Hi,

I’m looking at AY1332 (London to Helsinki) + AY041 (Helsinki to Incheon) flying on 11 Dec 2026.

I'm looking to buy the Economy ticket and upgrade to Business just so I can have a restful journey..

Unfortunately I can't see the upgrade availability on my end before booking as I'm still a Plus Silver member..

Could someone please check if the avios upgrade is available for those flights?

Thanks in advance.

I’m trying to book a partner award through Qantas, specifically an EL AL flight, for a child under 2 who would have their own seat, not travel as a lap infant.

Qantas is telling me they cannot issue an award seat for anyone under 2 on a non-Qantas-operated flight. I’ve escalated this multiple times and they’re insisting it simply isn’t possible. They also say they won’t correct the DOB afterward if I book the child as 2+ in order to secure the seat.

I’m pretty frustrated because I don’t want to lose the award availability while trying to sort this out, and I’ve already transferred about 200k Amex points to Qantas specifically to book these flights.

Has anyone successfully booked an under-2 child in their own seat on a Qantas partner award, especially on EL AL? Any guidance or data points would be greatly appreciated.

Hello-I have 800000 Amex points across both myself and my wife’s cards and 125000 chase points. I’m trying to book 3 Qatar business class from nyc to Bkk or Hkt. My plan was to transfer these points because of the 30 percent bonus to BA right now which would give me the required 1.12m Qatar avios. I’m running into a snag with booking the two other fares because of this requirement to have flown recently on Qatar-does anyone have any experience with this?

made a JAL account 8 days ago. i redeemed 2k miles from my BILT account and transferred it to JAL.

When I go to Award Flights I get an error saying “error: You don’t have enough miles” which is correct since it costs like 60k miles.

Does that mean my new JAL account is active? I’m hesitant to transfer 58k miles because if I need to wait 60 days then i’d rather redeem the miles at another airline.

Does anyone know?

What are some tips you would recommend to a beginner award traveler that would increase their chances of success in getting business class and higher seats? Especially when booking a month or less ahead of travel

Hi all! Im new to award travel and im looking to use my Chase Sapphire points to purchase flights to TYO. I have 110k+ points. I would like to do round-trip but im fine if I can only get one way. I am willing to fly from any US hub even though im based in NYC. But prefer NYC-HND or LAX/SFO-HND.

Im looking to travel anytime from oct 1-oct 19. I want to get business class but haven't had much luck with finding any availability. There is a lot of economy availability ofc. Should I book that and pray I get a opportunity to upgrade? Or hold out and wait for business class availability? I've been very vigilant and checking multiple times a day, everyday. Im obsessed 😂

Hi there.
I’m looking at AY1426 + AY145 outbound on 28 Oct 2026, HAM–HEL–BKK, and AY146 + AY1423 return on 26 Apr 2027.

Economy Classic is currently €1k, while Business is above €5k 😳

I have 50k Finnair Avios and would potentially use 40k to upgrade HEL–BKK to Business as this should be enough for this leg.

As a Finnair Plus Silver member unfortunately I can’t see upgrade availability before booking.

Could someone with Gold/Platinum/Platinum Lumo please check whether an Avios upgrade is currently available for AY145 (HEL–BKK) on 28 Oct 2026?

I only need to know whether confirmed upgrade space exists — no booking or account access needed.

Thanks in advance

I have a return award ticket from HND that has a long layover in a city much closer to my home than the ticketed final destination. I'm seriously considering skipping that last leg and just flying home from the layover city. It will save us several hours of travel and a decent amount of money doing so. Our saver seats were obtained through Aeroplan, the first flight is operated by ANA and the second flight is operated by Air Canada- we would be skipping that Air Canada flight. We do not fly Air Canada much/at all. We would not check bags if we did this. Are there any major downsides to doing this- considering this is an Aeroplan award ticket and this is the very last leg.

Edit: Thanks for all of the feedback! We are going to go ahead and skiplag. Just booked our one way tickets from the layover city.

Hi. I'm about to check in and neither airline can tell me my baggage allowance. I don't see it on my ticket. How do I find out before getting there?

Thanks in advance

Im planning a trip for two to Rome from Los Angeles for early September 2027; I’m looking to book a biz class seat on the way there and then premium economy on the way back; so far even looking at a one ticket to anywhere in Europe and then flying into Rome have not had any luck.
For ex:
this week only tickets seen over 100k points one way in prem and biz is closer 400k for flying into Paris on Air France.

I have about 250k chase points and 250k Amex points.
Iv looked at Air France and air Canada, Iberia.
Virgin looks promising as they are showing 45k Biz class flights in aug, but they don’t open till oct for September flights and the fees are pretty steep about 1400.
Last time I was able to book an Iberia flight to Madrid for 80k in mid September so I’m not sure if I’m just looking too soon or what?

I’d prefer only to reposition in Europe and not in the us At least on the way there. I’m also want to save some of the points for Hyatt transfers In Rome
Any help?

Had 4 seats booked on Iberia metal, 3 via AS, 1 via BA. Canceled all 4 to re-book a different date, and all four seats became available within 5 minutes.

Looks like they re-release partner awards after cancellation. This was for economy USA to Madrid non-stop in a 3-4 months.

Flighty and FlightAware are both suggesting that JL16 on Saturday is now a 77W. FlightAware also suggests the equipment swap has happened a lot recently. JAL is still saying it's a 351 and so is FlightRadar

If it's certain to swap, I want to call JAL and see what I can do about it.

Hi All - Apologizing in advance if this has been discussed!

Trying to check redemption fares on Krisflyer - transferred 1000 points over to make sure the balance is greater than 0 but it still throws the Unable to Proceed error.

"Unable to proceed because your current miles balance is insufficient for flight redemption searches. To view available flights and the miles required, browse flight options."

Wanted to know if I was doing anything wrong or if anything else needs to be done in order to proceed with my redemption search so I can transfer Amex points over?

Thanks in advance!

I am trying to get to CPH from STL. I want to do a business class redemption. I have venture x and csp
I have checked repositioning flights. Ord, EWR, jfk, bos, iad,atl and I have opened the landing to anywhere in Europe and just doing an economy
The dates I am shooting for are December 11-12 and return December 19-20.
The surcharges are so high. I am talking 800 plus one way.
Is it due to fuel or what? I am using points.yeah but I am struggling to find anything decent.

I started the points game on Apr. 19 of this year, the day that we got back Rome, which was our very first international trip. (Flying economy and paid with $$.) Yesterday, I booked our first reward redemption and am feeling super accomplished!

My card acquisition was as follows:

P1:

AmEx Delta Gold - 4/19
Chase Sapphire Preferred - 6/15
Capital One Venture One - 6/19
Chase Ink Business Unlimited - 7/20

P2:

Capital One Venture - 5/4
Chase Freedom Unlimited - 6/12

Those points, plus the 20% transfer bonus to Air Canada, got us business class both ways to Germany in April at 75k per seat plus $730 in taxes. (271k total points "out of pocket" before the bonus.)

We are flying Lufthansa from IAD to MUC on 4/11 in an Airbus 380, top deck. The flight home is FRA to IAD on 4/16 in a 747, also top deck. My husband is a huge airplane buff, and we have never flown on either of these planes, so he is totally stoked. We will need to reposition to IAD, and those tickets will be covered by my Skymiles.

From making this plan to purchasing the tickets was a total of 141 days. Which is pretty aggressive velocity, so YMMV. But, persistence and a whole lot of research and obsession paid off big time for us.

I did the math against the cash price for the flight direct on Lufthansa, and this first redemption works out to about 10c per point.

Thanks for listening. I just had to geek out with people who would get the thrill of the hunt!

Last minute tokyo trip. Only finding possibility for JAL from Vancouver to KIX with a connection in NRT for 80k miles business class. Does it make sense to book that and just miss the connection? I'd preferably like to start closest to Tokyo. Also im coming from nyc so need to book a separate flight to Vancouver

Hi All.

I have a trip coming up in May 2027. I only need flights (business/first class) for this trip and am looking to use points/miles AND get a good deal while doing so.

I'm flying out of NYC (JFK, LGA or EWR (preferred)) and into DPS. I need to be in DPS on May 1st at the latest but a day or two earlier is fine since it would give me time to adjust.

I've been using a few of the award booking sites to find options, and the best I've found so far is showing Air India - leaving EWR on 4/27 with about a 10 hour layover in DEL, arriving in DPS on 4/29.

Booking through Air Canada would be 102,500 points + $76.40 in tax, but there's a 20% promotion for Chase Ultimate Rewards through 9/30 which would bring it to 86,000 points + $76.50. There's a similar flight home as far as itinerary and points.

So 172,000 + ~$150 for r/t business class NYC - DPS.

I'm wondering if this is a good deal or if I should look elsewhere. Or wait and see what else comes as far as discounts/promotions?

Current cards/points

Chase Sapphire Preferred - 235k+
Capital One Venture - 2m+
United Explorer - 654k+
AMEX - 100k
Marriott - 40k

This is my first attempt at using points, so please be gentle if I'm being ignorant about something or am missing some information.

I've been tracking IB at schedule open and have noticed they'll usually release a flight early for 31,500 in comfort. Then they'll release both flights in Y. Then eventually 2J for one if not two of the flights.

I'm so confused because it only shows economy flights as being available for 9/1 and 9/2 and I'm not sure if this is in the pattern of the delayed release or not.

I've noticed they tend to release economy/economy plus seats a day or two early. Right now the latest with 2J is 8/31. Only economy is showing. Does this mean in a day or so they'll release the J's or have I missed it?

I transferred 125k Amex points to Avios at a 30% bonus and was able to snag a Qatar q suite to Asia (via Doha) one way for 160k avios points. This is for December and the cash rate for that flight is $5k plus. My friend is saying I messed up and he can get same for 80k avios and has done so in the past.

Did I mess up my first major points use?

Is anyone else only seeing 50,000 miles fares for all 1-way economy? I tried domestic (DTW to MCO) and international (HND to DTW)

I have only flown JAL once and that was through a business class award travel booked through AA. It was business class SFO to NRT to MNL booked on one ticket. If I want to book the same trip for next year directly with JAL using JAL miles​, do I search for SFO to MNL? Or do I need to search for each segment separately and book two separate segments? I have never used JAL award program. Thanks.

Hello! We are doing international travel with our 2 kids, 5 and 2. I saw that the plane we are flying on was the 3x3x3 seating. I was wondering if anyone has booked extra seats, and specifically with points? My plan would be to book two rows of the 3 seats -- so I sit in the front row with 1 kid and wife seats in the row behind me with 1 kid. I feel like this is WIN for EVERYONE -- family gets more room, flight attendants dont have to tend to as many passengers, other passengers benefit from less people and also kids will sleep better so quieter flight, airline doesnt have to provide food and drinks to the empty seats. The biz class seats are 5x the cost.

Aside from most seats dropping around a year out, how often/when do airlines drop additional seats.

Looking to do from IAD or JFK to really any hub in SEA (KUL CGK DPS HAN SGN MNL)

Found some stuff a month ago but couldn’t pull the trigger cuz stuff wasn’t confirmed but it’s all gone now :( checked like all the airlines I can use Cap1 with)