As it's not possible to book partner flights or search for seats online, you'll need to look
for available award seats on the partner airlines website.
But with either Aerolineas Argentinas or LATAM, you can usually find plenty of
available award seats from Buenos Aires to other destinations within Argentina and neighboring countries.
It can be hard to find
available award seats using the airline's search functions, and it takes time to pore over multiple partner airlines» websites and consider different routing options.
Both flights fall into the 35,000 - mile award range if you're flying from the U.S. — assuming you can find
available award seats at that tier.
With newer releases of «award calendars» in the past year and, more importantly, rewards programs finally listing most — if not all — of their partner redemption awards online, the number of
available award seats increased by nearly 30 percent in 2008.
In theory, you can use the British Airways website to search
for available award seats on American, Alaska, or Virgin America.
Assuming the holiday rush cuts down on
available award seats on United, you're likely to get pushed to a higher tier with your United miles, which could mean spending 40,000 miles or more on a domestic fare instead of 25,000.
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Most airlines will open their flights to new reservations about 11 months in advance, and if you're able to book your travel then, then you'll have one of the best opportunities to find
available award seats on the flights you want.
AA 266 showed up in my search, with 3
available award seats (now down to 1 after my booking).
Singapore Airlines also displays «Waitlist» in addition to
available award seats.
That's enough for a free round - trip domestic ticket — assuming you can find
an available award seat when you want.
This makes Southwest awards ideal for people who don't want to spend a lot of time trying to find
an available award seat.
Often, the most reliable time to find
available award seats is when the flight first comes open for booking, typically around 11 months before the plane takes off.
If the fare goes up,
the available award seating will probably go down, driving up the number of miles required to book it.
You'll also find this warning: «
Available award seats will depend on the flight, the date of travel, the expected demand for the flight, the season, the destination and various other factors.»
Once you have a confirmed booking with cash, points, or even the old Rapid Rewards standard awards you can add your companion, providing there is an unsold or
available award seat on each flight.
This further reduces
available award seats when you go to redeem as it is possible that someone has already booked available award seats you need on your preferred travel dates.
Some of those people are competing with you for
the available award seats.
Because your points are viewed as currency, and redeeming them isn't dependent on
available award seating (or lack thereof), no blackout dates apply.
If you have generic travel points or miles in more than one frequent flier program, the $ 4.99 / month «pro» subscription gives you the inside scoop on
all available award seating and lets you compare options on different airlines flying similar routes.