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Cancelling a mileage award ticket after check in American Airlines
If I booked a mileage award travel through American Airlines, and have checked in at the airport and passed security, can I still cancel my trip a few hours before I board, in the event of an ...
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Buying United miles from third-party sites
I can get a better deal on an international ticket by buying miles. I have reached my yearly limit with United - I can't buy any more miles. I found a site online that sells miles. Is buying miles ...
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I'm taking a domestic flight with one airline and then flying internationally with another one? [closed]
I will be flying from SJU to ORD through United. I have about 7 hours before I joing a group of people to fly out from ORD to London through American Airlines. What do I have to do in regards to ...
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Do I need to pick up luggage for transit?
I'm traveling with American Airlines from Toronto Pearson and catching a connecting flight in Chicago Ohare to Tokyo Narita. My question is do I need to pick up my luggage at Chicago and recheck again?...
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What is the cheapest way of flying with two slightly overweight bags on an American Airlines flight to India?
I'm flying from St. Louis, USA to Chennai, India.. My luggage is around 4 kilos more than acceptable when checking-in two bags.
What would be the fee to check-in these two slightly overweight bags (...
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Passport check for Hidden City Ticketing where only final destination is international
I'm trying to save some money on a flight, and I found one that's cheaper than the original. Since flights are easily tracked, location names will be changed to "A" "B" and "C". So here's what im ...
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Where do I enter my British Airways executive club number when I'm booking American Airlines?
I have an executive club number with British Airways. I should be able to use it for American Airlines since it's part of the same alliance (OneWorld), but I'm not sure where it would go on the form.
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Any Web service that helps you decide which mileage program to put your next mileage on?
Is there any Web application that shows you a list of mileage programs that you can gain mileage on, given that you get on an flight X?
For example, if you get on a economy class with type S class ...
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Can I check in at a later destination? [duplicate]
If I have ordered a travel from San Fransisco to Amsterdam, and American airline have given me tickets from San Fransisco to Denver and tickets from Denver to Amsterdam, can I then skip the first ...
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How to claim Virgin Train tickets towards Virgin Flying Club air miles, if not booked through their official website? [closed]
I frequently travel by Virgin East Coast trains (in the UK), and I know that you can use these train journeys towards Virgin Flying Club airmiles - if you book them through the Virgin website. I use a ...
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Why is the Samsung Galaxy Note7 banned in flight?
Just by the way for anyone reading this old question:
when I posted this it was in the early days of the "Samsung exploding phones" event. Because I was traveling around I had heard nothing about ...
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Best practice for using the SAS EuroBonus program as a family
We are a family of four, two adults and two children. What are the current best practices when flying using the SAS EuroBonus program? I already have an EuroBouns account but the rest of the family ...
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American Airlines bag overweight fee for connection flight with Qatar Airways
I was charged $500 ($250 for each baggage) by American Airlines as overweight baggage fee for my transit flight with Qatar Airways. The bag weights were 60lb and 69lb, and both were less than 62 ...
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Redeeming miles from one program for partner airline ticket (Star Alliance)
While I am reading online that the following is possible, I don't see a lot of information on how it can be done.
I have over 100,000 miles with Turkish Airlines' Miles&Smiles. I live in Canada ...
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how are boarding groups determined? [duplicate]
Superficially it seems like people who are seated closer to the front would be in earlier groups but that often doesn't seem to be the case. Like the other day I was in seat 7A and in Group 3 on a 737....
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Miles accrual comparisons [closed]
I am a Brazilian living in the US, and I (mostly my wife) travel regularly to Florida from Seattle, and sometimes I also fly to Brazil. I have some frequent flier numbers from Brazilian airlines, ...
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How big is too big to fly on American Airlines? [duplicate]
I am travelling to New York in November with American Airlines and I'm freaking out over whether I will be able to fit in the seat. I am a UK size 22/24 bottom and 20 top.
Has anyone else flown with ...
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Can I accrue miles from award ticket awarded from another airlines
I have mileage cards from both ANA and Lufthansa, both Star Alliance members.
If I buy an award Lufthansa flight ticket with miles from ANA card, do I earn miles on my Lufthansa card for that flight?
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Which miles rules apply in code share
I am a Lufthansa Star Alliance Gold status member. I plan to fly to New Zealand next year, buyng a ticket from Air New Zealand. Part of the journey is operated by Singapore Airlines. Who determines ...
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What to do when a leg is not honoring fare (not a glitch / mistake)
This isn't a case of finding a glitch in the fare system. I paid about $600 for an international fare out of LAX with 2 flights (1 stop) through American Airline's website. When I bought the ticket, ...
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Qantas FF level change ahead of flight
I'm currently a silver level Qantas frequent flyer. I'm going to hit the gold level requirement after a longhaul flight with a stopover (Oz -> UK) and I'm wondering if there's any way to get Qantas to ...
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Collecting on different Frequent Flyer programmes on same booking (not same flights)
I booked Delta but 2 of 3 flights are operated by Virgin Atlantic, so I cannot get miles on Flying Blue (Air France-KLM's programme) as the flight isn't operated by a SkyTeam airline.
Can I collect ...
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How to Reduce the Price of an Awards/Points 'Free' Flight?
Yesterday, I did a redemption for a flight on American Airlines using AAdvanatge points. The flight costs about $800 when booked normally though AA or aggregators like Expedia (tried several and there ...
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Delta v/s United on international flight: quality v/s choice [closed]
I have two choices available for my award travel on economy class. Both cost the same taxes and fee (well few dollars plus minus) and the same amount of miles. Question is which would you use - I know ...
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Are Award Travel Changeable or Refundable?
For tickets purchased normally, there are tons of types of tickets with various rules regarding changes, cancellations and refunds, but what about for award travel. On the AAdvantage site, there seems ...
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Can air miles be applied retroactively when registering a OneWorld (BA) account?
Can air miles be applied retroactively when registering a OneWorld (BA) account?
What is the time limit if possible?
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Claiming miles that I have flown before registering as frequent flyer
Recently I started traveling across US quite frequently – once a month or so, and by that time I haven't registered for Frequent Flyer program in any of the airlines. I flown by American Airlines, ...
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Is it possible to use one frequent flyer program for status and another for earnings?
Say I have elite status on one airline in an alliance but I want to accumulate miles in another airline in the alliance. Can I give one number for the purpose of status recognition and the other for ...
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May I earn Aeroflot or Air France miles flying with China Eastern?
China Eastern, Air France and Aeroflot belong to the SkyTeam alliance. I'm a frequent flyer in Air France and Aeroflot and now I'm going to purchase a China Eastern flight. May I earn miles with any ...
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do i (Nepali National) need visa to transit Miami airport to travel another country? [duplicate]
i (Nepali National) have been getting connecting flight at Miami Airport to travel Cayman Islands. do i need to obtain transit visa or not?
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Can I use someone else's credit card for flight booking? [duplicate]
Can I book a domestic flight in US using my father's credit card? The flight is operated by Mesa airlines.
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Convert Emirates Skywards Miles to British Airways Avios or Delta Skymiles?
Is there a way to convert Emirates Skywards Miles to either British Airways Avios or Delta Skymiles?
I'm a UK citizen and willing to get a new credit card if it would make the conversion possible.
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How to change my loyalty program online before check-in?
I have made a booking with Lufthansa and initially listed my Miles & More account for credit of eventual miles gained. However now I want to credit the miles that will be gained from the flight to ...
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Can I gain mileage if I don't get on the flight but pass check-in?
This might be a ridiculous act but I still consider it. You purchase a return ticket and go to the country, and while you stay there you change your mind and buy another ticket to another country. I ...
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Aeroplan mileage with mixed booking
I have two different trips this summer (YUL-SFO, and YUL-LIM) each booked as a single ticket where one leg is with United and the other with Air Canada (both Star Alliance members). Since I made the ...
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Spend miles from one loyalty scheme, earn on another (within Skyteam)
Due to poor miles management, I end up owning ~4,000 miles on Flying Blue (Air France) and ~8,000 miles with SKYPASS (Korean Air), both of which belong to SkyTeam. I'd rather own Flying Blue miles as ...
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Do any hotel chains do something like a Europe Pass? Like the Eurail pass, but for hotels
I am doing a tour of Europe for 3 weeks, and thought it would be convenient if I could flexibly book all my accommodation with the same hotel brand, for one flat price? Like the Euro Rail pass.
E.g....
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Better off using Flying Blue for Air France flights? [closed]
I have 28,000 miles on Skymiles, but will be flying almost exclusively AirFrance (8-10 transatlantic flights/year) for the next year or two. Is there a big difference in the amount of points AirFrance ...
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Flight info from a few days ago, trying to confirm if it was canceled?
I used Amierican Airlines for first time, flight coming home was April 29 from AUA to CHT, hour or so layover and CHT to BOS, we show up at airport in Aruba 3 hours prior to find out we are not on ...
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Ability to earn double miles on 2 different airlines. (AA and BA) [duplicate]
I am an awards member with both American Airlines and British Airlines. I work in the Middle East and every month I'm either flying to the Middle East or flying home.
My company only has an account ...
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Can I check through my luggage on a flight with a long (~1d) stopover, combining two different airlines on one ticket?
I'm working on an itinerary that consists of XXX → OAK → HNL → XXX, with a ~1 day stopover in OAK. The XXX → OAK leg is on AA and the OAK → HNL leg is on HA, and as far as I know, both carriers ...
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Airberlin Platinum Service hotline
Do anyone know what's the new hotline number for Airberlin's Topbonus platinum service hotline?
From https://topbonus.airberlin.com/web/tb/platinum-service, it says:
+49 (0)30 - 3434 3434
When I ...
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Sum miles in only one miles program
I'm a member of the Executive Club of BA.
I'd like to understand if I can earn and put together miles form flights of other companies of the One World alliance.
For instance, assume that I have 1000 ...
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Is it common practice to allow frequent flyer account access with easily available personal details?
Is it common practice for airline frequent flyer miles programs to allow account access using publicly available personal details?
I've just discovered (in the most unfortunate way) that a frequent ...
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What's the cheapest "Digital Reward" in IHG Rewards Club?
I'm registered in the IHG Rewards Club Accelerate 2016 promotion and one of my "challenges" is to redeem a Digital Reward - last one remaining! - to trigger bonus points.
What's the cheapest (in ...
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Can I get miles for flights I pay for someone else Alaska Airlines
I traveled to Hawaii with my wife but I forgot to include my Alaska Mileage plan when I reserved the tickets. I submitted my request trough Alaska retro credit website and mine went trough but when I ...
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Flight booked with AirNZ reward dollars, can I use my SA Gold (different loyalty program) to get extra baggage?
I have two loyalty programmes, well actually I used to have AirNZ but then switched to SA KrisFlyer as my primary. My AirNZ is just standard level, but my SA KrisFlyer is Gold.
I finally used my ...
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How often does United offer bonus miles for purchase?
Just yesterday I was ready to buy enough miles to redeem them for a business class ticket. But an uncertainty held me up. Today, the offer seems gone! Some Google searches seem to imply that United ...
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Weird points calculation at Qantas Frequent Flyer
My wife and I travelled with LAN/TAM last year, together.
I bought 2 tickets at the same time/session, that is, same price and conditions for both of us.
I entered both of our Qantas Frequent Flyer ...
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Would a non-business traveler ever benefit from collecting air miles, as compared to simply buying the cheapest ticket available?
Looking at various air miles programs around the world, it seems to me that they're only useful for business travelers, who basically get free flights out of their employer's pocket. However for a ...
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