Originally Posted by
shamun160
Back to the original question.....I agree with the previous poster. PHL seems to be fairly difficult for award inventory. CLT, ORD, BOS are typically easier to come by.
Yeah, due to US's near monopoly, PHL is not a good market for int'l travel. It seems like the only int'l flights offered by foreign carriers in the Star Alliance are Lufthansa's FRA flight and Air Canada's Toronto flight. Fortunately, both these carriers are more generous with standard award seats than US.
I guess the alternatives are connecting to another US city (and, of course, you have to find award availability on THAT flight, too!) or driving to a larger int'l airport, like EWR, JFK or IAD.