Originally Posted by
Bretteee
I tried to fly in First on Etihad from New York to Abu Dhabi on an AA Award. It was not possible. Was it easy for you on the Melbourne leg? By some stroke of luck I got a Business seat 6 days before departure and the 2nd one 2 days before departure.
We booked ours AUH-MEL route at least 6 months in advance and luckily found space. Yeah, the US route was much tougher so we had to do Business Class from Washington, DC.