But when you dig in a but, you may realize that these are mostly Category 7 resorts with such high standard redemption rates it's hard to get a great deal — except maybe if you can
find award availability at very peak times.
June is far enough out that you should be able to
find award availability at the milesAAver level (which is 60,000 miles roundtrip).
Finding award availability at 95k isn't hard if you book in advance.
Not exact matches
In addition, several of the major hotel programs are featured, and transfers from this program are virtually instantaneous, allowing you to book airline tickets or
award nights
at hotels that you
found before the
availability disappears.
To
find award availability and book a Royal Air Maroc flight, you will need to contact the Etihad Guest Service Center
at +1 (0) 877-690-0767.
Keeping track of what credit card is best to use
at which location,
finding award availability across a variety of carriers and
finding the best deals when paying based on the cash rate are all made easier with some of the great tools out -LSB-...]
Sure, I have to deal with limited
award availability, but I travel often enough that over the course of a year I can
find a way to use my points in a way that I value
at more than 1.25 cents.
In reality, I'd been looking
at award availability for both trips concurrently, knowing that
award flights to Anchorage may be difficult to
find at the very height of Alaska's short annual window of pleasant weather.
Award availability looks fantastic at this property — I couldn't find a single night between now and the end of the calendar (August) which didn't offer an award redemp
Award availability looks fantastic
at this property — I couldn't
find a single night between now and the end of the calendar (August) which didn't offer an
award redemp
award redemption.
In the entire month of October, I
found one day with
availability on the LAX — JFK non-stop flight
at the saver
award level.
If you're trying to
find award availability on a OneWorld airline BritishAirways.com is the best place to start — the airline may be pretty useless
at most things but its site is great for OneWorld
award searches.
That's the regular price and a level
at which
award availability isn't hard to
find.
Business class flights to Australia are rarely ever seen
at great prices and
award availability has never been easy to
find.
On many of United's premium routes (routes that you may wish to burn miles on)
award availability is scarce and you simply won't be able to
find the flights you want on dates that work for you — miles aren't very flexible like that as you're
at the mercy of the airlines.
Because it's not that rare to
find Business Class flights between the US and London coming in
at under $ 2,000 and, on top of that, if you're booking an
award you still have the issue of
finding availability... and that hasn't been easy in recent years.
After locating non-stops
award flights
at the lowest point level that met our schedule, I went to koreanair.com to confirm the
availability I
found on delta.com.
Award nights are very easy to find at the Ritz - Carlton Abu Dhabi and, to prove that point, at the time of writing there are only 18 days between today and the middle of December 2016 that do not have award availabi
Award nights are very easy to
find at the Ritz - Carlton Abu Dhabi and, to prove that point,
at the time of writing there are only 18 days between today and the middle of December 2016 that do not have
award availabi
award availability.
These can be as low as 20,000 miles each way for a Super Saver
award, but you will
find much better
availability at the Saver level for 30,000 miles.
At the top - end hotels there's definitely value to be had out of this promotion (especially during busier times) but, when prices are very high,
award nights can be harder to
find so make sure there's
availability before you commit to a points purchase.
All you have to do is
find standard
award availability at your desired property and you can book your free night.
Saver
award availability for this route
at 37,500 looks tough to come by but you can probably
find open Standard
awards for 70,000 miles one - way.
I've
found award night
availability at these Disney properties much easier than some other SPG properties across the world.
But I honestly do like to be helpful to people who don't know how to play the points and miles game, so I explained that while it was unlikely we could
find any decent
award availability to a premium destination during such a busy holiday period
at this late date, I would check it out for her.
If you are scrambling to lock in
awards at old rates, you might be having trouble
finding Etihad business / first class
award seats even though Etihad shows
availability.
The thing that I
find most useful with the United
award booking engine is the calendar
at the top which clearly shows when there is
availability and when there isn't.
I highly recommend doing your own research in advance and
finding saver
award availability at United.com and wiring down the flight numbers and calling in.
At the time there was very little availability on AA metal, and I felt lucky to find the premium saver award space on the 777 - 200 departing JFK at 7:55 p.m. Generally, though, I prefer taking the latest possible trans - Atlantic flight so that I can get more slee
At the time there was very little
availability on AA metal, and I felt lucky to
find the premium saver
award space on the 777 - 200 departing JFK
at 7:55 p.m. Generally, though, I prefer taking the latest possible trans - Atlantic flight so that I can get more slee
at 7:55 p.m. Generally, though, I prefer taking the latest possible trans - Atlantic flight so that I can get more sleep.
You may
find that providing information about an alternate routing can enable the agent to view the seat
availability and book a ticket
at the standard
award level.
Once I
found the
award availability I was looking for, I then called AA
at 1-800-882-8880 and spoon fed them the flights.