Originally Posted by
gckja
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I fly from a Midwest regional airport - does that make a difference? . . .
Quite likely. Try the nearest major airport (MSP rather than RST, for instance). DL's regionals seem to hold back award inventory, especially in first class.
I've also had better luck between 6-12 weeks out, rather than 331 days.
Welcome to the DL forum. DL awards are indeed, as
AlphaGolf states, orders of magnitude harder to redeem than UAdbaCO's. You might look over the sticky thread of how to redeem business awards--the principles work for coach, also.