Originally Posted by taylor

Every year for the past 6 years we have managed to snag Business seats to Maui in the winter, either flying out of Detroit on United, or Toronto. This year there is very little availability. In fact, United has nothing for our return trip, even in economy. Air Canada only has the Market Fares, which are crazy. We need to come back in mid March. Can anyone suggest any strategies? If we are stuck with Market Fare (and we don't have enough points yet), is it fairly safe to wait a few months so we can keep accumulating? What's happening?