Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Providence, RI
Programs: AAEXP, BASlv, UAGold, Hyatt Diam, IHG Plt, SPG Plt, HH Diam, MR Plat, CC Gold, Nat ExecElite
Posts: 440
*A Award: NYC to Asia on Christmas Day
Well if you're platinum you can always change or cancel an award booking for free. So you might as well book something now and then see if anything better comes up. One of the online travel blogs seems to indicate that Eva Air (based in Taiwan) opens up additional award availability around 3 months out. So you may have some luck if you look in about a week or two. You may also want to do your search from west coast airports (LAX, SFO etc). Domestic award availability is pretty scarce around the holidays. But if you can get the transpacific flight you could always buy the other domestic leg or at worst redeem 25k more miles for a standard domestic economy award.