Originally Posted by
jcee
...have saved enough miles to redeem for business class outbound and coach inbound.
Now, when I search award availability on CX site, I see a shorter outbound flight, but in coach. Should I book this one and hope that J seats will open up later? Or should I book the J seats on the less desirable flight and hope for the chance of getting on the shorter flight later?
Perhaps you should go shorter coach outbound and longer Business inbound. Or if you book the longer Business flight, there are no penalties to change of the shorter one has the same route and carrier.
Also to echo - get KVS or get a QF / CX account and search.