Here is some of the best travel news and notes from around the Internet:
- A comprehensive study on which airlines have the best award space to Maui
- To combat “begpacking”, Thailand has a law on the books regarding minimum amount of currency you need to enter the country – don’t get detained for not having enough
- The best sites for searching oneworld alliance award availability. British Airways I knew about but the other one surprised me
- Harrowing story of how one frequent traveler had his Global Entry clearance revoked (he got it back eventually)
- Did you know King Willem of the Netherlands moonlights as a KLM pilot?
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First, I enjoy your site very much. Keep up the good flow of information.
However I take exception with todays blog concerning using BA site to find flights from the US to Asia., I just attempted PHX-PPLAX-NaritaRrtn. The site only tells me that this is not possible as BA does not fly this route. I tried PHX-SFO-HK-Narita/Rtn. Same response. Has been that way for years. Only way to find space is to try to contact BA via their phone number.
Try it for yourself
Are you searching for an award flight or a cash flight? You’ll also have to search leg by leg for availability – BA will usually not find connections on partner airlines
Hi Dan,
Award flights.Never have been able to find that info on the BA site unless I am going to the UK from PHX