Had
found award availability from PHX - LAX - ICN - PEK - BKK.
Canary Islands is also a part of this region, however, it's hard to
find award availability from the US.
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.
You know that
award availability can be tough to
find on this flight
from JFK, and buying the last few thousand miles could solve your problem.
ANA releases
award space nearly a year prior to departure — 355 days — and you can even
find availability up to 96 hours
from departure.
I don't know where you're flying
from, but I searched
availability in July — a peak travel time —
from Chicago to Honolulu, and
found award tickets typically available for between 60,000 and 70,000 miles round - trip.
You can get a ton of value
from your miles assuming you can
find award availability.
I
found some okay SAAver
award availability going to Sydney
from LAX about 7 to 8 months out but some very good SAAver
availability going back to LAX.
American Airlines
awards are valid for up to a year
from the date of purchase so, if you can't
find award availability on the dates you're prepared to travel, this is what you can do:
When I searched for
availability from the US to Auckland with United on Aeroplan's website, I
found a lot of United
award availability for flights 5 + months out and decent
availability for flights only a couple of months out but it wasn't the kind of
availability I liked.
Note: To
find Etihad
awards that are available to book using AAdvantage Miles you need to look out for Etihad Guest
availability (the first column in any results
from an
award search).
Well I was pleasantly surprised to
find that Lufthansa Business
award availability is wide open to Europe
from both east and west coasts — over 2 months in advance of 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.
If you're flying
from the U.S. to London, you'll often
find quite a bit of
award availability.
Award availability to Asia
from the West Coast and to Europe
from the East Coast is easy to
find.
I guess I could transfer across some Starpoints to Elevate (the transfer ratio is 1:1) but I have those Starpoints earmarked for a trip next spring... and it's not like Virgin Australia
award availability to /
from the US is all that easy to
find either.
Assuming you can
find United - metal saver
availability in coach for the days you want, you can save 20 % off a roundtrip
award from the US or Alaska to Porto, Portugal, Reykjavik, Iceland, Singapore, or Sydney, Australia.
After a few days of searching here and there, I
found first class
award availability from LAX - ICN (Seoul).
If you're interested in visiting during April, you just need to
find saver
award flight
availability from your city to Chicago (ORD) during one of these dates.
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.
Thanks to the commenters
from Friday's thread, we have some real world
award request in which to try to
find availability.