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B747-437B
The UA displayed availability for the YYZ flights at least was phantom. ET never had those seats available, even though UA was displaying them every day. I've never seen Business Class awards actually available on the YYZ flight.
That said, there are almost always seats available to LHR and FRA, from where you can get plenty of connecting options back to North America.
Problem with that is trying to get a J seat on UA metal. I can see some ET J availability on random dates to LHR and FRA but then nothing in J back to the US. No way I'd fly that portion of an award in coach.
Was the ET J for EWR ever really available or was that phantom also?