Originally Posted by
jethro
.........I'm guessing the UC seats for trips other than LHR are hard to come by.
I have just booked 2 x UC LHR-HKG-SYD rememptions for Jan / Feb next year and by far the the easiest bits were booking the HKG-SYD-HKG legs.
The other main routes that people have difficulty redeeming on seem to be the LGW routes to MCO / LAS and the Caribbean - especially during school holidays. Having said this, these are difficult but not impossible.
The release of seats is quite random and persistence / patience are often assets. For example, during my recent booking, one US seat became available for the day I wanted. I snapped it up, and then less than 24 hours later, it was replaced by another, which I also got. ^
Also, remember that if you do an economy / PE redemption, you still have massive taxes and surcharges to add, which make them VERY poor value. IMHO
Nick