These tools are extremely helpful and make those beginning stages of searching
for award seats much more convenient.
Not exact matches
«The weather is often decent in
much of the U.S. and Europe during those times, and the demand
for award seats plummets then.»
If the airline thinks it can sell those
seats for cash, it's
much less likely to release the
seats for cheap mileage redemptions — making
award space extremely limited on the most popular travel dates.
Award flight tip *: Dynamic pricing for award flights on select routes means premium seats can cost twice as
Award flight tip *: Dynamic pricing
for award flights on select routes means premium seats can cost twice as
award flights on select routes means premium
seats can cost twice as
much.
The Iberia A340 offers 27 more Business Class
seats than the smaller A330 - 200 so this aircraft swap is not going to do
much for the already hard - to - find
award inventory.
Generally speaking, revenue - based
award redemption programs like Southwest, JetBlue, and VirginAmerica have good availability but this is only because the number of points it costs
for an
award seat are a function of how
much the
seat costs.
Nowadays it's very common
for an airline to add charges to their
award tickets which, when added up, can come to as
much (or more) as the price of a Coach
seat — these are the
awards you should try to avoid where at all possible.
~ 13,000 points
for two tickets is a
much better deal than 50,000 miles
for award seats on United (which didn't have any saver - level
award space, that day or the next).
The Virgin Atlantic Dreamliner has fewer Premium Economy and Upper Class
seats than both the A330 and A340 aircraft so I suspect this won't do
much for award availability on this route.
Since U.S. SkyTeam partner Delta doesn't allow first - class partner
awards, there is
much less competition
for these
seats than you would find on other airlines.
But
for first class, or if you want to buy a more expensive
award with last
seat availability, the prices are pretty
much the same.
With that
much lift between the two cities, travelers should have a better chance
for more
award seats this summer (especially on Air France, which seems to offer more
award availability than Delta on this route).
At the same time, I can't totally blame them
for not releasing
much award space in advance, given that those
seats could otherwise be sold.
Although BofA points might not be worth as
much as Citi ThankYou points or Chase Ultimate Rewards points,
for those who value flexibility when redeeming (and might not be trying to redeem
for premium - cabin
award seats), the Premium Rewards card is tough to beat since it has such a high earn
for cardholders who are members of the BofA Preferred Rewards program.
What was accurate and fair about the survey was that it ranks Delta
much higher
for close - in availability as
award seats are often released more freely within two weeks of departure.