Beyond this week, there are three other days in the next three weeks with First
Class award space between Washington and Abu Dhabi, March 27 - 29.
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.
While their primary hub is in Madrid, Iberia is fairly good about releasing business
class award space between Miami and Barcelona, especially in light of the fact that they're not otherwise all that great about releasing award space.
I would aim for flying ANA, though they only typically release first
class award space between late January and mid March for most routes, at least in advance.
Recently, some international business
class award space between Australia and Singapore has been available to partners for award bookings.
Not exact matches
I'll search for a business
class award between Los Angeles (LAX) and Hong Kong (HKG) because these two cities have four flights a day; there's a good chance that business
class award space will be available.
Right at the end of last month American Airlines opened up a surprising amount of Business
Class award space for flights
between the US and various European cities -
award space which, by and large, is still available - and now some First
Class award space appears to have opened up as well.
On the other hand, a business
class Travel Together Ticket redemption
between Seattle and London in August (the earliest I was able to find
award space) would cost 150,000 Avios and $ 2,514, while two paid tickets would cost $ 8,093, giving you roughly 3.7 cents per Avios.
Next to Delta you'll find that they offer some of the best
award space between North America and Europe for 150,000 miles in business
class.
Similar to the option
between Houston and Moscow, this is another
award redemption that has become a great value since Singapore started opening up saver
award space in their new first
class.
Right now, Business
Class and First
Class space on American Airlines» A321T service
between New York and Los Angeles and San Francisco has some periods of time with very regular
award space.
There is not as much Japan Airlines First
Class Award space open
between the US and Tokyo as there was in February, but a smattering remains.
Delta charges 80,000 miles one way in Business
Class between the United States and Australia, so every day that says 80,000 miles below has
award space on Virgin Australia.
First
Class Award space is usually plentiful on the A380
between London and Abu Dhabi throughout the year.
Nor can I get the calendar to differentiate
between Business
Class and First
Class award space.
Yesterday I wrote about a discovery that shocked me: American Airlines is releasing consistent MileSAAver
award space on its flagship and newest plane — the 777 - 300ER — in Business
Class and First
Class between Los Angeles and London.