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.
At the time of writing, most of the economy
award inventory on United from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York to Rio has been wiped
out, but there are a handful of first class saver
awards available for the final week and a half of games.
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.
You can use that travel credit to cover any hotel stay and it won't be subject to black -
out dates or
award inventory.
This often gets you great value with economy flights and since you're booking through the portal, you're not subject to black -
out dates /
award inventory.
«Some programs are saying no blackout dates, but instead they're closing
out dates for
award tickets by
inventory control,» says Sorensen.
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
You'll also want to review our post on how long these transfers take to ensure you don't lose
out on
award inventory while waiting for your miles to arrive.