Originally Posted by
goalie
Agreed ^ and it has been my experience (thanks to a tip from a fellow F/t'er) that as long as the date on the monthly award calendar is not white, there just might be a UA saver and/or partner surprise waiting for you when you select one of the colored dates
And the logic behind it is this...
The award calendar probably works like the low fare calendar at places like Kayak. It's based on a snapshot in time, probably sometime earlier in the day, and accurate at that time.
But like with airfares, a seat or two may open up in the interim, so good to check through.
Originally Posted by
rufflesinc
I have had situations where the date is white and there was saver availability on partner. Now I will click every date I am interested in, regardless of color.
Example: Jan 1, 2014, one way PEK-DTW. Box is white, there is saver economy on CA and LH.
And now the box is yellow with only that CA / LH route available.
So the calendar is capable of picking up the flight - no problem there. It's just a snapshot from an earlier part of the day so when you checked it hadn't run its sweep yet. That inventory was new to the system.