Originally Posted by ermen

my experience is that if Q class is available closed in - like 3 days or less to departure, theres a very good chance of a standard award opening up. but thats the risk - you only know close in.

assume you want to go from MNL to HKG on that date? I checked on BA (because sometimes BA has more connecting availability on CX than AM!), theres a direct JL742 available in Y, PE, J and an earlier JL746 in J wide open! need to call AM to book (unsure how many pts needed though)!