Sentences with phrase «award seats available often»

Reward models matter Sorensen says the amount of award seats available often reflects a tension within airlines.

Not exact matches

American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return award seat is not available.

If you don't see space when you search, there are often 1 or 2 award seats available within 2 weeks of departure.

Since business travel plummets during holiday weeks, airlines often make first - class awards available at the saver award level even when economy seats are selling like hotcakes.

It's rare to find more than two business award seats available on the same flight, but I've often seen four and six economy seats available.

In fact, there are often no award seats available during peak travel times, like the winter holidays.

You can often find several business class seats available for award bookings just days prior to departure.

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.

Airlines using mileage - based programs, on the other hand, limit award seat available and often only offer them at a fixed price: i.e., 25,000 miles for a domestic trip.

While United tends to make the most seats available for the lowest priced awards, American AAdvantage members have the option of using Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines flights which often have generous availability.

This used to be an absolute «secret weapon» when it comes to award availability, given that there were often at least first and business class award seats available.

The flight also often has two first class award seats available.