The award calendar is meant to show the saver economy /
premium award availability across a two - month period, so that you don't have to check one day at a time.
Many airlines have tightened up
premium award availability, but that doesn't mean you can't get that coveted seat if you know where to look.
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availability is often in greater supply than low - level
award availability, meaning you have a better chance of being able to work your way into a
premium cabin in the first place.
Award pricing is much more reasonable for
premium economy, with certain dates pricing at 65,000 Skymiles one - way between Detroit and Seoul, Tokyo or Beijing — or even better: 99,000 Skymiles roundtrip for these 3 routes, with great
availability.
American Airlines miles aren't the easiest
award miles to use to get to Europe, since you will often have to route through London (higher fees), fly British Airways (high fuel surcharges on longer flights), and they limit
award availability on their own metal, especially for
premium cabin flights.
A huge caveat, however, is
award availability, which is much harder to find in
premium classes than an economy seat.
Whatever the reasons, it now looks like South America is starting to join the
award party with
premium cabin
award availability opening up on a number of routes out of Miami.
It's been a very long time since I've seen any
premium cabin
award availability on Singapore Airlines» A380 flights.
Yes, you could argue that United's
premium cabin
award availability is still better than that offered by American....
But British Airways charges fuel surcharges,
award availability with Qatar can be a challenge, especially in
premium cabins.
I expect United to be quite tight with
premium cabin
award availability on this flight until they get a better idea of what load factors are going to be like....
It appears to be a commonly held belief that while Delta decimates the value of SkyMiles on a quarterly basis and while American Airlines stubbornly refuses to make
premium cabin saver
awards available,
award availability via United is quite good.
On many of United's
premium routes (routes that you may wish to burn miles on)
award availability is scarce and you simply won't be able to find the flights you want on dates that work for you — miles aren't very flexible like that as you're at the mercy of the airlines.
The change in aircraft could have an effect on
premium cabin
award availability too... but not necessarily for the worse.
The program generally has good
award availability, including
premium classes on transpacific routes between the U.S. and Asia, which are notoriously hard to get with miles.
With Ft. Lauderdale's proximity to Miami and most other things South Florida offers this route is a nice bonus for Avios collectors — we suddenly have a lot more
premium cabin space flying in / out of the Miami metropolitan area and that should be good for fares and
award availability (hopefully!)
If you purchase American Airlines miles there is absolutely no guarantee that you'll find
award availability that suits your needs — either in Coach or in a
premium cabin, on domestic or international routes.
Reduced the
availability of
premium SAAver
Award availability on its own aircraft to levels where most travelers are having trouble finding a single award seat on routes they tr
Award availability on its own aircraft to levels where most travelers are having trouble finding a single
award seat on routes they tr
award seat on routes they travel.
Kenya Airways and KLM are both part of the Flying Blue program and offer greater
award availability, particularly in
premium cabins, to their own mileage members.
The reason why a lot of Miles & Points enthusiast get excited about Korean Air is because the airline manages to combine an excellent
premium cabin product with fantastic
award availability.
In general, you would get more value for
premium cabin
awards, but the challenge is limited
availability.
Those aren't terrible prices to pay for
premium cabins on the likes of JAL or Cathay Pacific but, once again there's no guarantee you'll find
award availability on dates where cash fares are higher than that cost.
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of
premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip Business Class
award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
United Airlines may not have many cabins that one would call aspirational (The latest Polaris seats on the 777 - 300ER are nice but there's hardly any of them in service) but it offers far better
award availability than American Airlines and requires considerably fewer miles for
premium cabin
awards than Delta — that makes it a valuable transfer option to have.
Korean is known for having some of the best
premium - cabin
award availability, although it isn't always easy to book.
The AA
award chart showed just one day with
premium cabin
availability and that was Dec 23rd with a connecting business class flight via Melbourne.
But I honestly do like to be helpful to people who don't know how to play the points and miles game, so I explained that while it was unlikely we could find any decent
award availability to a
premium destination during such a busy holiday period at this late date, I would check it out for her.
Korean Air offers an excellent product, reasonable prices and a lot of
availability, with anywhere from two to four
premium cabin
award seats on many flights.
While a route serviced by an A350 should be an aircraft where
premium award seats can be made available, it's likely that
availability for business class seats will be scarce so I wouldn't rely on booking these seats with partners like United.
Alaska has decent
award availability for
premium class
awards on Cathay Pacific, and the airline can take you beyond Southeast Asia.
This does not help the fact that
premium cabin
award availability in the sAAver category is generally nil or close to it unless you can travel literally the next day.
In addition, some airlines have sharply reduced
award availability, especially in
premium cabins.
Finding a Delta
premium class
award to Asia is an adventure, but it usually has decent to good
availability on Korean Air and one of the two Chinese SkyTeam members: China Eastern or / and China Southern.
American has had really poor saver
award availability recently, especially for international
premium classes, which means British Airways is often the only transatlantic
award option.
American Airlines has, at best, average
award availability in economy and even less so with
premium award seats.
You can use these suite night
awards to confirm certain suites and
premium rooms beginning 5 nights prior to arrival, subject to
availability.
Delta seems to add some as the schedule opens but their best
premium cabin international
award availability is much closer to departure, this is one of the reasons for the outcry over Delta's new 72 hour rule for changes / cancellations, since it prevents members from converting medium or high
availability to low
availability when low space opens at the last minute).
Swiss used to be the most generous Star Alliance airline when it comes to releasing
premium cabin
award availability to Star Alliance partners.
As well as my Platinum 50 Night benefit of 10 Suite Night
Awards that I can use to confirm certain suites and
premium rooms beginning 5 nights prior to arrival, subject to
availability.
At the time there was very little
availability on AA metal, and I felt lucky to find the
premium saver
award space on the 777 - 200 departing JFK at 7:55 p.m. Generally, though, I prefer taking the latest possible trans - Atlantic flight so that I can get more sleep.
For would - be
award travelers, limited
availability can mean paying a
premium in points, or shelling out cash instead.