First class west coast USA award availability
Sep 28, 2016, 5:59 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2015
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First class west coast USA award availability
Luckily i have just got to 200k points and would like to use them for an F return to the west coast .
Looking at the rewards flight map I can hardly find any availability on the BA website .
Ideally I would love to try the Dreamliner to San Jose and come back on the A380 in LA .
There seems to be nothing to San Jose ?
I just wanted to check with the experts here , am I looking in the wrong place or is there no availability ?
Thanks in advance for any help received .
Julian
Looking at the rewards flight map I can hardly find any availability on the BA website .
Ideally I would love to try the Dreamliner to San Jose and come back on the A380 in LA .
There seems to be nothing to San Jose ?
I just wanted to check with the experts here , am I looking in the wrong place or is there no availability ?
Thanks in advance for any help received .
Julian
Sep 28, 2016, 6:02 am
#2
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Start the booking process to see availability on specific flights. This is a much surer way of seeing whether or not there is any.
However, by reputation LAX is a difficult route to get award seats on.
Sep 28, 2016, 6:02 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 2014
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It really depends on your dates, I've been keeping an eye on availability of LHR - SJC recently and there's been quite a lot of flights with 2+ seats in First available, and the usually released 2 J seats seem to take a few days before anyone snaps them up.
Sep 28, 2016, 6:02 am
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Hi Julian - there's little to no long term availability
Best option is to get a CW booking and pay Ł35 change fee if / when you spot F become available. You'll need to be very flexible on this. Consider including LAS, PHX, SAN to give yourself more options
Best option is to get a CW booking and pay Ł35 change fee if / when you spot F become available. You'll need to be very flexible on this. Consider including LAS, PHX, SAN to give yourself more options
Sep 28, 2016, 6:14 am
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Sep 28, 2016, 12:30 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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For my next trip, I decided to forgo booking CW's now and playing the waiting game to see if F simply opens up.
We'll see if this strategy works. Or I may be flying with a connection to LHR if I wanted to do an AVIOS booking.
