Lufthansa usually releases first
class award space no more than 14 days in advance, so I was pretty excited to book first class yesterday, November 1, for 15 days in advance, November 16.
Since then Lufthansa has full - on stopped releasing first
class award space more than a couple of weeks before departure, eliminating quite a few redemption opportunities in advance.
Not exact matches
We'll also take a look at an easy way to gain access to
more economy
class saver level
award space with United.
Additionally, Virgin Australia
award space is quite tough to find (especially business
class), but sometimes you will find
more space closer to departure.
Korean Air business
class is a great way to cross the Pacific, and the regularity with which they release business
class award space makes it one of the
more convenient
award booking options.
Similarly, Air France / flyingblue opens up
more award space to their account holders than to partners, but adds $ 600 per person of fuel surcharges to business
class award tickets.
If you are
more flexible and using a partner program to book, start looking for Lufthansa first
class award space 15 days prior to your departure.
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While this is
more of an issue with first
class award space, you should also note that the Asia Miles program does have increased access to
award space for business
class.
American has long had a policy that allowed customers to «upgrade» their ticket to a higher cabin
class closer to departure, when many airlines typically release
more award space.
It does have
more reasonable business
class rates to French Polynesia (150,000 per round trip), but finding
award space at this rate is nearly impossible.
In fact, the last time I remember seeing it was when Singapore Airlines did a... [Read
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Class Award Space on United.com!
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Class space closely, releasing
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While you can't book Korean Air first
class with partner miles, this actually ensures there is
more award space available.
Award space is wide open on the new A350 Delta Business
Class route from Atlanta... Read
more
United miles are still
more valuable for travel to Europe, though not by a huge margin anymore, ever since Lufthansa stopped releasing first
class award space in advance.
It's worth noting that it's tougher than ever before to find first
class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
class Star Alliance
award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No
More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
More Lufthansa Advance First
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up
award space no
more than three weeks
more than three weeks out.
However, Singapore Airlines recently announced that they'd be opening up
more award space on their «premium» routes to Star Alliance partners, like on the all - business
class Newark and Los Angeles to Singapore routes.
Since then Virgin Australia (one of their
more useful partners) has just about completely stopped releasing business
class award space.
I'd recommend using United miles to book Lufthansa first
class — you avoid the higher surcharges that are now charged with Aeroplan
awards, you don't face Starnet blocking as you do with US Airways (
more about that below) and you use a lot fewer miles than you would with Miles & More miles, although it's true that only Lufthansa's Miles & More members get advance access to first class award sp
more about that below) and you use a lot fewer miles than you would with Miles &
More miles, although it's true that only Lufthansa's Miles & More members get advance access to first class award sp
More miles, although it's true that only Lufthansa's Miles &
More members get advance access to first class award sp
More members get advance access to first
class award space.
Now it's frequently the case that Air France will offer its own members 9 or
more business
class award space on a given flight.
The first leg was in United economy as there was no domestic First
Class award seat available (I monitored award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an Award p
award seat available (I monitored
award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an Award p
award space but it never opened up —
more on that in the Anatomy of an
Award p
Award post).
By late June, I see
more award space on the A380 in First
Class, probably due to the second daily A380 frequency.