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November 5, 2019 · by Philip

Haneda Maintenance Facilities Tour

Haneda International Airport in Tokyo offers tours of the aircraft maintenance facilities. There are two tours available, one operated by ANA and the other by their main competitor JAL. Both are free but you need to make a reservation ahead of time. Note that the tours are in Japanese only but are still suitable for non-Japanese speakers.

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October 29, 2019 · by Philip

EuroBonus Point of Sale Award Space

Recently we noticed that EuroBonus award availability can differ depending on which “point of sale” (country) you are searching from. Depending on which version of the SAS website you access you will search availability for a different point of sale.

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October 21, 2019 · by Philip

Adding a Scandinavia Zone

Just a small update today. We have now added a new zone for Scandinavia so that you can easily find award flights to or from all Scandinavian airports.

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September 30, 2019 · by Philip

Overview of Beijing Daxing routes

With the opening of the new Beijing Daxing airport (PKX) we will start to see some airlines add and move operations to the new airport. Here is a summary of all confirmed operational updates so far, grouped by alliance.

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September 13, 2019 · by Philip

Plan Your Holiday Award Bookings 🎄🎊

The AwardFares calendar is one of the easiest ways to find great award redemptions. Today we’ve enhanced the calendar to show additional “special” dates (beyond the normal 60 days). You can now browse 400+ routes during Christmas and New Year between December 20th and January 8th.

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August 27, 2019 · by Richard

Adding Flight Filter and Improving the Journey Builder Even More

We’ve added the possibility to filter for specific flight numbers (Or parts thereof) when searching. For example, let’s say you want to take a trip on the famous Island Hopper flight across Hawaii. If you just search for the route, HNL-GUM you will find both direct flights as well as the Island Hopper.

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July 29, 2019 · by Philip

Adding Date Range Search

It’s now possible to search with date ranges. Start by selecting a start date as usual. Once you’ve done this a new “Until when?” box will appear. Now select a second date to create your date range.

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July 24, 2019 · by Philip

Improving the Journey Builder

Based on all the feedback we have received after the launch of the new AwardFares UI, we are now releasing some improvements that should make it easier to build journeys. We hope you will appreciate these improvements, and please keep sending us feedback!

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July 23, 2019 · by Philip

Thai Airways Award Availability is Back

Earlier this year nearly all Thai Airways long-haul award availability disappeared. Now it seems most of that availability is back, especially on the Paris (CDG) - Bangkok (BKK) route. There’s lots of availability, including both Business and First during the next couple of months.

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July 22, 2019 · by Philip

Adding Ability to "Import" Journeys

Copying/exporting journeys has been available in AwardFares for a long time. To do so, simply click “Copy” and you’ll receive a text description of your journey:

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July 18, 2019 · by Philip

Launching the New AwardFares

During the last few months we’ve been working very hard on a completely new version of AwardFares with many new features and improvements. Today we’re launching the new version to everyone together with a new Diamond tier.

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July 12, 2019 · by Philip

Wide-Open Award Space on EVA's New Milan (MXP) Route

On Feburary 18 EVA Air launches their new European route to Milan (MXP):