Landing a premium class award ticket in First or Business class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore Airlines practice of offering first and business
class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer program.
Not exact matches
In November, 2013, Asiana opened up
award space in First
Class on
almost every flight possible.
Qantas first
class award space between Australia and the US is
almost impossibly difficult to come by to begin with, and is tougher on AAdvantage miles when others have a three week head start.
This is one of the reasons I
almost never can get excited about the various US Airways promotions — they block Lufthansa first
class award space.
The
award space in business
class on Skyteam members Saudia (from Washington DC or New York, through Riyadh and Jeddah) and Aeroflot (a much better airline than you think, and with great availability out of New York and DC through Moscow) is better than on
almost any airline.