Originally Posted by
AGSF
Availability is so good on BA because there are a lot fewer BA miles than AA miles out there. There are fewer people with fewer miles chasing these business and first class seats.
Once TATAL BA flights are available to all, expect availability to go way, way down. I've been spending my BA miles as quickly as I can.
True but only to an extent. AA will never open up 10 seats in F or J. Its not a case that they open them up but all the miles in circulation mean they get snapped up quickly, they just never, ever open up. BA can be as stingy as the rest on certain routes like LHR-SIN and anywhere-SYD but on routes like JFK-LHR they are very open. For sure once open to AA miles they will get eaten into much more quickly. But right now availability ex Canada is also much stronger than say Air Canada and I can book that now with AA miles