Originally Posted by
ijgordon
I think VS has always viewed its UC as "better" than business class. Does that qualify it as "first" class? Maybe, maybe not.
As for CO availability (CO has no control over partner award avail.), no it's not always there when you want it but they are good about eventually releasing the inventory.
Yes I agree that VS upper class is better than most airline's business class though there are a few like the new SQ ones which are probably better. But my point was that they themselves do not compare it to first class of others.
Is there a general trend when CO releases inventory for saver awards (coach or BF). I'm looking for an EWR-SFO ticket in November and there are no saver award tickets available for the return flight (Nov 30). Whereas, they are available for most flights on United. I have noticed the same for other dates too.