Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
AC awards used to be quite easy to come by as well. Or at least when planned in advance.. now its probably easier to spot the Loch Ness monster than get an AC award seat for anywhere ... using anything other than AC miles. I've been searching for an award from asia to YVR, Europe to YVR and even within Canada since early March through to early Sept and nada.
Awards seem to be reserved for SE only. It's the main reason I maintain SE status.
Unless you want to purchase priority rewards, in which case often you would be better off purchasing revenue and collecting the miles. You can at least change miles to cash cards.