Originally Posted by
Syzygies
Oh great, it's that easy? Find me any layflat nonstop from SFO to Europe, next May/June/July. The answer would appear to be none.
I don't recall it
ever being "easy" to find business class awards nonstop from SFO to Europe over the past fifteen years or so. Particularly during peak summer vacation season, and particularly in the dead zone six months out. Not sure what that has to do with EF being available or not - UA has never been particularly generous with nonstop award space from SFO to Europe.
At the same time, it's pretty much always been the case that awards
can be had if you're flexible in your routing, and that's true today just as it was true fifteen years ago. And yes, the absence of EF makes it more cumbersome to find that space, no one disputes that.
The question really is whether you're going to light a candle or curse the darkness?