Sentences with phrase «award availability closer»

Sometimes there might be better award availability closer to a flight's departure, but that makes it hard if you are trying to plan a big trip.

Not exact matches

As you point out earlier in the comments, close - in there is pretty good award availability, and being willing to pay a change fee on an economy booking is a great way to get there.

Though American charges a late booking fee and relatively hefty change fees, it has pretty reliable availability booking in advance or close - in (except for big holiday seasons like Christmas) and incredibly low off - peak award rates internationally, so your American Airlines miles can be more valuable than those of other domestic carriers.

I kept monitoring it to see how it trended as the dates got closer and although economy award space still hasn't opened up I suddenly saw wide open availability to Europe at saver levels the entire months of July and August: All summer!

Etihad Airways tend to release good amount of award availability (even when the travel date is closer).

It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy Class than to Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an award) but it may be bad need for Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.

The availability of these awards isn't limited to close - in ticketing either.

In fact, I would put Spirit award availability a tad above Delta Skymiles, but, again, it gets much better if you are close to FLL.

This does not help the fact that premium cabin award availability in the sAAver category is generally nil or close to it unless you can travel literally the next day.

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 out.

Its a great thing to be aware and share the sweet spots on award charts but its really not that cut and dry IMHO For example Alaska is not a One World partner and while they certainly make some availability available to Alaska its a much smaller pool of inventory and frequently only available close to departure to book Added to that you can not mix any other One World partner on the itinerary making it not the sweet spot its made out to be when you have to book yet another award that would be included otherwise with a One World partner booking using Cathay

Availability: Typically Singapore only releases 1 suites class award seat in advance, although occasionally you'll see 2 award seats available close to the date of departure.

Delta seems to add some as the schedule opens but their best premium cabin international award availability is much closer to departure, this is one of the reasons for the outcry over Delta's new 72 hour rule for changes / cancellations, since it prevents members from converting medium or high availability to low availability when low space opens at the last minute).

While they and Delta haven't had as generous award programs in the past, today they are closer in price, and they don't have super successful partners taking away all their award availability.

They typically operate two flights a day, and the flights almost always have nine business class award seats each 11 months out, and in my experience that availability sticks around until close to departure.

- Cathay First class award availability is excellent, and it gets progressively better closer to the day of the flight, so keep on checking!

However close - in availability can get very expensive and saver award availability on routes like JFK - Tel Aviv is non-existent.

What was accurate and fair about the survey was that it ranks Delta much higher for close - in availability as award seats are often released more freely within two weeks of departure.