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Partner Award

Partner-Airline Award Ticket

Definition

An award flight on one airline booked using another airline's program. The booking carrier's chart applies; the operating carrier provides the flight.

Why it matters

Often the cheapest way to book a flight. Example: AA AAdvantage at 70k for Qatar Qsuite to Doha is dramatically better than booking Qatar's own program (Privilege Club at 90k+).

Related terms in booking

Saver Award

The cheapest published points price for a flight or hotel night. Award charts publish two tiers: saver (lower, capacity-controlled) and standard (higher, more available).

Saver-Level Inventory

Award seats released at the cheapest published price. Typically 0-4 saver seats per flight, often released 11 months out and then closed within hours.

Stopover

An overnight (or longer) layover on an award ticket, usually allowed once per direction on certain programs. Effectively two destinations on a single award.

Open Jaw

An award ticket where the outbound destination and return origin (or outbound origin and return destination) are different cities.