Originally Posted by
gooselee
You have flexibility in time, date (to some extent), and location, and you are booking well in advance (even with the holiday). All very big things that most debbie downers of this cert often do not. I wouldn't overthink this or worry about it too much.
I just did a search with my cert and found four eligible flights DTW-LGA on 6/30, and 4 eligible flights returning LGA-DTW on 7/7.
If you fly outbound 7/3 or 7/4 itself, there are NINE available flights LGA-DTW.
Pricing on all dates starts at $324, which at a quick look seems equal to (or actually slightly lower than) the going cash price for "T" fares both ways.
Didn't have time to search the other destinations, but again, I literally had no issue finding anything within your very flexible parameters on the first try.
I've found the same. Might be deciding to go DTW-DEN. Lots of available flights that meet the fare criteria.
Here's a question though: when *exactly* does the cert become available?? Couldn't seem to find a concrete answer to this.
It says "on your card anniversary" but does that mean the date you applied / were approved for the card? Or the date of your first statement, such as when the fee posts? What gives?
If it's the date of the statement on which the fee posts...that would SUCK! That means I'll have to wait until mid/late November...another month closer to when we want to travel. I applied (and was instantly approved) for the card on 10/26. When can I expect the cert to show up in my DL wallet??
EDIT: I actually see it says "it will be available in your renewal month." Is that going to be my Oct statement then? That would be cool...