<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LemonThrower:
There are only a couple of award seats on every flight, and some flights have none, so it can be difficult to redeem awards. </font>
I think that's a bit of an exaggeration! Or maybe not, on CO, if the other posters are to be believed.
On US, I've almost never had trouble getting ordinary award tickets, sometimes with only a couple of week's notice. If I'm going for international premium, of course, I try to book as far in advance as possible.
Then, too, some airlines have "rule-buster" rates. For example, if you need a domestic ticket, normally 25,000 miles, and you can't get a seat, if you pay 50,000 miles, it's just like buying a ticket - you get it.
I did that once for my daughter, but it was off-peak so the ticket only cost me 40,000 miles.
Hey - get the miles and let the daydreams begin!
