Originally Posted by
ihdihd
Has anyone had success with acquiring 2 seats in J award (what seems to be their standard number per flight) then acquiring an additional one later down the line?
Don't hold your breath. I'm located in NYC and after watching award availability for many months, I concluded that the only route from the US or Canada that offered 3 seats in J was ORD-AMM, and it doesn't operate every day. I used ba.com to find availability and booked 3 J seats on JKF-ORD-AMM and then 2 J and 1 Y on AMM-JFK at 331 days out. I checked back regularly and the additional J seat for the return never opened up.
A quick check on ba.com shows 3 J seats for May 12 ORD-AMM on RJ0264. I'd recommend that flight, though the food was dreadful (crunchy rice).