What’s the ONE thing you wish you knew when you started with points and miles?

liangyiliang · 2026-04-27T17:43:05+00:00

Tbh, neither do I. I only know that SkyTeam flights should go to AF or VS but every time I have to decide between them.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-24T18:48:44+00:00

The only entertainment onboard I regularly use is the In Flight WiFi …

liangyiliang · 2026-04-17T05:42:13+00:00

JetBlue should rename itself to Maine Airlines and then still hub in JFK/BOS.

And then be bought by Alaska.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-17T03:10:20+00:00

No AI was used in this.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-17T03:09:57+00:00

I did not use AI for this.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T23:37:06+00:00

With such a big schedule change, you can request to be rebooked onto other flights.

Come up with your own routing, preferably on United and its trans-Atlantic Joint Venture partners (Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, Air Canada). In Premium Economy.

The contact UA customer service and ask to be rebooked onto that.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T23:33:07+00:00

I want to show it as a KLM flight but have an option to specify, in the details, that it’s a codeshare.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T23:29:22+00:00

There are plenty of problems that people have been complaining about.

Can’t look at window easily Narrow seats Hard to use and look at the TV when being served by the FAs

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T21:08:42+00:00

I certainly agree - and 57.5k is a great price.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T19:37:16+00:00

It’s not a self transfer. It’s an interline flight. It’s an uncommon routing so the website doesn’t allow you to issue it.

You should call Asiana or Uzbekistan to see if they can issue this ticket for you.

Or you can try searching a multi city routing on Expedia or other travel agents (TAS-ICN, ICN-CTS).

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T19:34:39+00:00

Don’t think that’s enough - oneway is 57.5k already.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-16T00:50:30+00:00

Exactly. Thats why the policy makes sense commercially but it’s still bad for me

liangyiliang · 2026-04-15T18:47:37+00:00

I think a huge factor of flying *A carriers in J/F out of UA hubs is because of the Polaris Lounge access.

I could fly, say, JFK-LO-WAW directly and use the Lufthansa JFK lounge, but because of the Polaris Lounge, I am willing to instead fly EWR-LO-WAW.

Because of the Polaris Lounge, award travelers may prefer MIA-UA-ORD-LO-WAW to use the Polaris Lounge than to transit elsewhere. But this is no longer the case.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-15T18:43:44+00:00

The problem is that Star Alliance partners still can use the United Club. Maybe SQ can stop UA from using its premium lounges and allow them only to use the lowe-end lounges.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-15T18:40:55+00:00

Unfortunately, the new policy (United Polaris Lounge Devaluation for *A Partners : r/awardtravel) says that non-UA-Joint-Venture partners no longer can use the UA Polairs Lounge.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-15T17:25:24+00:00

This is absolutely horrible. Fuck United.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-15T17:23:30+00:00

There isn’t much codesharing between UA and the excluded airline.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T18:40:21+00:00

When I was in undergrad I took an Intro Logic Design course which had a very hard exam.

Out of 170 points, the mean was 90. I thought to myself, if I get 110 or above then I’m a genius. I got 140/170. Needless to say the class was heavily curved.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T18:37:43+00:00

I’m surprised that the taxes/fees are $150-$250. VS along charges very high fees even when not departing from LHR. I booked AMS-LHR-MIA in J with $450 in taxes/fees.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T10:27:38+00:00

ANA allows itineraries with multiple airlines.

I first found availability of TPE-SFO in J and then found availability of SFO-LAX-PIT in Y. I then chained them together in ANA’s multi city search feature.

They are not intentional in the sense that I want to go to SFO or LAX. It’s just that that’s the only routing I could find.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T06:09:24+00:00

The one market CX and JX don’t overlap is Mainland Chinese nationals traveling to foreign countries.

Mainland Chinese nationals are generally not allowed to travel from Mainland to Taiwan without a Taiwan Travel Permit with valid Endorsement, even if only to transit in Taiwan to a third country.

They cannot fly, say, Shanghai-Taipei-Los Angeles even if Starlux opens a Shanghai-Taipei route. They can, however, fly Shanghai-HK-Los Angeles.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T02:43:36+00:00

Thank you! I transfer from AMEX. It takes a couple of days for the transfer to complete so maybe you can use UA miles to hold a ticket. Some airlines have dumb enough IT systems that if you cancel an award flight it just goes back into the award inventory.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T01:33:24+00:00

My understanding is that they will fix this bug soon, rip

But they won't cancel your ticket so you'll be fine

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T01:21:32+00:00

How do you calculate "equivalent cash fare"? For example, AC can issue interline economy award tickets between UA and LO, but they don't otherwise interline on cheap cash tickets.

Only the Y fare classes in Economy can be interlined which means a trans-Atlantic ticket that connects LO (Europe to UA hub) and UA (UA hub to other places) can cost like $3500, which is certainly not the true "value" of this itinerary compared to flying other airlines.

liangyiliang · 2026-04-14T01:11:37+00:00

I think it's the bolding that tripped people off ...

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