If you can
find award availability space on any specific flight, you can use that as part of your itinerary
Not exact matches
ANA releases
award space nearly a year prior to departure — 355 days — and you can even
find availability up to 96 hours from departure.
ANA releases
award space nearly a year prior to departure — 355 days — and you can even
find availability up to 96 hours from departure.
Etihad
award space is available on its own website; look for «Guest Seat»
availability to
find award space made available to partners.
Business class
award availability on Qantas is very difficult to
find, but not quite as difficult as first class
award space.
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 out.
If many
awards cost more miles, do you think that people with lots of miles (like you) will have better chances of
finding space since some people won't be able to afford the new rates with the same
availability?
I
find British Airways
award availability to be wildly inconsistent, though they're typically very good about releasing
award space on their flights from the east coast to London.
With great
availability, little competition, and so many flights you can usually
find Korean Air
award space.
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 sleep.
Anyway, if there is no saver
award space on AA and if you can not
find availability on partner airlines, you're better off saving your miles than using twice as many for an AAnytime ticket.