there are still
a lot of award availability from New York to Singapore via Frankfurt next April and May,
And sure enough, this morning while searching Delta.com, I came up with
lots of award availability on Virgin Atlantic flights in economy from JFK to London Heathrow for the same amount of 60,000 miles and $ 185 in taxes and fees.
Not exact matches
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.
Since a
lot of availability has already been eaten away on the most straightforward
award routes, we'll have to be creative in finding a solution.
A
lot of people prefer the in - air product
of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer flights since it has tv's, free wifi, more leg room, business / first class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for getting around the country, in terms
of finding
award seats.
If you already have a
lot of travel booked and can't make the most
of the
award availability that's around right now (and you're miles rich), then using miles for upgrades may be a good idea — especially on routes like Dallas — Hong Kong.
and BA always has
lots of Business Class
award availability during the holidays.
I've had a quick look on BA.com and there seems to be a very good amount
of availability (probably why this promotion is on in the first place) but, if you think would work for you don't wait too long to book as there may be a
lot of people after these
awards once the word is out.
Despite a
lot of moaning and groaning (including by me) about bad
award availability the opportunities are absolutely still there if you have flexible points currencies, and persistence.
The chatter was that Etihad was showing a
lot of availability for this
award in May 2017.
With Ft. Lauderdale's proximity to Miami and most other things South Florida offers this route is a nice bonus for Avios collectors — we suddenly have a
lot more premium cabin space flying in / out
of the Miami metropolitan area and that should be good for fares and
award availability (hopefully!)
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.
Or maybe you have a
lot of points with one program, but there's no
award availability at all.
The reason why a
lot of Miles & Points enthusiast get excited about Korean Air is because the airline manages to combine an excellent premium cabin product with fantastic
award availability.
But it's important to remember that Spring 2016
award availability has been loaded into the airlines reservations system since May so a
lot of people have already had their pick
of dates and yet
availability is still not terrible.
Includes: Some great Business Class fares between the UK and the US, details
of amazing American Airlines Business Class
award availability, the latest Amex travel offers you should be signing up for (if targeted), news
of the first major 3Q hotel promotion and a
lot more.
While there may be a
lot of «free night»
award availability there is absolutely no Cash & Points
availability showing between the resort's opening date and the end
of the booking calendar.
This flight required a bit
of a judgement call and a
lot of luck because there was absolutely no
award availability on the one flight that I could trust to get me into Helsinki on time to catch the A350 (for the trip back).
A
lot of alliance partners don't allow you to search for
award availability for other partners on their website and that's really annoying because that means you'll always have to call in to book and you're not sure what that airline is seeing in terms
of award availability.
Korean Air offers an excellent product, reasonable prices and a
lot of availability, with anywhere from two to four premium cabin
award seats on many flights.
These routes are popular and there's usually a
lot of demand for them, and that means
award availability is usually hard to come by.
I generally recommend searching for
award availability one flight at a time, which means
lots of one - way, non-stop flights.
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?
One thing that I would note is that even if you have a more limited schedule, hotel
awards seem to have a
lot of availability.
If you want to travel this summer and you're not seeing a
lot of availability at the lowest
award level, your options are limited.
While economy
award space on American Airlines is still pretty good for many different routes, there has been a
lot of grief lately over business class
availability at the SAAver level.