Comments on: Little White Lies I Tell When Booking Award Tickets

By: Award Booking Successes and Frustrations - View from the Wing

Award Booking Successes and Frustrations - View from the Wing — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:53:02 +0000

[...] itinerary asking the agent to find seats for you. I know what I want, and as Grey did (and as I’ve advised on this blog in the past), I tell the agent that I had worked on the award earlier and found flights with another agent that [...]

By: Persistence (or A Newbie Books Award Travel)

Persistence (or A Newbie Books Award Travel) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:02:05 +0000

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By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:47:52 +0000

@Dee, here’s a good start:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/bmi-diamond-club/882941-bmi-faq-no-4-redemptions-finding-award-seats-ana-online-tool-masterclass.html

By: Dee

Dee — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:36:13 +0000

Great tip: But how do you research the Star Alliance seats available on your segment airlines? Thanks!

By: Nik

Nik — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:37:26 +0000

I would not call this an lie exactly, considering you have all the information, you are more a colleague to the (Indian) call centre guys than a customer

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:50:32 +0000

BA’s business offers quite a good hard product, at least as business classes go. American less so.

By: Karol Gajda

Karol Gajda — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:46:04 +0000

Wow, thanks Gary. I could’ve used this when booking an award ticket to India recently. I didn’t know how to get the segments I wanted and (after 30 minutes on the phone) settled for flying American Airlines and British Airways. Here’s to hoping their business classes are OK.