You can now search for and book award tickets on japan airlines via. Expired japan airlines first class sydney to tokyo wide. How to book etihad flights with american airlines miles no. Japan airlines awards are now bookable online with aa miles. Keep in mind that alaska airlines mileage plan intraasia awards on japan airlines must be booked at least 72 hours in advance.
However, jal, qf and ba websites were showing f space. Executive traveler reports that japan airlines has adjusted its schedule to add flights with a first class cabin between tokyo and sydney beginning on september 1, 2020. Aa miles can only be used to upgrade on flights operated by aa socalled aa metal flights with aa flight numbers. American airlines doesnt fly its own planes sometimes referred to as aa metal from the u. September 14, 2016 by brad 36 comments travel miles 101 has partnered with cardratings for our coverage of credit card products. Whether youre flying to japan, back home, or roundtrip, you should be able to easily search for jal flights online and book the using your aadvantage miles. Lostinawardtranslation 3 years ago reply im having problems using to find award space on jal flights to narita from lax.
This guide highlights some of the best award redemption opportunities with american airline miles. American airlines aadvantage is one of the most commonly used. How to book emirates first class with japan airlines jal. You can even use your miles to pay for taxes, charges and extras when you book at etihad. Award seats dont necessarily become available at 12. Finding the award space is pretty tricky so is booking.
Advice kindly sought booking jal with aa miles and phantom. Jan 31, 2020 the key here is that youre looking at about a 10hour flight in first class for 60k american airlines miles, which is a great deal. Book openseats with etihad airways or any of our partner airlines. Japan airlines jal frequent flyer awards are now bookable through the american airlines website using aadvantage miles. Partner airlines award tickets american airlines jal mileage bank. As miles are worth more to me so im happy if having had to spend more time than id have liked. Firstly, many thanks for taking time out to read this i do appreciate it. Travel ticketed as an american airlines marketed flight booked as an aa flight number and operated by japan airlines will earn aadvantage award miles, elite qualifying miles eqms, elite qualifying segments eqss and elite qualifying dollars eqds according to the american mileage accrual chart. Buy an eligible published fare ticket in an eligible booking code. Use your miles for travel on american airlines, american eagle, one world airlines and partner airlines on flights to nearly 1,000 destinations worldwide. Yes, it does look like the miles credited to aa so i will.
Im also pretty irritated with aa on frequent flyer miles. On these awards you cannot mix multiple partners, but you can add connections. Alaska airlines and jal announced a partnership in 2017, and jal has long been a member of the oneworld alliance including american airlines, british airways, and others. And by using iberia avios which can be transferred 1. Jal awards now bookable on americans website one mile at a. Oct 12, 2017 earlier this month i wanted to book two flights for myself and a family member to visit japan next year using my american airlines miles. How to use aa miles to book excellent value partner airline. Using american airlines aadvantage miles to travel for. Its easy to book some of american airlines other partners using aa miles. Start earning miles with our awardwinning programme that rewards you with free flights, upgrades, gifts and so much more. American airlines just added its 16th partner to online booking. Japan airlines our partners emirates skywards emirates. Before you book, check the itinerary to make sure that the flight has an aa marketing code in front of the flight number.
They are a transfer partner with starwood preferred guest spg, at a rate of a 1. Dec 18, 2017 after all, its also possible to book travel on jal by using partner programs. Flying between north america and japan will cost 70,000 alaska miles for a oneway ticket in first class. You can experience the tokyobased airline s fivestar services in all of its cabins. How to book award travel with cathay pacific asia miles. We want to book through some other program to fly on a flight with american airlines. To earn aadvantage miles when you fly on japan airlines marketed and operated flights as well as japan airlines codeshare flights operated by other carriers including one world carriers and affiliates. Use aadvantage miles to book award travel on japan airlines with oneworld and partner airline awards which allow you to travel to and from your desired. However, jal mileage bank has cheaper awards on certain carriers.
Before your call aa to book this ticket, make sure you have your aadvantage number, your aa miles balance, your entire itinerary including date, flight number and schedule, the travelers exact name on their passport, and their birth date. Miles can be redeemed from 10,000 miles for jal coupons equivalent to. You can book this with connections in either australia on qantas or potentially within japan on japan airlines for no additional miles with american airlines. For 60,000 alaska miles, you can fly between north america and japan in business class. Earning points and miles is the surprisingly easy part of award travel. Jal mileage bank has a distance based award chart, and have access to award seats 330 days out.
Zone d will cost 70,000 miles in business class to travel oneway or 120,000 miles 60,000 each way when traveling roundtrip. Note that american offers offpeak economy awards even on partners for travel to north asia between october 1 april 30, so it only costs 25,000. Book a flight with etihad guest miles etihad guest. American airlines aadvantage is a strong alternate to jmb for booking award travel on jal. How to book an american airlines flight with miles. How to use american airlines miles one mile at a time. Join today and receive 500 bonus miles on your first flight. How to book award flights using british airways avios. Japan airlines, japan transocean air, japan air commuter and ryukyu air commuter. Apr 06, 2015 earning points and miles is the surprisingly easy part of award travel. Check availability before and after your desired date by using the fare calendar. Jul 25, 2018 the miles required to book an american airlines award flight will vary based on where youre flying from and where youre flying to and the availability of award space. This is a great opportunity to enjoy a long first class flight for a bargain price if you have travel. Even qatar airways was recently added to the online booking engine.
And japan airlines jal is among the best, with a spacious economy seat, one of the worlds best business classes, and an outstanding first class ride to japan, too. Book award travel in premium economy using our new desktop award booking search. Flight mileage is automatically credited to your jmb account when you travel on eligible flights. Phoenix to san diego american to tokyo jal to hong kong jal. As of thursday morning, japan airlines awards can be searched and booked on. Even for airlines that do typically release award seats when the schedule opens, it doesnt necessarily happen at 12. Additionally, all tickets must be issued in the jmb members name. You will get a much better deal if you first convert your marriott points into spg points, and then to jal miles. Simply enter the american airlines booking reference and your first and last name. American airlines operates from major hubs across the usa, including chicago, dallasfort worth. Earlier this month i wanted to book two flights for myself and a family member to visit japan next year using my american airlines miles. I want to use some of my alaska airlines miles to take my wife on a 30 year anniversary first class round trip to either australia, thailand, greece, or germany, israel, on cathay pacific using some of my 1 million plus alaska airlines miles. Best ways to book japan airlines business class with points.
How to book an award trip to asia using aa miles jun 2016. Two reasons why you might not have this record locator is that the flight might be a codeshare where you booked a flight on that. This service is available 24 hours and up to 2 hours before the flight departure time. Now, if they are even available, they are connection flights from dfw to west coast on aa, then from that airport to hnl on hawaiian. Move to the next cabin on american, british airways and iberia flights. The connecting flight from sao paolo has an american flight number and is operated by tam. The actual mechanics of booking flights with your air miles are usually quite simple, as long as you do your searching and buying directly through the airlines website. The number of miles you need to book will reflect the normal market price, so if the flight is on sale, youll need fewer miles. While american airlines isnt exactly making it cheap or easy to redeem miles on its own flights, its been consistently adding functionality to book partner awards through its website. Book a oneway trip or combine awards for roundtrip or multicity travel. Every time i go to book our flights with miles, im ready to pull my hair out its just not an easy process. You can now search for and book award tickets on japan airlines via aa. If youre planning to use aadvantage miles or us airways dividend miles on japan airlines, youll have to search for flights on your own through jal see below for tips and then call in to book.
One of the biggest perks of american aadvantage miles is using them to fly on some incredible partner airlines. The award chart shows milesaaver award levels for all dates, and aanytime award levels for most dates. Base miles earned and class of service bonuses on japan airlines count toward mileage plan elite status. You can redeem for economy, business, and first, but not premium economy. Unfortunately, there werent any great options found when searching award travel on american airline s website for the route i wanted on my travel dates, despite the fact that i was searching 9 months in advance of travel. While this is definitely not something that is just about the olympics, i did want to highlight it in that aspect since many people are looking for airline awards that they can book to tokyo for the olympics. Thanks to both carriers belonging to the oneworld alliance, you have options when it comes time to redeem your aadvantage miles, including on partners. American airlines now lets you book award redemptions on japan airlines directly through their website. Can i get an upgrade on japan airlines jal using american. You can earn miles with one world member airlines, as well as jal group airlines and jmb partner airlines. How to book american airlines flights with british airways avios miles.
How to book american airlines flights with british airways. How to get a japan airlines record locator for a flight. The process of canceling my flight reservations and why. In order to accrue miles, your jmb membership number must be provided in 9 digits 1 when making the reservation or at checkin. Aanytime allows you to buy any seat on any flight with miles. Well show you how to book an incredibly comfortable. Debating on booking with flying blue miles since its instant transfer for 92k one way 115k but 25% amex bonus or trying to deal with and wait for asia miles to transfer for 75k. Book emirates first class with jal milleage bank miles. I used asia miles to book a jal flight from honolulu to osaka.
Basically, on her outbound flight from syd, aa was showing award space on a sydhnd flight in j, but not in f. Alaska airlines mileage plan intraasia awards on japan airlines must be booked at least 72 hours in advance. For example, american aadvantage seems to open up award space shortly after midnight central, though partner award. I just hoped someone might be good enough to advise me on the following situation that ive run up against trying to book jal with aa miles i am trying to book flights for my aussie motherinlaw based in sydney in feb 2021 basically, on her outbound flight from syd, aa was showing award space on a sydhnd. Japan airlines award flights booked into the classes of service below are not eligible to earn miles or elite qualifying miles or segment. Advice kindly sought booking jal with aa miles and. For our interest, we care about who those partners are, so we can use their awards programs to book american airlines award flights. You can checkin online providing the first flight is operated by american airlines, american eagle, americanconnection, british airways, iberia or japan airlines. Shimatobi coupon awards limited time only shimatobi coupon awards that are issued in exchange for jal miles can be used to pay for oriental air bridge orc flight tickets. Travel miles 101 and cardratings may receive a commission from card issuers. The table below shows the number of miles you need for a return reward flight. I had to fill out an online form, and four days later got an email that everything was taken care of. Japan airlines jl american airlines aaus british airways ba.
Anyone having trouble booking flights with aa using miles. How to book japan airlines with aa miles, and why you should. In other words, dont hold on to your miles, earn them and spend them as quickly as you can. How to book awards with american airlines aadvantage miles. Miles can be redeemed from 10,000 miles for shimatobi coupon awards equivalent to. Jul, 2019 2020 summer olympics airline awards now use to book jal awards while this is definitely not something that is just about the olympics, i did want to highlight it in that aspect since many people are looking for airline awards that they can book to tokyo for the olympics. How to book an award trip to asia using aa miles jun. Alaska airlines mileage plan program is another great way to book business class on japan airlines. So, i called aadvantage australia and managed to book an f seat on a jal flight from sydhnd i am now trying to book my motherinlaws return flight, hndsyd. If you need some travel inspiration, take a look at the best ways to redeem japan airlines miles. One of the mantras in the miles and points collecting world is earn and burn. At the end of march i got an email that all award bookings through may could be changed or refunded without penalty.
How to book etihad flights with american airlines miles. The miles required to book an american airlines award flight will vary based on where youre flying from and where youre flying to and the availability of award space. Japan airlines first class can also be booked with your american miles. Booking reward travel on japan airlines is a great way to use your american airlines aadvantage miles. To spend miles on japan airlines flights, click on the spend miles link below, select the option to book classic rewards and then click on search partner flights to check availability and make your booking. On thursday, american added its 16th partner for online award booking. To book on you will of course need american airlines miles, but a quick look at availability at should give you an indication of what to expect with other partners.
Level 2 is generally for peak season travel, holidays, etc. Dec 15, 2014 if youre planning to use aadvantage miles or us airways dividend miles on japan airlines, youll have to search for flights on your own through jal see below for tips and then call in to book. How to book japan airlines flights with american aadvantage miles. But it hasnt been easy to actually book these flights, as it required several steps to find award availability. Theres dozens of examples of times that it makes sense to book american airlines award flights with british airways avios. Sep 14, 2016 how to book american airlines flights with british airways avios miles. Best ways to book japan airlines first class with points. Can i use my american airlines aadvantage miles for. Alaska airlines mileage plan book jal flight, marketed by aa. You can experience the tokyobased airlines fivestar services in all of its cabins. Apr 10, 2020 thats nice if youre going the other direction. Jal has a pretty good solid business class product on most longhaul routes, and in my experience, their service is also impeccable.
The mileage required for an award is determined based on the total itinerary distance calculated as the. Book jal with flying blue or asia miles trying to book a flight in business from jfk to tyo and i found availability. Use the award chart to estimate the number of miles you may need for a oneway award on american airlines. Get even more out of aadvantage miles by using them to book a flight on japan airlines. Note, a reservations agent will generally waive the phone booking fee for a flight with an american airlines partner that cant be booked online. You are limited to 74,999 miles per transfer, although the best amounts to. After aa shutdowns, use partners to book american airlines.
Nov 24, 2017 i want to use some of my alaska airlines miles to take my wife on a 30 year anniversary first class round trip to either australia, thailand, greece, or germany, israel, on cathay pacific using some of my 1 million plus alaska airlines miles. First, i transferred the miles earned from the starwood preferred guest american express card. Figuring out the award chart and routing rules are fairly straightforward. In order to accrue miles, your jmb membership number must be. Japan airlines awards can now be booked through aas website.
May 16, 2019 booking reward travel on japan airlines is a great way to use your american airlines aadvantage miles. Please select the arrival airport or the departure and return dates. Another good way to book japan airlines first class is through the alaska airlines mileage plan program. Originally posted by estnet thanks there really wasnt any reason to get priority bc my ticket was c so dont know why the agent suggested it there were no benefits. Other than flying, there are three major ways to earn alaska miles. You cant simply head to and type in your dates to pull up flights on jal using your aadvantage miles. As stated on the very page you link emphasis added, flights must fall within the eligible flight number range below, and your flight must be marketed and operated by. Posted by jon nickeldandrea on apr 2, 2018 7 comments.
Whether you book a standard seat in economy or splurge for first class, you can get more space and enjoy the long flight by booking with japan airlines, lovingly called jal. How to book cathay pacific award flights with alaska miles. These flights are widely available for 60k american airlines miles oneway and many have 2 seats available in first class. Using miles for upgrades is even more of a challenge because you have to set your itinerary and put it on hold. Book a flight with etihad guest miles etihad airways. Jul 11, 2019 as of thursday, july 11, japan airlines awards are now bookable through. About a week later got a reply that miles were credited. As stated on the very page you link emphasis added, flights must fall within the eligible flight number range below, and your flight must be marketed and operated by japan airlines. Flight mileage is based on the sector mileage specified for the sectors traveled and on the.
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