The lower
level awards seats simply weren't available.
Over the past couple of years, low -
level award seats on American Airlines flights have become rarer.
The initial award cost isn't surprising given that it's the first flight with a new product, but we hope Delta will start to release some saver
level award seats to make redeeming SkyMiles worth it.
Just because a zone and a price exist on an award chart doesn't mean saver
level award seats will be available.
Low
level award seats can and do sell out.
This could help you snag a low -
level award seat that a non-BYOE doesn't have access to.
Over the past couple of years, low -
level award seats on American Airlines flights have become rarer.
So the results of a recent study by consulting firm IdeaWorks, which ranks airlines by award availability should come as no surprise — it shows that Delta ranked last (23rd out of 23) with the fewest low -
level award seats available based on the nearly 7,000 queries it conducted.
Here's how the airlines fared in low -
level award seat availability (which is 12,500 miles each way):
Just curious — why do you need to find the lowest
level award seat to get the deals when using partner points?
SAAver
level award seats on the A321T can be difficult to find, but if you're lucky, you can redeem for 12,500 AAdvantage miles each way in economy, 25,000 each way in business or 32,500 each way in first class (these amounts will increase on March 22, 2016).
Not exact matches
In addition, large families will usually be frustrated in their attempts to find more than two or three
award seats available at the lowest mileage
levels.
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35/25 Highway / City MPG
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These partners can offer
award seats to your destination, and most airlines will price their partner
awards at the lowest mileage
levels.
That's because you are dealing with
awards levels for certain
seats.
But with airlines increasing the number of miles needed for many
awards, and reducing the number of
seats they make available for the lowest mileage
levels, these programs have lost some of their value.
If you are flexible and think you can always score the limited Saver
level seats from airlines, then you can earn even higher
awards.
For
award tickets, you can book
award seats on alliance members at the low
level with other alliance member's miles.
Additionally, cardholders are guaranteed the ability to book a standard
level award in first class, business class, or economy on United if there is a
seat for sale.
The program is known for making few low -
level awards available, and it's best to book those
seats as far in advance as possible if your plans are set in stone.
A
seat in the main cabin to any of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and Canada is only 20,000 miles (AAnytime
Level 1
award).
The reason it can be difficult to redeem miles is because airlines limit the number of
seats available at the lowest
award levels, and they make those determinations based on supply and demand.
For EQM - Zero flyers like ourselves Alliances and partners are important because
award seats at the low
level on any one partner airline are usually able to be booked by any other partner's program.
Delta hasn't shown us their new
award chart yet, so this could all be a trap, with greater
seat availability offset by even higher
award redemption
levels.
However, the big drawback is that they often restrict availability of
award seats, or at least charge a lot more miles than the minimum
levels.
Saver, sometimes called «Low -
level»
awards are the lowest priced, and most limited in selection of
award seats.
Removing these high priced, YQ heavy flights also removes a large number of low
level awards — which further hurts your ability to find
seats to book with your AA miles.This is why a good amount of diversity in your mileage programs is important, as is knowing your demand for miles.
Airlines balance a multitude of different factors when deciding how many
award seats to release at the low
level (saver) and higher
levels.