Many have complained about the lack of
business class award seats open on Finnair, so the offerings in J class may not be as solid as I first imagined.
Not exact matches
Lufthansa generally only releases
award seats to partners within a week or so of departure, so you can book
business class and change to first -
class if availability
opens up.
OneMileAtATime has noticed that
award availability on this new route appears to be wide
open with as many as 6
Business Class seats available on some flights.
... sadly, either British Airways haven't loaded the
awards for the new flights or they're being stubbornly stingy — there isn't a date with 2
open business class seat anywhere in the summer calendar.
While I wouldn't call
award availability on Thai's first international A350 route «wide
open» it's definitely reasonably easy to find
Business Class award seats.
The airline has
opened up a surprising number of
Business Class Miles SAAver
award seats for travel between the US and Europe (both directions) in the first 5 months of 2017.
Air New Zealand transpacific
business class cabins feature very comfortable lie - flat
seats, good food and exceptional service, and the airline has recently begun
opening up its
business class award availability.
I think for many routes Qatar
opens up four
business class seats for
awards but even with this limitation, I found plenty of flights with
open seats between American cities and DOH and between DOH and JNB.
Meanwhile Cathay Pacific is really generous with
business class award space in advance, often releasing up to five
seats per flight when the schedule
opens.