Free night awards are
not capacity controlled so long as a standard room is available, much like a standard - level award flight.
And yes, you can book an award flight whenever there are seats available — no blackout dates and
capacity controls for you.
This stands in stark contrast to airline frequent flyer programs that are filled with blackout
dates capacity controls.
MileagePlus Premier ® members and eligible United MileagePlus Chase cardmembers have the benefit of booking Everyday Awards without
capacity controls on flights operated by United and United Express.
Capacity controlled awards will be available when space permits, while Guaranteed awards are available as long as there is a seat on the plane available.
They're
capacity controlled by the cost of airfares, and your ability to book a Saturday Night Stay as well as the lowest priced fare *.
While there is no
official capacity control, hotels often «rebrand» a regular room into a premium room and charge an outrageous amount of points
Some Fairmount properties
enforce capacity controls on rewards rooms and strict calendars of blackout dates when rewards rooms can not be booked.
But in addition to the «low» - level award inventory travel hackers love so dearly, American, United, and Alaska Airlines also offer more expensive awards that escape
most capacity controls.
Hilton HHonors is the only hotel loyalty guest program offering Points & Miles for the same stay with no blackout dates or
capacity controls at more than 4,100 hotels worldwide.
While award availability is guesswork for most folks thanks to
unpublished capacity controls, some airlines openly tell you when you will absolutely not be able to book awards because of blackout dates.
Hotel programs are a much cleaner example, because for the most part they've gone away
from capacity controls towards a model where if a standard room is available to be booked for cash it can be redeemed for with points.
«Because you're buying your ticket on the open market, there aren't
capacity controls in place that bedevil people trying to redeem miles directly,» Winship says.
University - Owned Housing Market Refers to the total on - campus residential hall /
apartment capacity controlled / reported by the university, and the standard room and board rates associated with these halls / apartments.
Capacity controlled awards will be available when space permits, while Guaranteed awards are available as long as there is a seat on the plane available.
But if you earn your hotel rewards from a program that doesn't have blackout dates or
other capacity controls, then you can redeem your points for standard rooms available before the hotel is sold out.
Air New Zealand does not have
capacity controls on award flights because you can use your Airpoints Dollars to buy any seat on any flight.
That claim would come as a surprise to Gary Leff who had a blogpost [1] titled: «No, Hyatt's Confirmed Suite Upgrades Are
n't Capacity Controlled.
Seats sold at the sale prices are
capacity controlled, meaning the cheapest seats will likely sell out on individual flights.
For example, spending $ 25,000 on an airline credit card will earn you 25,000 miles or 1 domestic ticket subject to
capacity controls.
Although many hotel loyalty programs don't have blackout dates, most have
capacity controls and thus only allow so many rewards to be redeemed at a given time.
With these cards, you book travel the way you normally would, with no blackout dates or
capacity controls.
Marketing Partner Reward usage is subject to
capacity controls, which limit the availability of rental cars, cruises, or the products offered by certain rental car companies or other Hilton Honors Marketing Partners, respectively.
These are
Capacity controlled / Limited awards, which means they won't always be available to book.
Better yet, the Southwest Rapid Rewards program comes with no blackout dates or
capacity controls, which means actually using your points is a breeze.
Housing for mental and physical health, shelter flow - through, length - of - stay, and
capacity control are all issues that shelter medicine has influenced.
Hilton Honors is one of the few rewards programs to guarantee
no capacity controls on its rooms in addition to no blackout dates.
These are
capacity controlled and not available for every stay.
These are
Capacity controlled / Limited awards, which means they won't always be available to book.
Keep in mind that these prepaid certificates require special availability that is
capacity controlled.
Capacity controlled awards: Award prices rise according to demand on airlines with different possible award prices for the same city pairs.
However, these awards are subject to
capacity control and may not always be immediately available.