Also, miles SAAver availability on American Airlines (the type of award availability you'll need if you're to use Avios to book) is not good at all so don't consider buying Avios in this promotion unless you can already see
award availability for your dates online.
If you're not sure where you'd like to visit or if it isn't certain that the hotel you're looking at will have
award availability for the dates you want to visit then keep your money in your wallet and wait for a better time.
If you're not sure where you'd like to visit or if you can't see
award availability for the dates you want to visit then don't be tempted to buy points speculatively.
You are ready to book a flight and have confirmed
award availability for your dates and the cash value of the ticket is more than the cost to buy miles / points.
You're ready to book a hotel stay and have confirmed
award availability for your dates and the cash value of the stay is more than the cost to buy the points needed to book the stay.
Even when you have enough AAdvantage miles to book a flight, you might not find Off Peak or MileSAAver
award availability for the date of your choosing.
Furthermore, your chances of finding
award availability for the dates you want are much better if you book early.
If your travel is to the Middle East, the Maldives, India, or a destination easily served by the UAE, a good alternative if there's
award availability for your dates is Emirates A380 First Class.
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Redeem $ 1 in TravelBank cash
for $ 1 toward a United ticket — no fussing with
award seat
availability or blackout
dates.
Another downside with hotel credit cards is that even though most major hotel brands advertise «no blackout
dates»
for award nights, they still may limit
award availability.
Miles are redeemed as statement credits toward travel purchases made with your card, so you can book the airfare or hotel room you want without having to search
for award availability (hence, no blackout
dates).
You might find it helpful to begin by searching
for one - way flights and only later attempt to make a round - trip or multi-city reservation once you know all the
dates that have
award availability.
Award availability from Denver to and from Lima, Medellín and Bogotá was relatively sparse throughout much of the Summer, and the
dates each city was available did not align well
for our purposes.
Award pricing is much more reasonable
for premium economy, with certain
dates pricing at 65,000 Skymiles one - way between Detroit and Seoul, Tokyo or Beijing — or even better: 99,000 Skymiles roundtrip
for these 3 routes, with great
availability.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show
availability for a Business Class or First Class Saver
Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most
dates, a mixed class
award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
As a tip
for U.S. - based travelers, the weekdays surrounding July 4 are often the cheapest summer
dates to travel, and the ones with the best
award availability.
The booking home from Anchorage proved to be just as tricky as I feared, with essentially no
award availability for their necessary return
date.
Searching with flexible
dates allows you to find the best
availability of Saver
Awards, which are typically available
for half of the miles a Standard
Award requires.
Thankfully, Saver
Award availability in Economy does exist
for Justin's departure
date.
If
availability for the specific
dates Marc decides to travel appears slim, he should also consider
award flights that depart from New York, Miami, Chicago, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington or Dallas.
Next you'll be able to see the
award ticket
availability for two weeks before and after your preferred
dates.
If you like to travel during peak travel times, waiting until a couple of weeks or months before your travel
date is a recipe
for not finding the
award flights or hotel nights that you want since
availability is limited.
Because JetBlue is a revenue based rewards program, there are no blackout
dates or limited
availability for award redemptions.
This means that LHW may make changes that affect, but are not limited to, travel partner affiliations, rules and procedures
for the use of benefits and
awards, benefit types, levels required
for obtaining benefits and
awards, continued
availability of
awards, blackout
dates, room
availability, and the terms of special offers.
American Airlines
awards are valid
for up to a year from the
date of purchase so, if you can't find
award availability on the
dates you're prepared to travel, this is what you can do:
I search
for award availability past the
dates I'm willing to travel so that my
award doesn't expire before Etihad has a chance to release inventory
Finding Saver
Award availability with Delta is always an adventure, especially during the summer, so don't get upset if you cant find anything
for the
dates you want.
By default, the flexible
dates will show
award availability for one week (+ / - 3 days from your requested travel
date).
On many of United's premium routes (routes that you may wish to burn miles on)
award availability is scarce and you simply won't be able to find the flights you want on
dates that work
for you — miles aren't very flexible like that as you're at the mercy of the airlines.
Lack of
availability and blackout
dates are not the same — I've booked
award tickets
for holiday travel.
Since Amtrak offers last - seat
award availability, any seats or sleeper accommodations which are available on amtrak.com are available
for award redemption, subject to the blackout
dates below.
Those aren't terrible prices to pay
for premium cabins on the likes of JAL or Cathay Pacific but, once again there's no guarantee you'll find
award availability on
dates where cash fares are higher than that cost.
For the purposes of this blog post I just checked random 5 - night date ranges in December, February, April, June and August and found award availability for every nig
For the purposes of this blog post I just checked random 5 - night
date ranges in December, February, April, June and August and found
award availability for every nig
for every night.
I selected a
date I was happy with
for each of the 4 cities that had
award availability and checked the cost of the flight from London to those cities and added it to the taxes I would pay to depart that city:
Let's say that I know I want to fly this route towards the end of July or the beginning of August next year (my
dates are reasonably flexible) and I want to search
for Economy Class
award availability.
Yes, I'm sure there will be a few
dates here and there where,
for one reason or another, cash fares are sky - high and
award availability is still there (so booking with Avios makes sense)....
But I honestly do like to be helpful to people who don't know how to play the points and miles game, so I explained that while it was unlikely we could find any decent
award availability to a premium destination during such a busy holiday period at this late
date, I would check it out
for her.
Delta,
for example, will sometimes set the
availability of
awards seats to zero on certain
dates, even when there is no official blackout, which amounts to the same thing.
Whether you're working toward a revenue requirement
for elite airline status or you can't find
award availability for your travel
dates, sometimes you have to pay
for a ticket with cash rather than miles or points.
American off - peak
awards to Ecuador stand out
for their lower pricing, although
availability can be tough to find
for your exact
dates.
The problem Cathay Pacific is experiencing is high demand
for its first class
award seats from those with AAdvantage miles, with these seats often booked soon after the
award calendar opens, leaving no
award availability for its own Asia Miles frequent flyer members who may seek to book just a few months before the
date of departure.
There is more saver
award availability earlier in the month
for SF > AKL than
for DC > AKL so I'd like to try to use one of those earlier
dates.
I'd also love to know about blackout
dates and the
availability of
award nights
for using the 3 free nights.
When I look at the
award chart
availability from BOS to DUB
for a specific
date that I want (on Qantas and BAEC), nothing shows up.
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.
If you've already made definite plans, requested specific vacation
dates, booked the rest of your itinerary, etc., there's always the risk of there not being any Lufthansa First Class
award availability for your specific
date.
Another downside with hotel credit cards is that even though most major hotel brands advertise «no blackout
dates»
for award nights, they still may limit
award availability.
British Airways is not as easy to search
for flexible
dates for partner
award availability.
Hi, I'm trying to look
for availability for BA
awards from SFO to MIA (on AA planes), and no matter what
dates I set, it keeps saying there aren't any available.