Originally Posted by
qazw1
I redeemed one of those plan ahead awards when my points was about to expire. Had difficulty ever finding a flight for a city I want to fly to. End up losing the award.
This year around, I just use them for my Admirals Club. Not a max value but much easier than searching for hours and calling them trying to find a flight.
I had the same issue before with the award expiring, but they allowed me to get the points back for $150. Did you call them to ask? The award availability should be similar to Aadvantage "saver" availability, but flights I could book online for saver were not available for BX awards when I called.