Reward availability checker - Hidden feature

[PanGalactic]

Whilst chatting to one of the Avios Ambassadors at the birthday party yesterday I found out about an interesting new feature which has been added recently to that awful interactive map availability checker which I believe most folks here gave up on because it was so buggy.

If you go onto the map, click on "list", click on your destination, click "Find out more", then click on "Availability" it shows you a nice bar chart with how many dates in each month are available which i think is quite cool.

I was also assured that there has been a lot of effort put into the map recently and many of the bugs have been fixed.

Why not give it another go and see if it works better for you now?

The map is available on Avios.com as well as BA.com

Enjoy!

[PeeTee]

Hmmmm I'm sure that feature has been there a while (at least on BAEC) and people were complaining that it was inaccurate. The map generally does feel less buggy though.

[origin]

Its been there ages, it doesnt always work.

I shall try (again). Its nice to see a boardline of what is happening.

[GlasgowBlue]

Then choose "2" travellers and "Business" class, click update and then swear a lot.

To be fair I've found the reward map matches actual availability very closely now.

[GavT_london]

Originally Posted by GlasgowBlue

Then choose "2" travellers and "Business" class, click update and then swear a lot.

To be fair I've found the reward map matches actual availability very closely now.

Yup i just checked SYD and its a zero across the board...

[Hoch]

I like that! Never noticed it before But is it accurate as origin suggested? A quick
on a few destinations suggests that it might.

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[SteveF]

Hmm,

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At least it doesn't give me non-existent availability now, so that's some kind of an improvement...

[T8191]

Nice, if well hidden!!

Certainly has worked for me, saying we can forget KIN in Feb

[origin]

Originally Posted by T8191

Nice, if well hidden!!

Certainly has worked for me, saying we can forget KIN in Feb

Have you tried the 27 & 29 of Jan??

[T8191]

Originally Posted by origin

Have you tried the 27 & 29 of Jan??

Outbound in CW/"Business" on 29 Jan only.

Return is giving scribble for Feb … saying "No dates available this month
for 2 adults, 0 children, 0 infants on Economy cabin". I don't want bludgy Economy, I want Club!! And, yes, I clicked return and "Business" is showing - albeit greyed out. Availability is better in WT+, but I'm not sitting there for a 10 hour sector!

Slightly academic exercise anyway, as there isn't [yet] a decent sale for the hotel we want!

[trickster]

Works from the map view as well, not just the list view.

[BA235]

Well I wish I had known about this feature before I spent hours faffing around trying to ascertain availability to different destinations on different dates.

Let's hope it stays/continues to work.

[AceCobra1]

Just wondering, are the avios on my BA account and the avios.com website transferable ??

[LeeT]

Now if only I had known about this before, would have saved many, many hours of manual searches. One concerning thing is the very sparse reward availability!

Thanks for highlighting PanGalactic....

[AceCobra1]

Actually its funny coz there seems to be more availability for F and WTP+ seats than there is in J!

Now to read up on avios collection