The best websites for searching Oneworld award availability

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Thanks to their 900 destinations in 170 countries, searching for ribbon space on Oneworld’s 13 carriers can be an overwhelming task. And plane if you do find ribbon space, prices can vary significantly depending on the program you use to typesetting your flight.

Thankfully, there are some preferred search engines that can help you find ribbon availability wideness the Oneworld alliance of airlines, seats that can then be booked through programs like American Airlines AAdvantage and Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan.

Here are some of the weightier websites to use when looking for ribbon availability on Oneworld carriers.

Oneworld syndication overview

From a redemption standpoint, Oneworld is simple. You can redeem any Oneworld miles on any member airline if ribbon space is available. This ways that if you have British Airways Avios, you can use them to fly American Airlines. Likewise, if you have American Airlines miles, you can use them to fly British Airways. Again, this all assumes ribbon space is available.

These are the Oneworld airlines:

• Alaska Airlines.
• American Airlines.
• British Airways.
• Cathay Pacific.
• Finnair.
• Iberia.
• Japan Airlines.
• Malaysia Airlines.
• Qantas.
• Qatar Airways.
• Royal Air Maroc.
• Royal Jordanian.
• SriLankan Airlines.
• Fiji Airways (Oneworld Connect member).

Additionally, Oman Air will soon be joining the alliance.

So how can you trammels for ribbon space? Here’s a squint at the weightier websites for finding Oneworld ribbon availability.

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AA.com

The future of American Airlines partner redemptions is uncertain since the airline recently dropped saver ribbon charts. That said, if you’re planning on redeeming AAdvantage miles for your award, start on American’s website.

AA.com shows real-time ribbon space for the pursuit carriers (note that some of these aren’t Oneworld carriers, but you can still use your AAdvantage miles to fly these carriers):

You can moreover use your American miles to fly China Southern Airlines, Etihad Airways and IndiGo, but you’ll need to undeniability AAdvantage to typesetting ribbon flights with these carriers.

Searching for ribbon space on American’s website is easy. In fact, you don’t plane need to log in to your AAdvantage account. You can simply visit AA.com, select the “Redeem miles” box, enter your search criteria and click “Search.”

On the next page, select the drop-down thunderstroke in your desired motel matriculation to sort by the lowest price. In this case, I’ve searched for merchantry class.

There’s one business-class seat left on the partner Japan Airlines flight.

You can moreover filter by number of stops, the airline and any nearby airports.

If you plan to book this ticket with AAdvantage miles, you could select the ribbon ticket and follow the on-screen prompts to typesetting it. If you plan to typesetting with flipside airline, you can note the flight numbers and dates for when you typesetting your flight with your Oneworld miles.

You can moreover use the ribbon timetable to see ribbon availability on other dates. For example, in this screenshot, I’ve searched for nonstop business- and first-class ribbon space from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT) and Haneda Airport (HND).

While American’s website no longer shows that these are saver awards, any partner flight that shows up on AA.com should be bookable using rewards from any Oneworld carrier.

Related: Elite status vs. miles: How to make the most of Oneworld partner tickets

Alaskaair.com

Another unconfined option for searching Oneworld availability is Alaska’s website. In wing to the Oneworld carriers, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members can redeem their miles with these airlines:

• Aer Lingus.
• Hainan Airlines.
• Ravn Alaska.
• Air Tahiti Nui.
• Icelandair.
• Singapore Airlines.
• Condor.
• Korean Air.
• Starlux Airlines.
• El Al Israel Airlines.
• LATAM Airlines.

You can moreover use the Alaska Airlines website to search for ribbon space by month. Here’s a squint at ribbon space on the same SFO-to-Tokyo route.

One limitation of the Alaska Airlines ribbon timetable is that you can’t search for premium economy awards. To search for premium economy awards, select each day to see ribbon availability.

In addition, if you’re trying to typesetting merchantry matriculation or first class, watch out for mixed-cabin itineraries, which are designated by a small undecorous chair icon.

In this example, only the outbound flight from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN) is in merchantry class. The connecting flight to Sydney Airport (SYD) is in economy.

Related: Alaska Airlines devalues Japan Airlines awards without notice, increasing ribbon rates by up to 100%

ExpertFlyer

Finally, a non-alliance tool to consider is ExpertFlyer (owned by TPG’s parent company, Red Ventures). ExpertFlyer can be used to find ribbon space wideness alliances. If your desired flight isn’t available, you can set an zestful to email you if and when a seat opens up.

While some Oneworld airlines show ribbon space on ExpertFlyer, you won’t be worldly-wise to search for Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines, SriLankan Airlines and Qatar Airways.

Here’s an example of a search for American Airlines business- and first-class awards from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR).

Since the U-fare matriculation is misogynist on some of these flights, you could redeem frequent flyer miles in a Oneworld program to typesetting a business-class seat. Or, set an zestful for a first-class seat to notify you if first-class ribbon space becomes available.

Related: Beginners guide to ribbon searches on ExpertFlyer

How to typesetting Oneworld ribbon tickets

Now that you’ve found ribbon space, you can use a Oneworld program with low ribbon rates to typesetting your flight. We recommend comparing ribbon rates on American, Alaska and British Airways surpassing you typesetting your ticket.

Here are some of our favorite Oneworld redemptions:

• 55,000 Alaska miles from San Francisco or Los Angeles to Sydney in Qantas merchantry class.
• 4,750 British Airways Avios for economy-class BA flights under 600 miles.
• 70,000 AAdvantage miles from the continental U.S. to South Asia in Qatar’s Qsuite.
• 34,000 Iberia Plus Avios for off-peak Iberia business-class flights from the East Coast to Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD).

Related: How to typesetting self-ruling stopovers with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan

Bottom line

Even though it’s the smallest syndication by the number of member airlines, Oneworld has unconfined partners like Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines and Qatar Airways. Knowing how to redeem your Oneworld miles wideness partner airlines can unlock significant value for your rewards.

Note that the whilom websites are weightier for finding availability, not necessarily for booking your ribbon ticket. The miles required will be unswayable by the program you use to typesetting your flight.

If you’re unsure how to maximize your transferable points for Oneworld flights, trammels out our guides for the weightier ways to use Chase Ultimate Rewards points and American Express Membership Rewards points.

Additional reporting by Richard Kerr and Andrew Kunesh.