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Air India Award Space Now Bookable on united.com

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 14, 2015December 5, 2016 6 Comments

Air India is a Star Alliance member with a surprisingly robust worldwide route network. With a great seat in business and first class (service is another story, I hear) the carrier provides a valuable link to the Indian subcontinent. Award space has been searchable on Aeroplan and ANA’s website, but has been shielded from the masses in that it has not been searchable on united.com…until now. The floodgates are open and award space is plentiful, but now that it is out in the open, it will not last.

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It is always bitter sweet to see new carriers added to the united.com award search engine. Sure, being able to book more carriers online makes it easier for most (not just many, but most) travelers who have no idea that it is possible to book space that is not visible online. But for those in the know, we will see exactly what happened when EVA, Turkish, Swiss, and LOT award space was made available on united.com — it quickly disappears.

Air India rarely allocates more than one first class award seat per flight and allocates from one to three business class seats on many routes, including routes from the United States (stations in ORD, EWR, JFK). Economy space is not all that generous on longhaul routes. Though your searches will reveal no more than four seats at a time, like Thai Airways the economy award inventory typically refreshes itself when booked — so if you are a family of six traveling, you will need to book four seats, then the last two: everything cannot be on a single ticket.

United serves both Delhi and Mumbai from its Newark hub, but award space is atrocious — Air India provides another an easier way to get to India and beyond on points, serving Australia, South Africa, and exotic destinations like the Maldives…and Kabul.

Examine the Air India route map here and if you see attractive award space on united.com, consider booking it now, for it assuredly will not last.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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6 Comments

  1. James Dozer Reply
    January 15, 2015 at 7:38 am

    I’m so tempted to book a flight just for the experience. . .

  2. Brad Reply
    January 15, 2015 at 1:25 pm

    This is a bonus…for now. They do add a lot of options to Star Alliance. That said, my only experience on AI was domestic flights. The economy-only A320 I was on was old, dingy, and pitch was maybe 30″. Long haul, premium cabin…I’m sure it would be fine.

  3. avi Reply
    January 19, 2015 at 8:06 am

    Are you still seeing 3 seats in business class on any dates? Searched 40 dates towards the end of the award chart and am seeing plenty with 2 but nothing more.

  4. Matthew Reply
    January 19, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    @Avi: Not much anymore. Check upcoming month from EWR-BOM.

  5. avi Reply
    January 20, 2015 at 7:26 am

    Thanks Mathew!

  6. Antony Reply
    January 20, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    Beware of AI! Even if United confirmed and issued the ticket, my experience had been that AI dropped my flight segments, in both directions. It is a hazzle. AI airport officials simply kept saying there is no reservation! And that the flight is full.

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