Alitalia, so between those two airlines you’d have the most coverage between the two cities.

  47. October 27th, 2012 at 10:41 am

    AP said,

    I have 287,000 Delta Skymiles and would like to take faimly of 4 to England sometime in March. What would it take to fly someone other than Delta in Business class. Fly out of ATL. Thanks.

  48. October 27th, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    lucky said,

    @ AP — You’re looking at a minimum of 100,000 SkyMiles per person for roundtrip business class. And if Delta doesn’t have space you’ll want to focus on searching Air France.

  49. November 6th, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Viet said,

    Lucky,

    I’m trying to plan a trip to Paris/Munich in the spring. We’ll be flying out of Tampa and have nearly 100k AA miles and ~140k UR points so I was thinking of trying for business/first tickets. Thought you might be able to provide some insight with your experience flying from Tampa. Is there a way to avoid flying through london and would I be able to take advantage of stopovers from Tampa?
    Thanks

  50. November 6th, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Viet — Given that you want to fly business class, your best option would be to use American miles in one direction (50,000 miles per person per direction in business class) and Ultimate Rewards points transferred to United in theo ther direction (50,000 miles per person per direction in business class).

    With American you’re allowed a stopover at the North American gateway city, so that would be whichever airport you depart the US from.

  51. November 9th, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    Todd said,

    Hi Lucky,

    I have roughly 125K ANA Mileage club miles which I transferred from Amex MR a year ago. I’d like to use the miles on ANA’s premium product from the east coast to Asia. Can you suggest a good routing which would maximize the stopovers and also which city is it best to depart from.

    thanks

  52. November 9th, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Todd — ANA is extremely stingy with releasing first class award space, so the major challenge won’t be maximizing the routing but finding the space to begin with. The key is to travel January-March, when they actually release a fair amount of first class award space. Try to get on a flight coded as a “77W” instead of a “777,” as it will feature their newest first class product.

  53. November 11th, 2012 at 11:17 am

    Todd said,

    I must have not specified clearly. It seems my 125K miles would not let me fly first class, but rather business class. I would like to be on their newest aisle access product. Is there an itinerary that would could suggest that would let me go to Tokyo as well as a few other asian cities, but still stay within the mileage band?

    thank you

  54. November 17th, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    Adrian said,

    Hey Lucky!

    Wife and I BOTH just received our 40K bonus from the USAir Card…giving us 80K total.

    Any advice on what to do with these miles…anywhere close to enough for a Biz class trip to Carribbean/Europe….or should we wait another year and try and keep building those points up?

  55. November 20th, 2012 at 2:57 am

    David said,

    Lucky, have you had any luck booking an award ticket with US Dividend Miles from NA to North Asia via Africa(JNB stopover)? I know Europe is OK but heard rumors that it’s possible to route/stopover in JNB too for the same 90K miles in C class. Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated it. Thanks!

  56. November 20th, 2012 at 3:37 am

    lucky said,

    @ Adrian — Those cards are “churnable,” so I’d suggest keeping them for a while and then applying for them again in a few months so you can increase your totals. I share some of my favorite US Airways redemptions in this post:
    http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2012/03/22/us-airways-dividend-miles-award-redemption-basics/

    One other great option are their off peak awards to Europe for just 60,000 miles per person roundtrip in business class, which I wrote about here:
    http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2012/04/10/us-airways-off-peak-awards-are-an-amazing-deal/

    If you need to top off an account, US Airways frequently sells miles with a 100% bonus, so that would be a great way to top up a US Airways account.

  57. November 20th, 2012 at 3:38 am

    lucky said,

    @ David — Technically you’re not supposed to be able to, though US Airways has no way of validating routings, so in practice you could probably get away with it with the right agent.

  58. November 21st, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    Constantine said,

    Lucky,
    Would you take on booking an award trip from YYZ to BEG with 100K Alaska Air miles?

  59. November 30th, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    cyclotron said,

    We live in Iowa and the closest airport for us is Cedar Rapid (CID) but we can also use Moline (MLI). We are having a lot of trouble finding award flights during peak season such as spring break (March 16-24). We would love to go to a place such as Vegas, Miami, Hawaii or Seattle. However we can’t find any good award availability. The ones that are available are super expensive and I wonder if they are rational use of the points. Any advice you can give will be greatly appreciated.

  60. December 1st, 2012 at 7:13 am

    lucky said,

    @ cyclotron — Which program are your miles with?

  61. December 1st, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    cyclotron said,

    I have miles with American Airlines. I also have lots of ultimate rewards points and a good number of SPG points that I can transfer to other airlines.

  62. December 3rd, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    modhop said,

    Hey Lucky – Sent an email to pointspros.com yesterday but it looks like the site is down or gone today. Is it still a thing? -Jake

  63. December 3rd, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    lucky said,

    @ modhop — I apologize, our server was down today but is finally back up.

  64. December 5th, 2012 at 8:47 am

    Alex said,

    Trying to use Cathay Pacific points to book a trip on AA from JFK to LAX. Cathay says I need 30,000 points which I have. How do I see what flights have availability as there are literally hundreds of options non-stop and one-stop from NYC to LA??

    Thank you.
    -alex

  65. December 5th, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Alex — I’d suggest searching award space on aa.com. If “MileSaver” space shows as being available you should also be able to use Cathay Pacific miles for it.

  66. December 9th, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Amanda said,

    I’m in the process of planning a trip from DEN to SJO and am wanting to use my BA miles. I did this last year with a trip from SF to Hawaii. I know I can use AA but found a direct flight on Frontier (which partners with AA but not BA). Any tricks or work arounds that I could use? I’d so prefer the direct flight!

    Thanks for the help!

    Amanda

  67. December 9th, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Amanda — Unfortunately there’s no way to use BA miles for Frontier, even with a workaround.

  68. December 11th, 2012 at 8:57 am

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  69. December 19th, 2012 at 2:39 am

    Franek said,

    Currently have a bunch of miles on my M&M account and I’m planning to book 5 award tickets in United domestic First Class NYC-ANC in July, is it douable? Where to find avabilty, because i will have to make a booking via call centre?

  70. December 19th, 2012 at 9:35 am

    Neal said,

    Hi Lucky
    Long time reader. Maybe just some quick advice. My wife wants to take a trip to hong kong. I have plenty of Amex, UA, Ultimate rewards points. We want to go 1st class or at least business from EWR. what would be my best bet and cheapest in points. Thanks Hope to meet you in MacLean in April for the seminar

  71. January 9th, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    SAM said,

    Hi Lucky,
    Good stuff here. Quick question regarding AmEx points. Just got the Platinum card with the 100k points and am planning a trip to Italy (and would like to do a stopover in Paris). I also have 20k points through my corporate AmEx and an additional 40k through my Merrill Lynch Amex. Can I combine all of these AmEx points to book award travel, and in your experience what airline would be the best for the transfer? Thanks!

  72. January 9th, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    lucky said,

    @ SAM — Assuming they’re all Membership Rewards points then yes, you could transfer them all to a common partner airline. While you’d want to look at availability first your best bet might be a transfer to Delta SkyMiles for travel on Air France/Alitalia.

  73. January 10th, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Bzorg said,

    Ben. How does one get in touch with you about virtueso bookings?

  74. January 10th, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Bzorg — Unfortunately I’m no longer doing Virtuoso bookings. Sorry!

  75. January 19th, 2013 at 9:10 am

    jay said,

    How can I get a Delta flight from ATL to MUC for the base point rate of 60,000 miles? Even flights over 6 months out have inflated point rates of 90K to 130K. There has got to be some way to beat Delta’s scheme to screw you out of your points. Help!

  76. January 19th, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    lucky said,

    @ jay — Your best chance of finding the low level space is for travel on Air France, so I’d be sure you’re looking at routings through Paris as well. Be sure you’re always sorting by the number of miles required and not schedule.

  77. January 21st, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    Brit said,

    Lucky,

    Have you been able to book any tickets from LAX to MLE with Skymiles on Korean? I have the LAX-ICN flights but the DL agents are saying they can’t see KE 473/474, they only show it as being ICN-CMB, they dont show the continuation. Do you know the way to get around this? Thanks!

  78. January 21st, 2013 at 6:37 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Brit — Sorry, wish I did, though don’t have any experience with this. I’ve had no problems booking that flight.

  79. January 25th, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    David said,

    Hi Lucky,
    I love your blog. I’m booking a United economy ticket (revenue) for June 4-16, either SFO-FRA or SFO-LHR. I can do either, at any time, and could change the dates slightly. At this point, I can only get a waitlist for an award upgrade to Business class. I’m United Gold. Any suggestion on how to maximize the likelihood of getting upgraded?

  80. January 30th, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    David said,

    Hey Lucky,
    Forget the prior question. I just found a $2,100 business class ticket and jumped on it.

  81. January 31st, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    Bruce said,

    Hi Lucky, I have apx 710K UA miles and 230K USAir. I’m in the DC metro area. I’ve read what you say about LH only opening up first about 2 weeks prior to departure. I’d like to at least go LH business. Is it possible to get round trip on business, then change IAD-FRA or MUC to First and pay the change fee, while keeping the return leg on business, hoping FRA-IAD would open up at 2 weeks? As for US Air, how easy is it to get OS business, IAD-VIE? I’m flexible on the dates.

  82. January 31st, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Bruce — You can easily do what you’re describing with United miles though not US Airways miles, where you’d have to start from scratch for such a change. Austrian business seats shouldn’t be too tough using US Airways miles, though. Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions!

  83. February 3rd, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    KT said,

    Hey Lucky,

    First, I’m a deal hunter (aside from airline miles), and I never knew this world existed. You’ve perked my interest and i thoroughly enjoy reading your blogss!!

    Would like your advise/thoughts on the possibility of the following. My parents want to go to Vietnam in December. I’m thinking with all of your ideas, would it remotely be possible to fly East coast–> European country (preferably paris, stay a few days)–BKK to Vietnam (10 days)–> then Japan (few days) , and call it a final destination in N. Asia?

    They both have USairway miles to redeem so if this pans out, or if the likelihood is even there, they’d use 90k.

    Would love your thoughts!

  84. February 3rd, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    lucky said,

    @ KT — You’re only allowed one stopover in addition to the destination, so you can’t do a stopover in Europe, Vietnam, and Japan. If you decide to stop in Japan there’s a chance an agent would price it as North Asia, though it should be priced as South Asia.

  85. February 5th, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    KT said,

    okay. sounds great thanks for the tip. The other question just to make sure.Lets say i wanna do the US-europe-Jpn trip via all business. If one of the leg is a United or USAIR where they don’t offer business, any strategy to get first class? or do i settle with economy for these flights for the 90k chance?

  86. February 5th, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    lucky said,

    @ KT — If you’re talking about a flight with three cabins, having even one segment in first class will cause the ticket to price at a first class award. For domestic segments on two cabin planes you can book first class without issue.

  87. February 7th, 2013 at 5:56 am

    KT said,

    I am clearly incapable of asking a question that does make sense! I’m trying to fly them CLT-CDG (USAIR), CDG-TYO, TYO-LAX, LAX-CLT….so i know CDG-TYO and TYO-LAX we can book business class with ANA…just wondering about CLT-CDG mainly because they only have envoy or economy….so from what you are saying, unless they pay for first class award, they would be booked for economy on the 90k trip right?

    Thanks again for your quick replies!

  88. February 7th, 2013 at 11:52 am

    lucky said,

    @ KT — Envoy is business class, so they could book business class on that segment.

  89. February 9th, 2013 at 10:37 am

    nuala jebb said,

    I am trying to get 3 economy class tickets form JFk to Dubai for Feb 16th or 17th returning on 22 or 23rd. I have amex miles and alot of american airlines miles. I am flying with children so would prefer direct if psossible.

  90. February 9th, 2013 at 11:17 am

    lucky said,

    @ nuala jebb — If you’d like help with the booking process feel free to email us at request@pointspros.com.

  91. February 16th, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    Miles said,

    A note of appreciation for the great job that Jimmy of PointsPros did in finding a way to use FF miles on my trip from the US to Switzerland via Mongolia.

    Just 90K miles, high season, all but 2 short segments in Business, no fuel surcharge…wahoo!

  92. February 19th, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    Tom said,

    With a Dividend Miles reward to Australia in business, can you route via Europe and Asia? (Is MIA-ZRH-NRT-AKL-NRT-FRA-MIA legal?)

  93. February 23rd, 2013 at 9:19 am

    lahaina said,

    I’m deliberating if I should use (OR NOT USE) the BA companion certificate. I pretty much know that I have to fly BA metal and will not be able to get away from the hefty fuel surcharge; therefore, my dilemma is on what itinerary to use it.

    - Do you know of certain destinations in Europe (after the UK gateway) that have less expensive fuel surcharge?

    My husband and I are also open to go to Asia (via UK). I’d appreciate any information you can provide. Thanks in advance!

  94. March 5th, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    Bella said,

    I want to use my avios points for 4 flights from London to Los Angeles with a stopover in Washington, flying out end of July returning Mid August.I have accumulated a large number of BA Avios points over the years,approx 150000, but have no idea as to use these points to my best advantage. I would like to travel at least business class on one leg of my journey. BA site shows no availability for my time period. Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

  95. March 5th, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Bella — Are you searching for LHR to IAD and IAD to LAX separately? If so, any availability should automatically show up. Unfortunately over summer it can be really tough to come by award space.

  96. March 6th, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    tapolo said,

    Is it still possible to book reward flights on Lufthansa/Swiss using Aeroplan? Also, why are ZRH-HKG and FRA-HKG blocked for one way for Aeroplan rewards? Is there a way around this?

  97. March 6th, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    lucky said,

    @ tapolo — What cabin are you looking at? There’s no reason they wouldn’t be bookable.

  98. March 6th, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    Paul Griffin said,

    Is it permissable to book a TYO-PEK roundtrip Business Class reward on SQ with Aeroplan and force the connection in SIN rather than the default options of ICN/PVG/KIX/etc.?

    e.g.: HND-SIN-PEK return PEK-SIN-HND?

    If you have the whole day to travel, you mise as well book SQ Business Class and make the connection in SIN rather than flying CA nonstop…

  99. March 6th, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Paul — Nope, that exceeds the MPM and wouldn’t be permissible.

  100. March 11th, 2013 at 3:19 am

    Mike B said,

    I am trying to utilize American’s free one way. I will be in HNL and want to return to NYC, and then later in the year add on a free one way with a trip to say London. The only flights I can find back from HNL to NYC are ones that connect in LAX. By connecting, does that eliminate my chance of adding on the free one way later to London? Thanks.

  101. March 11th, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    Karen K. said,

    I have 233,000 american express membership points. I would like to cancel my card (they will not honor a sign up bonus that was promised)but am stuck until I can transfer the points out of the account. What is the best use of those points? I would transfer to Starwood but a 3 to 1 ratio is not very desirable. And no more United. Appreciate any advice. Thanks. And I am planning on going to Italy some time in 2013 if that helps …

  102. March 11th, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Karen — What do you plan on using your points for? I’d say generally Aeroplan, British Airways, and Delta are the best transfer partners.

  103. March 13th, 2013 at 10:38 pm

    Flyerdad said,

    Hello Lucky: What do you consider the most aspirational award or premium product from US (we’re flying out of SFO) to Israel using Star Alliance or OneWorld (I also have MR and UR) miles?

    I understand you cannot book first class with El Al, although we would consider flying into Amman since we’d like to visit Jordan as well. Thanks for your thoughts on this–I haven’t found any discussion of this on the travel boards or blogs.

  104. March 14th, 2013 at 12:24 am

    lucky said,

    @ Flyerdad — If you can snag the space I’d say that either Lufthansa or BA would be the two best airlines between San Francisco and Israel.

  105. March 14th, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    Kiddad said,

    Thanks so much! We’re gunning for 2014, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed.

  106. March 17th, 2013 at 7:55 am

    Michael said,

    Lucky,
    Long time reader…first time poster.
    Thank you for your blog!
    Questions:
    1. With United, Can I book 1 stopover per segment, or 1 stopover per round trip?
    2. If Lufthansa is not an option, is it worth it to use miles for first on united (to europe) or should I save them and do business class?
    3. Does United.com do a good job of showing all star alliance availability?

    Thank you Thank you!!!!

  107. March 17th, 2013 at 10:38 am

    lucky said,

    @ Michael — Thanks for reading!

    1) You can book one stopover on a roundtrip between regions.
    2) I’d do business class if you can’t get Lufthansa.
    3) It does, though it shows phantom award space at times (especially for Lufthansa first class), so I always suggest referencing ANA’s search tool to be sure.

  108. March 20th, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Pete said,

    Lucky,

    Pete here again from Scotland! Will be U.S. this October, and I’ve got some time to travel. We have a friend in Thailand and I thought it’d be a great time to redeem some miles. 5 questions: (Sorry!)

    1) I’d love to fly First class on a 747 (I loved your trip report where you can see the runway on approach!). But since AA don’t have 747s, how can I book something using AA miles? Do I need to call AA by phone? And would I still be able to get something for 65k (which is what OMA-NRT costs with AA)?
    2) Could I get the NRT – BKK leg included for the mileage? Or it’s another region? If not it’s no big deal, it’s like $400 cash.
    3) Can you check availability of the front row seats in first cabin before booking? Since sitting right at the front would be the whole point.
    4) There’s a chance to do an out-of-the-way routing via the east coast. But if I’m booking an award ticket, trying to add extra distance is pointless since I’m not earning miles, right?
    5) And you’d recommend Cathay Pacific for 744 first class right?

  109. March 20th, 2013 at 11:28 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Pete —

    1)Unfortunately neither American or JAL have 747s, so there’s no way you could book an all partner award between the US and Asia 1 on a 747. That being said you can book an award to Asia 2 on Cathay Pacific on a 747, which is 67,500 miles in first class one-way.
    2) If you plan on connecting right away then you could book that for 67,500 miles in first class (the cost between the US and Asia 2). That being said if you have a stopover of any length you’d need to book it as a separate ticket.
    3) Absolutely.
    4) Generally there’s no reason to fly more than you have to unless you really enjoy it.
    5) Yes.

  110. March 21st, 2013 at 6:03 am

    Pete said,

    @Lucky – thanks!

    Only follow up question on that – to redeem AA miles on a CX flight, do you need to transfer miles to different accounts? Or can you simply do it over the phone with AA?

    Also – I signed up for Asia Miles on CX website to check out award tickets, and it costs 130k miles for a one way in first class. How do you get it down to 65k…?

    Finally, I was trying to find your blog on the first class cabin again – is the view best from row 1 or row 2?

    Thanks again Ben, much appreciated!

  111. March 21st, 2013 at 7:31 am

    lucky said,

    @ Pete — You don’t need to transfer miles. Each airline charges different mileage amounts, so if you have American miles you book through them with their award chart. Cathay Pacific has a different award chart for their own members than American has for travel on Cathay Pacific.

    Row one has the best view.

  112. March 25th, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    Matt said,

    I have *A award flight with United miles for me and a friend SIN-BKK-LHR-SFO (on TG to LHR then UA to SFO) already booked. Unfortunately he has had to back out of the trip. While I’ve found somebody to replace him, I’m wondering about the easiest way to rebook this new friend since award availability for that itinerary is no longer showing.

    I know you can’t change the name on the ticket, but wonder what tips you might have for rebooking under the new name? Can I split the award ticket and then cancel my friend’s itinerary? Once I do that will united and Thai make those seats immediately available again or is there a refresh time?

    Thanks for your help. I figured I’d ask your advice before calling united.

  113. March 25th, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Matt — That’s very risky. Technically you should be able to split the record, though finding an agent at United actually willing to do it is a whole different story.

    As far as booking a different passenger goes, the best you can do is cancel and hope the seats go back into inventory. If this was booked a while ago there’s a very good chance that the space won’t actually go back into inventory, so this is extremely risky. But it sounds like it’s the only option.

    Good luck!

  114. March 25th, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Matt said,

    @Lucky

    Turns out that they can’t just cancel one ticket since it was partially booked on another airline. Apparently Thai would have cancelled both of us even if united split the reservation. They did say I could wait until after I check in and then call to cancel the second ticket, which is a workaround for that problem. However, since that trip is not until August I decided to cancel the whole ticket and rebook.

    Although the original availability hasn’t shown up yet, I have similar flights rebooked that I’m hoping to swap out as inventory becomes available. The reps on the 1k line were super helpful and proactive. I think they were also pretty intrigued about my trip, which I kind of like too.

    Btw – this trip is partially inspired by many of your trip reports. LAX – SIN before the A340′s go out of service, long weekend in singapore, then Connecting back through London with an overnight layover on the way to sfo. All on points/miles! Keep up the great work with your blog.

  115. March 27th, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    johnfitz said,

    Hello… I have an S Class ticket, Sao Paulo to Paris on Air France, and I am wondering about the possiblity of upgrading to business class using miles from Delta. Do you think this is possible. Thanks. Great blog!

  116. March 27th, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    lucky said,

    @ johnfitz — To the best of my knowledge you can’t, unfortunately.

  117. March 28th, 2013 at 9:47 am

    Patrick said,

    Lucky,
    I’m wondering if you think UA would do this…
    They have premium saver seats available from IAH – HNL on the date I want to depart. I’m in STL and there are no saver seats available on that day to get me to IAH. The day before, on the last flight to IAH from STL there is a saver seat. Do you know if it’s permissible for them to send on that flight and then the HNL the next morning with out charging me extra miles?
    Thanks

  118. March 28th, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Patrick — If the stop is less than 24 hours that should be possible.

  119. March 28th, 2013 at 7:14 pm

    patrick said,

    I called them and they said I get one stopover per trip. They didn’t mention anything about less than 24 hrs. Know any way I can verifiy the 24 hr rule?
    Thanks

  120. March 31st, 2013 at 8:18 am

    Levy Flight said,

    Any thoughts on why saver avilability through UA for TPAC and TATL flights has dissapeared?

  121. March 31st, 2013 at 9:07 am

    lucky said,

    @ Levy — Are you talking about for travel on United or just booking through United for travel on partner airlines?

  122. March 31st, 2013 at 11:10 am

    Levy Flight said,

    Hi Ben – i am looking at the UA site and availability on UA and partners appears to have dropped of a cliff. There are a few economy savers but premium appears largely gone. I do see parter award availability around non US parts of the world.

  123. March 31st, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Levy — Interesting, can’t say I’ve noticed that. What time of year are you looking at availability for?

  124. March 31st, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    Levy Flight said,

    I am just looking generally. For instance put in any dates to LHR from SFO for June or July. No savers. Looks like the trans Atlantics savers have been pulled. I was seeing similar TPAC. All seemed fine 2 days ago.

  125. March 31st, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Levy — Can’t say I’ve noticed a big difference. Summer is generally a tough time to find award space, so I think you may just be having really bad luck. Sorry.

  126. March 31st, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Levy Flight said,

    well, thanks for looking. reassuring that you are not seeing a difference. I have been scanning and noticed an overnight change to availability through the UA site. I don’t think its just the summer. all seems to be hit from April through end of year. Anyway…

  127. April 10th, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    Frank said,

    I would like to use American Miles for two one way tickets from Cairns to SFO. I do not have a preference on airline or routing, as long as we are in at min business. what would be the best option for maximizing miles and comfort. Thank you. Frank

  128. April 10th, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Frank — While award space can be tough to come by, your best bet is to shoot for Qantas first or business class via Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne, connecting in Los Angeles. American’s website is pretty good about displaying award space for the route.

  129. April 11th, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    Jesse said,

    Hi Lucky,

    Have you noticed that space in First Lufthansa LA to Frankfurt is virtually unavailable. Just Business Class. Any recommendations?

  130. April 12th, 2013 at 8:31 am

    lucky said,

    @ Jesse — Yes, space out of both LAX and SFO is very difficult to come by in first class. If you want to fly first class I’d highly recommend connecting at one of their gateways that offer more first class availability, like Seattle.

  131. April 20th, 2013 at 9:22 am

    SteveW said,

    I’m interested in booking two award seats BOS-SIN, in coach, about 6 months out. UA shows availability for 65k miles per seat (rt) using LH and SQ (routings are BOS-MUC-SIN and SIN-FRA-BOS). I’d like to hold off booking for about a month so I can top off my MP account but I’m concerned that these seats might disappear. Is there a way that I can see how many of these seats exist for my travel dates?

    Even though I have expert mode enabled for my UA searches it does not help me here because these flights don’t show up at all for cash purchases, so I don’t see any fare classes. These flights show up only when I do a search for award flights.

    If there’s no way to see the exact number of seats, do you have a general sense of how many coach seats LH and SQ make available for award travel on Mileage Plus? If need be, I could top off my MP account by paying cash to transfer the needed miles (appx 15k miles) from my wife’s account which would allow me to book these seats now– do you suggest I do that?

    Thanks for any help you can provide.

  132. April 21st, 2013 at 6:52 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Steve W — The best way to see how many award seats are still available is by doing a “dummy” booking on united.com. Pretend you’re doing an award search, and continue to increase the number of passengers you’re searching for. You can see up to eight seats at a time this way, which should give you an idea of if they’re down to the last couple of seats or have quite a few more left.

    Generally speaking coach availability is quite good. I don’t think it’s a guarantee it’ll stick around for your dates, but if you have some flexibility there’s definitely a decent chance you’ll find what you’re looking for.

  133. April 21st, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    Cathy said,

    Hi Lucky,
    I need to book 3 tickets for my grandchildren to come spend the summer. I have about 275,000 american express miles I can use. What complicates it is the children are unaccompanied minors and huge fuel surcharges. Any suggestions?

  134. April 21st, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Cathy — Where are they flying to and from?

  135. April 21st, 2013 at 9:17 pm

    SteveW said,

    Thanks, Lucky.
    Looks like there are 4 seats available outbound on my preferred day but only 2 seats on the return (and we have less flexibility on the return date). So I probably need to jump on these unless I go with another routing.

    If I do this booking, do you know if I’d be able to reserve specific seats in advance via the LH and SQ web sites? If I look at the seating charts for these specific flights & dates via ExpertFlyer, the SQ flights seem to have almost the entire cabin “blocked.” There are a couple of random (non-adjacent) handicapped-accessible seats seemingly open and a few seats are shown as occupied but everything else is blocked. Do you have any idea what that is about?

  136. April 21st, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    lucky said,

    @ SteveW — To the best of my knowledge Lufthansa allows coach seat assignments in advance, while Singapore doesn’t with a few exceptions (elite members, handicapped passengers, etc.).

  137. April 24th, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    Michael said,

    Lucky,

    I am planning a trip to Europe and was curious: what is the best star alliance business class product?

  138. April 24th, 2013 at 2:08 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Michael — To Europe I’d say Austrian’s new business class is probably the best.

  139. April 25th, 2013 at 11:15 am

    PJ said,

    I sent an email to the points pros Tuesday evening, haven’t heard anything yet. How long is the typical response time?

  140. April 25th, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Thomas said,

    Lucky,

    Hopefully, you have an answer for this. I purchased 2 Cathay Pacific tickets for my parents from LA to VIETNAM. How is eligible for the miles redemption? The passengers or the purchaser? Appreciate any info you can provide!

  141. April 25th, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    Thomas said,

    P.S… also, forgot to mention that I was hoping to have the miles redeemed as BA Avios and not Asia miles.

  142. April 25th, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    lucky said,

    @ PJ — I’ll look into this right now, sorry about that.

  143. April 25th, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Thomas — Only the passenger traveling is eligible to accrue miles. That being said, with British Airways you can create a household account, so that you can pool the miles you earn from multiple family members.

  144. April 30th, 2013 at 10:00 am

    Nate said,

    Hey Lucky,
    What is the typical turnaround time for an preliminary itinerary? I submitted my request on April 17 and after a couple back and forth emails to fill in the details in the first 24 hours…nothing. I followed up on April 25 asking for any kind of update…and still nothing. II am okay just receiving an email letting me know they are still working on it, but no communication or response in 12 days is pretty frustrating!

    Our dates are fast approaching and it is looking like that award seats are becoming more scarce…can you check into this or send me the contact info of someone else to get in touch with to see what is going on?

  145. May 1st, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    lucky said,

    @ Nate — I’m sorry, this somehow seems to have slipped through the cracks. We’ll be in touch very shortly, as you should have been responded to by now.

  146. May 9th, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    CharlieB said,

    Hi Lucky,

    I have some Sky Pass miles with Korean Airlines which I would like to transfer to my husband’s KLM Fly Blue account – is this possible? Nowhere on the Skypass website does it provide any information.
    Thanks for your help

  147. May 9th, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    lucky said,

    @ CharlieB — Unfortunately that’s not possible. Why Air France and Korean Air partner one another, it’s not possible to transfer miles between programs.

  148. May 13th, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    arni said,

    Hello Mr Lucky!! How would i book four people with individual dividend miles account. If i bought extra miles for all of us my mom would just have 100,000 on her account. How would I give extra miles to her and my child.I have 55thou, wife,50thou son 15thou dividend miles. Amex 55thou. We also have each 20thou on sky miles. We are going to ORF to MNL (6 Jul-10 Aug)flexible dates. I would need 120,000 (Z) for each one of us correct.How long does it take to post to our dividend account if i bought miles.

    Thank you
    Arni

  149. May 14th, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Diane said,

    I am trying to maximize points for a month long trip husband and I are planning to London-Paris-Madrid with a couple intra Europe flights in 9/2014. Have already decided to hire your service for itinerary because I am pretty much clueless. My question is about whether to take advantage of the current 35% promotion for Avios points. Opened the Avios account but didn’t put in any points in it yet. Our home airport is SMF. Just want to be smart about this as I won’t have a large point total and the 35% promotion will help. Thanks.

  150. May 14th, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Diane said,

    Sorry. Have AE rewards points.

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