Originally Posted by
mrlasssen
We are looking to make the trip in October/November
SFO is a easy airport for us to reach, looked through AA.com but didn’t find anything for Oct/Nov period. Am I missing something easy to find, we are very flexible with dates.
Stop looking from the gateway. Everyone and their dog looks at the gateways so there are seldom flights showing up as available. Look from actual origin to destination.
AA and AS will have the highest frequency of awards (IME) so long you as look out far enough. Don't look for stop overs. Look to get to NZ or Oz and then book a separate NZ-Oz trans-Tasman award as they are still 10k (I think) through AA, which is a steal. And if I'm out of date on that factoid then just book a trans-Tasman flight for cash as they are very cheap when booked in advance.
ETA: Hang on, wait: you're looking for *this* Oct/Nov?! ROFL..... good luck with that. You're way too late. Sorry.