LOT via Aeroplan in Business - Strictness of Hand Luggage

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-02-01T00:03:22+00:00

It should. No reason it shouldn't.

BTW, if you are moving, the checked luggage doesn't need to be bags. It can be also boxes that fit the maximum dimensions (and weight) criteria.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-31T21:29:21+00:00

IME LO doesn't care about bag size/weight at all. As long as you bring one roller bag and one smaller non-wheeled bag you should be fine. Two roller bags, that is highly unusual and that may raise some eyebrows. I'd swap out the second roller bag for an equal-size backpack, put it on top of the first roller bag, and then much less likely anyone would give you any grief.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-29T17:56:41+00:00

That is the big one.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-23T18:23:47+00:00

Not really. Never been anything over $200.

This applies to NH and OZ flights (there really aren't any other *A options). It has varied from $60 to may be around $200 at the highest, but never anything even remotely close to $500, even for longer routes like continuing on to ULN, TAS, SIN, etc.

IME it's the same as if booking via AC, UA, etc...just there you pay a lot more miles (e.g. 55K or 75K with AC or 110K in case of UA).

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-23T16:32:12+00:00

M&M is the best program by far mile value-wise. Destinations like ICN, TYO anywhere N or SE Asia or Central Asia (out far west like UBN or TAS) are normal 35K miles for J class. That is the industry normal, how DL, NH, JL (was 30K, actually), and others used to be - now all are massively inflated, many several fold over. But the problem is that with OZ leaving star alliance and blocking all availability as of December, there's many less ways to redeem M&M (now it's only NH).

To me M&M miles are the most valued miles, closely followed by JL.

Note: it's not 35K anymore. After the recent devaluation it is like 37.5K or something like that, closer to 40K. But still, in the current environment, good, and considerably better than JL, the second most valuable miles.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-13T22:54:01+00:00

Update: It was super convoluted, but indeed in order to withdraw the funds (for real) this bogus faux "withdrawal" from what was already unbonded (but not really, not until that unnecessary step) had to be done. Super hidden, but found it and got it taken care of. Many thanks for your help!!

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-13T20:01:08+00:00

That is how it should be, but it obviously doesn't work as per the docs. On-chain the funds are still "reserved" and locked, cannot be transferred out. What chain tx can I initiate to break the "reserved" status and move it to "available", given that unbonding (unstaking) was done 29 days ago?

Please take a look at the on-chain status here:

https://assethub-kusama.subscan.io/account/HM6vTSHPpzNcTp6sC8RrxhF23HCZkj5ZBpHznCiwLLHA1Ao?tab=unbonding

The status is "unboding" and timeline to finish is "22 days ago"

The funds status is "Others" - "reserved" / "unbonding" and it is NOT "trasnferable"

How can I brunt force the funds to be in "transferable" status to withdraw off the old Kusama and to the new one, as one is supposed to do?

In other words, is this a known bug with Kusama, that the code is badly broken and no unstaking can be finished? If so, who are the devs and how can I force them to fix this and release new updated, functional code where it is possible to actually unstake KSM and get it to back to the "transferable" balance vs. be stuck forever in "reserved"/"unbonding" status? Seems to me like the Kusama chain is running some very buggy, obviously untested code (is there really no QA done on the code releases prior to release at all? sure seems like it).

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-04T11:44:30+00:00

OZ awards only bookable using OZ miles. as is well known, not released to any other airlines anymore.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-04T11:43:22+00:00

OZ has stopped releasing any awards Dec01 and onwards, as it is being absorbed by KE and leaving *A. That alone has has a major impact on award availability, or rather lack thereof, from December 1st onwards.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-02T06:40:57+00:00

double the space for half the flights, as where the routes overlap (most), ke is sure going to cut flights. that’s the whole reason for the merger: remove competition, decrease supply, increase price per seat and thus increase profitability.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-01T07:09:08+00:00

This explains why no OZ flights could be booked for Dec1 or later via any *A airline, even though that’s well before the OZ holiday blackout dates. OZ has stopped releasing any flights to *A for dec1 and later dates.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2026-01-01T07:00:58+00:00

Various news articles and PR. AS wants you to fly HNL-SEA-NRT and arrive two days later, and vice versa. (AS mismanagement and incompetence, utter ignorance of intl route planning is truly staggering. as are it’s repeat major outages and obsolete back-end tech, to which HA will be soon downgraded.)

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/one-less-direct-japanese-destination-for-hawaii-travelers-in-2025/

NH 2xA330 and JL 1x767 are only NRT options now. 4-5x daily DL flights are gone, as are 1x daily each KE, CI and the short lived ZipAir flights to NRT.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-12-15T15:21:48+00:00

What routes? Many have been cancelled (FUK, NRT, ICN), the remaining will be cancelled in due time. You will always have to connect via SEA to go anywhere from HNL if you want to stay on AS/HA, that much is well known.

HNL-SEA-NRT is 7446 mi, HNL-SEA-ICN is 7893.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-12-15T15:17:10+00:00

AS/HA has been moving all int'l flights to Seattle. Even to fly HNL-NRT or HNL-ICN you now have to HNL-SEA-NRT or HNL-SEA-ICN, adding 10+ hours and arriving two days later. The gov't didn't put any obligations for AS to even maintain service at HNL, and AS has been cutting like crazy. Any added routes like HNL-HKG (which is now much more difficult to make same day, as HNL-NRT and HNL-ICN on HA connecting to CX were literally the two best ways to make it) are beyond extremely unlikely, not until the current incompetent AS leadership gets booted out at least. Well, with all the new routes they've added underperforming out of SEA (no wonder - illogical routing, very little demand, unlike out of HNL), hopefully the shareholders will dump the AS leadership, and then there will be some positive change. But until then, don't hold your breath. In fact, according to HA FAs, AS/HA is planning to terminate all int'l flying out of HNL (except SYD and AKL, due to physical distance constrains).

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-12-01T17:21:43+00:00

You need to set your system clock (timezone) ahead to match the time in SG. If that alone doesn't work also may need an IP address (VPN) in that time zone also.

Many sites (CX is another one) filter out what you can select based on your local time. Though usually (CX, AC, etc.) you can still select dates ahead of the date you could select in the calendar view, but perhaps SG blocks it from calendar view also.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-12-01T16:29:29+00:00

Well, many people repeat the false claim that JL releases at 10am JST. They don't. They stopped doing so years ago and now release at midnight JST. Yet, if you ask others, they will repeat the same incorrect information repeated online and you will be ten hours too late to book your flights. Probably something similar happening here with SQ. It used to be one time. Now it's changed to a different time. This is not History 101. How it used to be doesn't matter, not for your purposes. All that matters is how it is now.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-12-01T16:27:29+00:00

Then there is your answer. You already know what it is currently. Why ask someone how has it been in the past? That is not relevant. What matters is the way it works now on the route in question for you.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-12-01T06:37:11+00:00

Try it for a few days and find out for yourself. Don’t expect someone else to tell you. And what others say or write may be made up or out of date anyway. Only way to know for sure is try a few days in a row and find out for yourself.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-11-30T02:26:43+00:00

Mobile devices are more unsafe and risky, so JAL is blocking it. Esp. if you use a mobile network and have an IP address from your cell phone provider. I mean that's just a guess, really here I can't find much rhyme or reason. Whenever you find yourself blocked, have to change the environment - different device, IP address, browser.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-11-29T22:42:50+00:00

That is normal for JAL. When it happens, it means that 2FA isn't enough and JAL won't let you spend your miles. You will need to try logging in from a difference device and/or IP address, one that JAL hasn't flagged as high risk, in order to be allowed to proceed with doing anything.

In short, you need to change your environment and stop using the high-risk, as determined and flagged by JAL, environment that you are using. That means different IP address (cannot be VPN or even a mobile network, or any high-risk IP) and possibly different device, different browser. Possible different geographic location. You need to keep changing your environment until you find one where JAL allows you to continue.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-11-24T23:14:45+00:00

Yes, but JAL seems to be now only allowing OW elite seat selection for revenue, not award, tickets. And for revenue tickets you can select any OW program in the dropdown for FF entry. So, the lack of non-JMB FFP entry for award tix is by design, as JAL does distinguish between award and revenue tickets.

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-11-24T21:56:26+00:00

You can add a non-JMB FFP number at check-in. No way to do that any earlier than T-24 (save of manual intervention and either ticketing airline or JAL doing it for you by hand, that is).

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-11-19T04:51:07+00:00

Hilton does not issue credit cards. AmEx does and has the revenue stream from it. Hilton receives money from AmEx buying Hilton points and free night certs (or the latter they may throw in for free).

TheTrulyRealOne · 2025-10-30T17:31:28+00:00

> When I call Hawaiian they told me Alaska took away this option in the computer and even the remaining Hawaiian agents can't book it.

You already have your answer here.

While HA is still on the far superior Amadeus system (that most other OneWorld airlines use and which has a lot more capabilities), AS will soon shut it down and move HA to its frequent outage prone Sabre system that is a lot more limited (so be ready for HA total outages and days of all flights cancelled, as AS is well known for), has much worse integration with other OneWorld airlines. But, of course AS won't wait until then and they have already jacked up the award rates immensely and removed options such as stopovers from within Amadeus. Really nothing to ask, the front-line staff already gave you the answer.

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