"Class award availability" refers to the availability of seats or tickets in a specific class (such as economy, business, or first class) for booking through rewards programs or with points instead of paying with money.
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The week I'm prepared to travel (10 — 16 December 2016) there is no First
Class award availability between London and Abu Dhabi («Guest First» has to show as available if you are to book Etihad First Class with AAdvantage Miles):
The very condensed version is that Brussels Airlines has opened a ton of business
class award availability through next year and you can book those using 36,620 Etihad miles.
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.
It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy Class than to Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an award) but it may be bad need for Business
Class award availability if Emirates shrinks Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
By flying first class for an hour from LA to San Francisco, we're able to greatly improve
upper class award availability on the way to Sydney, critical on a flight longer than 15 hours where Coach seating can be a fretful prospect, and for no more miles than a direct flight from LA when it is available.
As I explained in the introduction to this series of reviews / reports, I knew that my chances of finding Cathay Pacific First
Class award availability out of London, for dates that worked for me, were slim so I looked to other European cities to see what was available.
The SWISS First
Class award availability disappeared pretty quickly and, a few days later, those who had actually booked the awards suddenly noticed that their reservations were being cancelled.
If you can find Business
Class award availability across the Atlantic (preferably in off - peak season) then buying miles in this promotion can be a good deal.
Take a look a these screenshots from American Airlines — all show Business
Class award availability on non-stop flights between various US cities and London Heathrow:
For example, Lufthansa and Swiss no longer release first
class award availability in advance (See How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability) and when they do release some close to the departure date there may only be 1 seat available.
Overall trends: As I mention above, you'll be hard - pressed to find
business class award availability on Air France, though I was able to find a few seats here and there.
Unlike Lufthansa business class award space, Lufthansa restricts first
class award availability to its own Miles & More members until roughly 2 weeks before departure.
Let's be clear — finding Qantas first
class award availability will not be easy.
The Star Alliance (which United is a part of) has great economy and business
class award availability to Europe.
Qatar Airways has scheduled the route to start from 3 December 2016 and it looks like Business
Class award availability on this...
There appears to be plenty of Business
Class award availability from London to the US....
Aeroplan was showing First
Class award availability on SWISS but United was not (neither was LifeMiles but that didn't surprise me).
Today I wanted to cover how the best way to get to Asia right now is with outstanding Asiana business
class award availability.
Here's November Business
Class award availability....
Korean has some of the best first -
class award availability of any airline and charges a very reasonable number of miles during its off - peak dates.
Now to book this excellent Asiana business
class award availability you have a few options.
In order to upgrade using Avios there simply has to be Business
Class award availability on the flight in question....
When I searched for Los Angeles — London Business
Class award availability on exactly the same dates, Aeroplan showed this:
There were two more things to consider at this point — Business
Class award availability on the return flights and the aircraft that British Airways was offering.
The aircraft also offers a Premium Economy cabin which, considering how little seat - width the seats in Economy Class offer, may be a good compromise if Business Class is expensive or if Business
Class award availability is non-existent.
Luckily there was quite a bit of Business
Class award availability on the date I wanted, so finding a seat wasn't going to be an issue:
I was doing some research for another blog post I have in mind and I came across a discrepancy between the British Airways website and Iberia's website when it comes to Business
Class award availability.
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