Originally Posted by
grinna
Need to get sister from Stuttgart to NYC on certain dates in April, looking to use points to book reward flights...
In the past AA often had more availability for train connections (which book as AA codeshares), not sure if that is still true but worth a try if you are stuck. Also the trains used to be "offline" so a missed train doesn't cancel your AA flight booking as a missed flight would. I don't know the current situation but this was true a few years ago. Finally connecting through LHR would get you tons more award availability though EXP may see more than OWE (not sure, I've been both for too long). So many seats LHR-JFK that it is rare to not find availability if you have time flexibilty.