I was looking at the possibility of a Business class award ticket (LAX-NRT/HND) departing Christmas day or later for a ~2 week duration.
Required mileage 165,000Miles For 2 passenger(s) *Taxes / fees / charges are not included
Of course all the seats are wait-listed. I only have 6500 miles in my ANA account, so I will have to transfer the rest of the points from AmEx.
Would this be a fool's errand? Is expecting to get an award ticket over the holiday period realistic?
What happens if the wait list never materializes. Do you just get the mileage and fee back? If I use the points and the flight doesn't work out, I would have to wait for next New Year's period to use the points, so that's not a very good scenario.