Flexible travel dates
make finding award space easier and some airlines such as Air France / KLM even let you search multiple dates.
Not exact matches
When you consider that
award flights to Australia can be tough to
find, this could
make accessing
award space easier for you.
When you search for
award space,
make sure you
find flights on United, as other options on Star Alliance carriers will also show in the search results.
When you consider that
award flights to Australia can be tough to
find, this could
make accessing
award space easier for you.
When you search for
award space,
make sure you
find flights on United, as other options on Star Alliance carriers will also show in the search results.
Assuming you have the ability to earn miles with your credit card spending, leave buying miles for the times when you
find award space for the dates you want, but need a few more miles to
make the booking happen.
However, if you can
find award space on Virgin Atlantic and a separate saver level
award for a connecting flight, there is a way to
make this work.
To book an
award, you simply
make an
award search,
find award space on dates that work for you, and complete the booking online.
If you can't
find award space, or if you
found award space somewhere else like Air France, you can call Delta to
make a reservation; there are no extra ticketing fees when calling for assistance.
Transferable points let you
find the
award space first, then move them to the program where they
make the most sense.
Etihad
award space is available on its own website; look for «Guest Seat» availability to
find award space made available to partners.
Willingness to fly to or from a different city
makes it easier to
find award space, and I was getting no luck on the non-stop from London to Seattle.
Fiji Airways provides service to Los Angeles as well as Honolulu, which will
make it easier to
find award space.
The zone - based redemption charts they use don't care about
making connections or if I leave from the East Coast vs. West Coast, so I can add extra flights if it means
finding those with the best
award space.
To increase your chance of
finding award space with this trick,
make sure to use city based codes when searching; Bay Area, Los Angeles Area, NYC, WAS, Miami Area, etc..