Even if you need award space for a flight within 3 or 4 months, it is not uncommon to find
business class space for 1 to 3 people.
There's always a risk the award availability could disappear while you wait
as business class space is a hot commodity.
For example, last week American Airlines released lots
of business class space to Europe for October through the spring of 2018.
I eventually found Korean Air
business class space all the way from Los Angeles to Seoul to Bangkok, and from Siem Reap to Seoul to Bangkok, with the A380 on the transpacific legs both ways.
Six out of the next seven days — all the days that say «Miles 43857» on the calendar — have
Business Class space between London and Abu Dhabi.
Air
France business class space is only released to Air France Flying Blue Members 305 days ahead of time, but the same space is generally released to Delta SkyMiles members 331 days before departure date.
Make no mistake, there are very attractive features to its award program — no fuel surcharges, access to Singapore
Airlines business class space that other Star carriers (since bmi's demise) do not have, and miles that are just plain cheap to buy, making aspirational travel possible even for the budget traveler.
Overall there is less Business Class than First Class available, except for the holidays when
Business Class space becomes widely available and First Class space drops off.
Awards are now available, although first class and to a lesser
extent business class space is very limited — on many dates, there are no first class and business class award seats, or just 1 first class and / or 1 business class award seat is available.
I found First Class and
Business Class space on the 777 - 300ER between New York and London in both directions all summer long.
While it's a pretty normal 737 - 800 with domestic first class seats that flies the route, it's difficult to find
saver business class space.
What I really hope to avoid is a complete blocking of Cathay Pacific First Class or
Business Class space when using American Airlines miles.
Big thanks to my friend Derrick from Award Travel 101 who
found business class space and motivated me to start a search for first class space!
Business class space can be tough to find on flights with the new Polaris product, so it's best to start your search early and check back regularly if space is not immediately available.
Business class space can be tough to find on flights with the new Polaris product, so it's best to start your search early and check back regularly if space is not immediately available.
For kicks, I checked Sydney to Abu Dhabi, and again there is not really
any Business Class space on Virgin Australia.
If you find
any Business Class space at all, post it in the comments.
of
the Business Class space shown on the calendars is to Viracopos on an inferior 767.