ANA Offers Star Alliance Award Search Online

by Gary Leff

I have an Air Canada Aeroplan account with zero miles in it. I use it only for checking award availability — Air Canada lets you search awards on all of its Star Alliance partners. Then I claim the awards with United or USAirways miles.

I just noticed that ANA now offers Star Alliance award searches (login required) and their tool, though a bit more complicated, also seems more powerful. I’ll be testing it today.

A big thumbs up to both Air Canada and ANA for offering powerful award search tools online — as far as I can tell, well ahead of any other airlines in any global alliance.

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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