I have tried to get a first class award seat anywhere on the network for next year trying from NOV/DEC/JAN/FEB/MAR/APR/MAY/JUN/JUL/AUG and you cannot get any seat for First on any sector .

I contacted the Skywards centre in DXb via email and pasted a copy of a newspaper article re their awards programme and how impossible I was finding it .

Yesterday they called me from DXB and offered to waitlist me for a Standard First class award , which is something they have never done for me before .

Has anyone else been offered a waitlist for an award ??

I do think their progamme is going the way of so many others and becoming less attractive .
Its great to earn all the wonderful points but then try and use them and its becoming more and more difficult and yu only have 3 years to do so as well.
I understand that revenue must come first but how about a Loyalty seat for some loyalty. I spend alot of money obviously to get the points and then cant get a seat for being a loyal patron on their own scheme.

its getting a bit too much take and no give.

I shall use mine on their partner airlines and then probably change over to a programme that at least does not have an expiry date on the points.