Thankfully, there are available resources such as ExpertFlyer that you can use to
search award inventory and find what you need.
This AiRline (to answer The Nomad's point) has just started partnering with Delta, and I don't know of any way to
search their award inventory online.
We will
search award inventory on the airlines associated with your points to find economy, business and first class seats to exotic destinations.
Thankfully, there are available resources such as ExpertFlyer that you can use to
search award inventory and find what you need.
Not exact matches
Expert Flyer is a tool that has both free and paid versions that allow you to
search airline
award inventory.
Beyond the lack of one - way
awards, one of the big gripes is the difficulty of booking Delta
award flights, so Ill tell you right now: Use Air France to
search for
inventory, not Delta.com.
I
search for
award availability past the dates I'm willing to travel so that my
award doesn't expire before Etihad has a chance to release
inventory
Read more about
searching United business and first class
award inventory.
That's no longer the case, but sometimes it can still be extremely helpful to talk to a human being — like when an online
search won't turn up the fare or
award flight you want because not all available
inventory is shown there.
Not all of the
award inventory always shows up in
searches either.
While Delta's reward program has received criticism in the past few years for being difficult to book
award flights among other things, there is a workaround: you use Air France to
search for
inventory instead of Delta.com.
I used British Airways» website to
search for
award space since American's website won't find
award inventory for Qatar flights.
That being said, one of the nice things about signing up for AerClub is that you can
search for
award inventory online, and I've found that British Airways phone agents typically have access to the same number of
award seats as you'll see online at Avios.com.
One question on
searching for
award inventory on ba.com.