Not exact matches
When an airline sells out of its saver
inventory of
award tickets on any flight, the
only option to book with miles is to pay the higher standard or anytime price — which often can be tens of thousands of miles more.
Since British Airways is
only a partner airline, it
only has access to partner
inventory, which means
only the lowest «Saver» level
awards.
American Airlines
only allows you to book
awards 331 days out so you may well be planning a trip right now for which the 331 day marker has not yet passed —
awards haven't yet been offered so you know that no one else has booked up all the
award inventory an airline is prepared to release.
Like the Barclaycard Arrival program, Capital One No Hassle Rewards is ideal for people who are not
only NOT loyal to a particular airline or hotel, they don't want to be and they don't want to spend time sifting through
award inventory or waiting for
award seats to open up.
Non-refundable
awards might be very cheap if there's lots of
inventory available or somewhere in the middle if there's
only some
inventory.
Its a great thing to be aware and share the sweet spots on
award charts but its really not that cut and dry IMHO For example Alaska is not a One World partner and while they certainly make some availability available to Alaska its a much smaller pool of
inventory and frequently
only available close to departure to book Added to that you can not mix any other One World partner on the itinerary making it not the sweet spot its made out to be when you have to book yet another
award that would be included otherwise with a One World partner booking using Cathay