I know I'm probably out of luck here but nevertheless thought I would ask if anyone has had any success in a similar situation with AI.

I'm planning my family's annual holiday and am looking for 4 seats in business class for myself, hubby & our 2 kids from pretty much any destination in Europe back to DEL. I've checked every destination AI flies to but am only getting a maximum of 2 seats against redemption in business class.

The flights are of course mostly empty right now since I am planning 10 months out in advance but as I said before, redemption is limited to 2 seats in business class.

Would appealing to anyone in AI lead to a possibility of them opening up 2 more seats? I know the call centres won't help but maybe someone has a contact at AI Flying Returns that I could reach out to. A few years ago I was in a similar situation & writing to management at 9W lead to them opening up 2 extra seats for me for a DEL-HKG sector.

Ever since they implemented the new Star Alliance redemption rates it's no longer possible for me to use AI miles to book on another carrier since it costs too much. We have about 750,000 miles so that would just about cover 4 return India-Europe tickets.

Just a FYI, from DEL to either MXP, FCO & LHR I'm getting 4 seats, but not on the way back.

Fingers crossed that maybe Keyser or anyone else can help. Thanks in advance guys.