Originally Posted by
seattletravelmember
Being a masochist, I called again today. They could get the four of us to/from Paris on Air France on the exact days we want - but from Dulles, not from Seattle. I said "could we fly on an award ticket to National and get ground transport to Dulles on our own." There's enough time to make that work, at least on the 14th. Staying over night on the 7th would be fine. But no, the award seats for Seattle to National are not available and they are not likely to release any more frequent flier seats, quote "those flights to DC are always full". The 4 of us would have to get to DC on our own.
DCA is always full... small chance of availability on LAX-DCA, but rather small, especially in the summer.