Originally Posted by
sbm12
Actually, a few airlines do publish what the inventory buckets are that FF seats are tied to (or at least very closely approximate). I know that DL did when they switched to the 3 tier program. And I know that CO has shared some of the details but not all of them.
DL's pronouncements about FF seats release tied to inventory fare buckets are basically useless pronouncements when it comes to the public trying to know the full picture of what is going on for award seats -- the existence of the likes of journey control being in play and the amount and extent/duration of availability of inventory fare buckets that may map back (somewhat or greatly) for the "standard" (i.e., most marketed pricing level in miles) awards are up in the air near-constantly, and so the general public really has no clue about how much is and is not being made available for award redemptions at the "standard" (e.g., 25k miles for domestic trips) award pricing level.