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Old Sep 17, 2014 | 5:41 am
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Originally Posted by 1KHI
July is speak season for traveling, so it's not surprising that there's no availability direct. Consider booking with a stop or play the lottery waiting for availability to open up.

If you decide to play the lottery, consider getting an expertflyer.com membership, which will alert you once availability open up. However, the chances that award availability on direct flights open up in July might be small, so I would book direct.
I subscribe to Expert Flyer and it does not monitor award availability. It does have a feature which will alert you if a specific seat on a specific flight opens up (e.g. seat 3A on flight 123 on January 5th).
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