These routes are already loaded into the reservations systems and there's a
lot of award availability at the time of writing.
Not just for this week, not just for next month... but many flights have multiple
seats of award availability off and on throughout the entire next year.
You can also check the box for the award calendar to see an entire month's
worth of award availability and choose the dates with the best fares.
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.
IdeaWorks» recently released 6th annual
survey of award availability revealed that Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways offered abundant award seats compared to rivals.
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.
In recent years, Delta has worked to clean up its online booking software and it has added
tons of award availability, though unfortunately not always in the lowest redemption category.
If you have miles in a specific frequent flyer program with plans to go to a specific destination, your dreams could be spoiled by a
lack of award availability or a devaluation.
Unlike British Airways, American allows you to view one month
of award availability at a time, so you don't have to hunt and peck dates.
For instance, because Lufthansa is a Star Alliance member, (just like United) you can use United's award search engine to get an idea
of award availability with Star Alliance partners.
Also, miles SAAver availability on American Airlines (the
type of award availability you'll need if you're to use Avios to book) is not good at all so don't consider buying Avios in this promotion unless you can already see award availability for your dates online.
United also gives you a nice two month calendar to get a bird's eye
view of award availability, but know that the calendar might not be 100 % accurate.
The only information Delta has given is that there will be 5
tiers of award availability, and that one - way flights will be allowed at half the cost of round - trips.
Based on my (admittedly limited)
study of award availability before and after January 1st, Delta has indeed lowered the prices of most awards, and has made more awards available at the «lowest mileage levels» as promised.
I used to think of Middle Eastern airlines as being «off limits,» simply because they don't have all that many partners and there's often not that much transparency in
terms of award availability.
I took an informal
survey of award availability to London from four cities (Washington, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh) on the three major U.S. airlines (United, American and Delta).
But there's something freeing about being able to thumb your nose at award availability and do what you want to do travel-wise without being constantly at the
mercy of award availability.
As I often suggest travelers take «positioning flights» around Europe (and the US) to make the most of any great Business Class fares that come around or to make the
most of award availability that appears somewhere that isn't your home airport, I thought I'd share my experience of doing just that at Zurich airport.
So if you're looking for flights outside the US (He gave examples of Frankfurt - Rome or Singapore - Tokyo), you'll often see a
TON of award availability.
maybe it's because I'm doing it from my phone but when I follow your instructions, whether I select January dates or February dates (even though I talk all that my dates are flexible) I get an error message saying you selected US Airways flights only but
all of the award availability is on our partner airlines and those are 30,000 each way.
We're looking for the best value, which means finding a program offering a fair rate, using miles that are easy to earn, with a fair amount
of award availability and low out - of - pocket costs on things like taxes and fees.
Etihad Airways tend to release good amount
of award availability (even when the travel date is closer).
4) In terms
of award availability, Star Alliance and Oneworld are light years ahead of SkyTeam.
For instance, there is plenty
of award availability both on United and other Star Alliance carriers between Melbourne and Los Angeles in both economy and business class the last week in January...