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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 9:12 pm
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uszkanni
 
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Originally Posted by goku001
I have not been able to plan vacations too far ahead. The challenge that I face is then getting 4 tickets on awards. part on rewards and other purchased often does not make sense as the purchased tickets may be more expensive than others available for the same route, and I dont really want to break up the family. Any idea whether they keep on adding availability (so as to not sure more than say 2 tickets at one go), or do they normally show all available reward tickets at the same time.
Airlines will add and remove award availability as their load factors vary. It depends on route, cabin class, etc. Some airlines are believed (I wouldn't say "known") to release additional award tickets within a week of departure.
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