Originally Posted by
alhcfp
Why would any airline make cheap seats available during their busiest periods?
Right after a hurricane, you will not find any sales on generators.
Therefore, why make milesaver awards available during busiest travel days?
MY VOTE- this does not get its own thread. same old-same old.
Um, because they do. I suspect most of us have flown for free during busy travel periods by deploying smart redemption strategies. Isn't that what Flyertalk is all about?
This is NOT a thread about whether there are or are not award seats available in a certain market on a certain date. That's what the "Award Availability" thread should be about. This is about a SPECIFIC policy that overrides the regular availability of award seats for a certain travel period (Thanksgiving and X-mas). And it requires certain very specific strategies to "beat it."
I would submit that if discussion of this policy doesn't deserve its own thread, we should just shut down the AA board and not bother to enhance our community's knowledge of the AAdvantage program. I don't understand why ignorance is bliss.