American Airlines runs a direct flight to Auckland from LAX but as you'd probably expect it's very difficult to find
open seats on that flight.
Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book premium international tickets on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of award tickets where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value on award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for
any open seat on a flight, just as if you were buying it.
Not exact matches
Robert Mann, an aviation consultant and former American Airlines executive, said it would most likely be Tuesday before Delta's operations in Atlanta returned to normal, and for passengers «it could be most of the week» because there aren't many
open seats on other
flights in the last week before Christmas.
Even if you are enough of a high - profile customer to warrant special treatment, «strong demand» for business and first - class
seats on long
flights means airlines often don't have many
open seats that can be used for upgrades, according to Harteveldt.
The gate that my
flight flew out of was super busy and there weren't many
seats open to sit down, so I decided to find a nice comfortable spot
on the hard titled floor.
Most airlines will
open their
flights to new reservations about 11 months in advance, and if you're able to book your travel then, then you'll have one of the best opportunities to find available award
seats on the
flights you want.
No Blackout Dates, Points Don't Expire, and Unlimited Rewards
Seats — If there's a
seat on a
flight that's
open then you can use your points for it.
That
opens up some great values not only in Upper Class
on Korean Air
flights to Asia, which often show far more availability than Business or First Class
seats booked through other programs, but also to Europe and elsewhere.
Air Canada releases most award
seats the day they
open, so it can be easy to get availability
on tricky
flights, especially for groups
Delta also has no fee for last - minute award bookings and
opens up a larger percentage of
seats last minute than most airlines, so if you need an award
flight on short order, it's a great option.
Sometimes, award
flights from non-hub airports like Jacksonville can seem hard to find because award
seats between Jacksonville and the hub are scarce, while award
seats on the expensive transatlantic
flight from the hub to the final destination are
open.
TrueBlue Mosaic Status Members that have TrueBlue Mosaic status will receive certain additional benefits in connection with the Program: 1) Complimentary access to Even More Speed at airports where Even More Speed is available and
open; 2) The ability to redeem Points for Even More Space
seats (the amount of Points required for redemption will vary by
flight); 3) Early boarding of JetBlue
flights (i.e.,
flights operated by JetBlue); 4) Their first and second checked bag free
on JetBlue
flights (subject to weight and size restrictions and exceptions for itineraries including
flights marketed or operated by other carriers); 5) Complimentary alcoholic beverages onboard (not available
on flights operating with express or no inflight service [
flights under 340 miles] or where prohibited by law.
My
seat mate had chosen to move to an
open seat on the aisle, which was nice, allowing me to use their vacated personal TV screen to keep tabs
on the moving map while I perused the in -
flight entertainment options
on Aeroflot's system.
This
opens a new window with the remaining
seats on that
flight.
No inventory restriction means that Pay with Miles can be used for any
open seat on any eligible domestic or international
flight available at delta.com.
In frequent flyer forums, I keep seeing the same question: If my
flight is cancelled because of weather, do I have to wait for an award
seat at the same redemption rate to
open up
on another
flight?
OneMileAtATime has noticed that award availability
on this new route appears to be wide
open with as many as 6 Business Class
seats available
on some
flights.
Weirdly,
on many
flights First Class space is wide
open, even when economy and business
seats are not.
When searching for
flights from about 4 months out and longer, I found tons of
open seats on Delta's website.
I figured it would be a
flight with a bunch of
open business class
seats as well as blocked off
seats and narrowed it down to 3
flights thanks to some clues that were being dropped
on Twitter.
This is the same window when most airlines capitulate, realize they won't be able to sell the
seat, and
open up award space
on hard - to - get
flights.
While a couple of
seats open on some
flights 330 days out, I have twice had long international
flights cancelled or schedules changed forcing me to look for new award space, which makes me wonder whether it is better to book at 6 or 9 months out when schedules are a little more reliable.
However, because of the wide -
open availability (especially for more than one first - class
seat on the same
flights) and relative ease of the points - transfer process, Ultimate Rewards / Korean SkyPass were my programs of choice this time around.
@ DBest — Partner airlines only have access to award
seats within 15 days, but I've noticed the same trend of
flights on popular routes
opening a day or so before departure: http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2013/09/15/preditcible-lufthansa-first-class-award-space/
Most of all, their «Wan na Get Away» fares and the ability to book award
flights on any
open seat have made the airline exceedingly popular with budget travelers and travel hackers alike.
I wrote to you earlier this week when 2
seats in F
opened up
on a JFK - HKG
flight (2 available based
on Cathay, BA and JAL) but turned out to be phantom award space when I called AA.
I know last year a lot of
seats opened last second even over Christmas time but many were in Premium Economy and a lot of the premium
seats were
on that second Cathay
flight direct from HKG to ORD (which is probably why it got dropped).
No First Class
seats are available
on March 24, 2017 but there are First Class
seats (up to one per
flight)
open on nearby dates.
Sure enough, the Friday before I was supposed to fly (July 31), I found an
open award
seat on the FRA - LAX
flight aboard the A380, and rebooked that segment of my itinerary online.
Keep in mind that ExpertFlyer allows you to set alerts
on these
flights so you can watch for availability and book (or rebook) when
seats open up.
I was technically all set, but I figured that I might as well keep checking award availability to see if a
seat opened up
on one of the two daily FRA - LAX
flights.
However New York doesn't have First Class
seats open on any single
flight on March 24, nor
on nearby dates.
Although ExpertFlyer no longer searches Lufthansa award availability, you can use it to see
seat availability
on specific
flights, and I saw there were plenty of
open seats on both FRA - LAX
flights August 3, so I just bided my time.
-LSB-...] Cathay Pacific has historically
opened up all but one unsold First Class
seat on its
flights between the United States and Hong Kong in the last few days before departure.
If you want to check back
on a
flight you've already booked, you can visit My Trips (also in the Fly Delta app or at delta.com), locate your reservation, and
open the
seat map to see what products are offered
on that
flight.
That makes it easy to slip into even a thin pocket and
open in cramped spaces (like a coach
seat on an American Airlines international
flight).