Originally Posted by
tng11
There is sporadic space close-ish to departure. This is a relatively new development after ANZ had pretty much zeroed out award space for years.
Back in March when I was considering a trip to NZ in April, I was offered my choice of ANZ J flights from SFO/LAX/YVR to AKL.
In early December I booked 2 x LAX-AKL in J for a relative departing on December 23rd.
Yeah I have not been able to find anything to NA (YVR,SFO,LAX,IAH)... I do see sporadic availability to AU and I know in the past at least any of the 767 routes, particularly China/Japan usually has some, although I believe now they are gone to 787 so suspect the availability has no doubt dried up.
I am trying to avoid returning to NA via ASIA, as it is slightly time consuming. I guess I will have to settle for UA 772 :S