There is not as much Japan Airlines First
Class Award space open between the US and Tokyo as there was in February, but a smattering remains.
Not exact matches
Deric was holding out hope that
award space in Qantas business
class would
open up last minute, but unfortunately, it didn't.
Similarly, Air France / flyingblue
opens up more
award space to their account holders than to partners, but adds $ 600 per person of fuel surcharges to business
class award tickets.
Aeroplan has since offered mileage refunds or offered to
open up Business
Class award space on Air Canada to get travelers to their destinations... but neither of those would have been much use to me.
Right at the end of last month American Airlines
opened up a surprising amount of Business
Class award space for flights between the US and various European cities -
award space which, by and large, is still available - and now some First
Class award space appears to have
opened up as well.
Award space is wide
open on the new A350 Delta Business
Class route from Atlanta to Seoul.
Award space is wide
open on the new A350 Delta Business
Class route from Atlanta... Read more
In November, 2013, Asiana
opened up
award space in First
Class on almost every flight possible.
As of yet Singapore hasn't
opened up first
class award space to their partner airlines, though only time will tell if they do.
Similar to the option between Houston and Moscow, this is another
award redemption that has become a great value since Singapore started
opening up saver
award space in their new first
class.
It's worth noting that it's tougher than ever before to find first
class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
class Star Alliance
award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to
open up
award space no more than three weeks out.
Since Singapore Airlines adjusted their
award chart a week ago, they have started to
open up saver
award space for travel in their new first
class.
However, Singapore Airlines recently announced that they'd be
opening up more
award space on their «premium» routes to Star Alliance partners, like on the all - business
class Newark and Los Angeles to Singapore routes.
First
Class award space is wide
open starting the end of this month, with at least half the days available of every month through January 2018.
Meanwhile Cathay Pacific is really generous with business
class award space in advance, often releasing up to five seats per flight when the schedule
opens.
As I explained yesterday in my post about booking domestic
awards with American Airlines miles,
award space is wide
open in First
Class from New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Alitalia Business
Class award space is wide
open in Spring 2016 from New York and Boston to Rome for 62,500 Delta miles each way.
But
space does
open up before that as well — typically about one to two weeks out, Cathay Pacific will
open all but three first
class seats for
awards.
@ AsiaFlyer — Not quite as reliably, but Cathay Pacific is fairly good about
opening last minute business
class award space within Asia, so I'd keep monitoring.
The first leg was in United economy as there was no domestic First
Class award seat available (I monitored award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an Award p
award seat available (I monitored
award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an Award p
award space but it never
opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an
Award p
Award post).
The
award space in Business
Class from London to Abu Dhabi appears to
open up one week before departure because none is available after March 16.
In First
Class, the
award space from London to Abu Dhabi is also wide
open for the next week with
award space every day, denoted by «Miles 54949.»
Right now Cathay Pacific First
Class and Business
Class award space is wide
open to American Airlines members if you know how far out to search for each.