Tips for checking in for a partner award flight on ANA
Our big trip to Japan is about to start so I went to check in today and encountered some difficulty getting ANA's website to find my reservation. I couldn't find anything about this online so I thought I'd post this for other folks if they have the same problem. We'd booked two All Nippon Airways seats through United.com using our United miles. UPDATE: after our recent trip to Asia , I found that most Asian airlines do some variation of this, either "BrianL" or "BrianLee" goes into the First Name field . First off, before you visit ANA's website to check in, visit United.com and view your reservation. There should be a link called "View additional confirmation numbers", which opens a popup with ANA's internal reference number for your flight. Do not use the United number. Not the other confirmation number hiding in this pop-up Second, when you go to the ANA check-in page, make sure you enter your first name fo...