With a load factor of 84 %, the carriers are constantly tweaking the cost of award flights by either raising redemption levels or reducing
the saver award inventory, especially in first and business classes.
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.
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.
Other airlines around the world would - still be offering «
saver»
award inventory.