Not exact matches
Since United is the only US - based carrier in Star Alliance, you will have the best chance to find
award seat availability for your area with this airline.
A lot of people prefer the in - air product of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer flights
since it has tv's, free wifi, more leg room, business / first class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your
seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for getting around the country, in terms of finding
award seats.
Increased
award availability When we announced the SkyMiles 2015 program we committed to making more
award seats available at the lowest prices and
since the start of 2015 we have expanded
award availability at the lowest prices by greater than 50 %.
Since Amtrak offers last -
seat award availability, any
seats or sleeper accommodations which are available on amtrak.com are available for
award redemption, subject to the blackout dates below.
While this is one definite advantage of using cash over using actual airline miles,
since real miles are subject to airlines» always fluctuating
award seats availability, the other side of the coin is «real» miles can potentially be worth far more in terms of what they can get you.
If you use United MileagePlus as your primary airline rewards program, it can even be worth signing up for one of their co-branded credit cards just for access to last -
seat «Standard» - level
award availability, even if you never spend a dollar on the card,
since access to those Standard
awards can increase the value of Ultimate Rewards points transferred in from Chase.