<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Stars&Stripes:
cx is not releasing seats for this period when you spend miles. very annoying</font>
Come on my friend, it's CHINESE NEW YEAR. It's the biggest celebration of all for Chinese. It's hard enough to pay and buy a ticket, I would say your chances of getting award seats are pretty slim, especially if you are after several seats for your family.
If you are after biz/F seats, I guess your situation is even worse. I would assume CX will reserve them for those who are willing to pay for them.