Not exact matches
Although ITA doesn't search
award fares directly, you can use the system to gauge
award availability pretty reliably based on the
seat codes the system
shows.
Delta hasn't
shown us their new
award chart yet, so this could all be a trap, with greater
seat availability offset by even higher
award redemption levels.
So the results of a recent study by consulting firm IdeaWorks, which ranks airlines by
award availability should come as no surprise — it
shows that Delta ranked last (23rd out of 23) with the fewest low - level
award seats available based on the nearly 7,000 queries it conducted.
It's important to remember that not all
award seats that are
shown on the Etihad Guest website are available to be booked using AAdvantage Miles — Etihad needs to have «Guest Business»
awards available for there to be
availability for AAdvantage miles redemptions.
I found a ton of
availability to Tokyo with Korean Air and many of the
award seats also
showed up on Delta's website leading me to believe that
award availability to get to Japan with Korean Air is generally pretty solid, though you'll find it easiest to book several months out.
When both the Asia Miles website and British Airways sites
show the same
availability, it's a pretty safe bet that American Airlines will be able to see those open
award seats as well.
If you are scrambling to lock in
awards at old rates, you might be having trouble finding Etihad business / first class
award seats even though Etihad
shows availability.
The advantage of the
Award Seat Availability search is that the results include a calendar view showing which days have open award s
Award Seat Availability search is that the results include a calendar view
showing which days have open
award s
award seats.
Getting two nonstop business or first class
seats on a non-stop flight to Paris during warm weather would not normally be an easy proposition, but the born - again Delta Airlines
award chart still
shows awesome
availability to Paris and other European cities in the late summer 2015.
There was another great suggestion that if American's website is
showing 2
seats availability, you can open separate browsers and book those
award tickets on both American AND US Airways site (and possibly British Airways site also), due to the latency in how the websites talk to each other.
Find
award seat availability on JAL partner Emirates by using the Alaska Airline website which
shows Emirates
seat availability.