I'm looking at booking an business class award flight in November from LHR-SYD viia AUH. The number of points required for a one-way award is 1250,000 plus taxes.
The flights I would like to book are LHR-AUH on VA7018 (codeshare on EY18) and then VA30 AUH-SYD.
Looking on VA's booking site it says VA7018/VA30 "sold out". However if I look on the Etihad web site it says that EY18 has business class seats for redemption which from past experience means that I should be able to book through VA using VA points. The connecting VA30 flight AUH-SYD shows business class award availability.
Therefore, would it be possible to redeem the award EY18/VA30 LHR-SYD by booking by phone and would the points still be the 1250,000 or would it require two separate awards to be redeemed?
The flights I would like to book are LHR-AUH on VA7018 (codeshare on EY18) and then VA30 AUH-SYD.
Looking on VA's booking site it says VA7018/VA30 "sold out". However if I look on the Etihad web site it says that EY18 has business class seats for redemption which from past experience means that I should be able to book through VA using VA points. The connecting VA30 flight AUH-SYD shows business class award availability.
Therefore, would it be possible to redeem the award EY18/VA30 LHR-SYD by booking by phone and would the points still be the 1250,000 or would it require two separate awards to be redeemed?