If you search for economy class by default on a carrier that has four cabins, you will not
see first class award availability.
Not exact matches
The 777 - 300 offers 52 Business
Class seats while the Dreamliner has just 28 so, not only is the route losing
First Class, it will also
see a significant drop in Business
Class capacity from 15 December — that's not good for prices or for
award availability.
Just like with the amazing Business
Class award availability which opened up at the end of May, the
First Class award availability I'm
seeing is for January — March 2017.
It's worth noting that it's tougher than ever before to find
first class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
first class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
class Star Alliance
award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (
see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance
First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up
award space no more than three weeks out.
So, while I don't expect to
see award availability * ever * for The Residence, and probably not for a long time for Etihad
First Apartments (see FAQ below) it's nonetheless fascinating to see these wholly new first class products introduced on a commercial airc
First Apartments (
see FAQ below) it's nonetheless fascinating to
see these wholly new
first class products introduced on a commercial airc
first class products introduced on a commercial aircraft.
Getting
Award Flights to Paris Using Miles:
See our post Airlines and Routes with
First and Business
Class Availability for Europe
I was curious to
see what
award availability is like on these transcon routes, and as an example, looked into Seattle - Newark (SEA - EWR) flights in July and there is surprisingly a good amount of
availability in coach and
first class.
Getting
Award Flights to Switzerland Using Miles:
See our post Airlines and Routes with
First and Business
Class Availability for Europe