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Old Aug 30, 2013, 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by aarif1
I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I'm not sure exactly how to search for an answer. Last night I was looking for award flights (JFK-CDG) for next June, and there appeared to be good availability around the dates I was interested in. But when I checked again this morning (ready to book), there was only 2 dates in June, both too early for me. Also, the qantas.com still shows availability on most days in June. So... will I get a different answer if I call AA? Is qantas.com just not up to date for some reason? Should I just wait and keep checking?
You should get the same info from AA agents as you do on www.aa.com.

The lesson here is if you see award inventory for dates you think you will want, put the booking on hold (it's a 5-day hold) and then finalize your plans. A bird in the hand and all that.
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