You should be able to check RJ award availability on BA.com (no mileage is required for this).
Thanks. I also figured this out with the help from
ilovetofly. I had a long-unused BA username and password lying around and whenever I logged in, I got the welcome message but wasn't able to search. Not sure if this wasn't executive club membership, or the membership was inactive. Anyway, signing up again fixed the problem.
Otherwise, there are currently 2 C award seats available on BA
That's what AA keeps pushing and what I am trying to avoid. DEL-IST via LHR adds too many flown miles and also bumps up the cost from 130K to 150K. That's why I am focussing on RJ, via Amman would be much shorter.
Another interesting thing I learned is that I need to search DEL-AMM and AMM-IST separately. If I say DEL-IST, then BA's site defaults to BA via LHR and never mentions the RJ option.
Again, thanks for your feedback.
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA]
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DEL Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l IN [VIDP]
IST Istanbul Ataturk TR [LTBA]
TUE 29 Dec 2009 | 2 Seats
Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------
BA 142 DEL 03:30 LHR 07:10 744 CS+
-> BA 676 LHR 09:50 IST 15:35 320
BA 142 DEL 03:30 LHR 07:10 744 CS+
-> BA 868 LHR 08:30 BUD 12:00 320
-> MA 200 BUD 12:45 IST 15:35 F70