Not exact matches
Flights
between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both first and business
class cabins, but premium
class seats on this route are virtually impossible to get at saver
award rates.
You have to call to see if your fare qualifies, but if it does, the rate is comparable to the difference
between economy and upper
class seats on the general
award chart.
Let's try to find a first
class award seat on American
between New York and Sao Paulo, Brazil sometime in May.
The best business
class redemption is a 90,000 - mile
award seat between the continental U.S. and South America.
As stated,
award availability for (saver) business
class to New Zealand on United is not great and you'll need to book far in advance if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with business
class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
I set alerts (using ExpertFlyer.com) for London — Aruba Business
Class awards and,
between November and January American Airlines didn't release a single
seat.
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.
Let's assume you need two business
class award seats for a flight
between Los Angeles and Paris — the most popular European travel destination.
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.
On the airlines» websites, I searched for economy -
class award seats on nonstop
between Salt Lake City and Chicago for every day in June and July.
They regularly release one first
class award seat on their Airbus 380 flights
between Singapore and Sydney / Melbourne.
Lufthansa regularly releases two to four business
class award seats per flight
between Washington and Frankfurt.
Pulling up random dates ~ 10 months from now, most dates
between Los Angeles and Seoul Incheon have ~ 8 - 10 first
class award seats available.
Cathay Pacific frequently releases five Business
Class and one First
Class award seat on its flights
between the United States and Hong Kong 11 months out.