Twitter follower Patrick found four
Etihad First Class award seats this week on a flight from Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi and asked whether that was normal.
Not exact matches
Etihad also presents a wealth of opportunities, including
Etihad's own
first class redemptions, redemptions on American at the old, pre-devaluation levels, as well as the cheapest transatlantic business
class award seat redemption in the world.
If you are scrambling to lock in
awards at old rates, you might be having trouble finding
Etihad business /
first class award seats even though
Etihad shows availability.
For example, I've also found it easier to find
awards seats in
Etihad First Class from AUH to JFK rather than from JFK to AUH.
Even on dates with 5
award seats on
Etihad's Jet Airways configured 777 - 300ER flights (which are a rather poor
first class product, hence the lower demand for them) there's no A380
award availability.
There are dates with two
award seats on the same flight in
Etihad A380
First Class, but that's pretty rare in Spring and Summer 2015.
Check out this week in mid-November with six dates with
award space in
Etihad First Class, some days with multiple flights with
award space and multiple
seats on each flight.