Over the last decade I have redeemed numerous CX US west coast to Asia business class awards over US Thanksgiving and Christmas. Initially I was using Avios which got me early inventory access but I learned to work with the 330 day Aadvantage booking window and we had some great trips. In Dec 2019 we are planning a family trip to India and I am contemplating using QR via DOH since we will be flying either CX or AA home on paid tickets via the Pacific.

I see that QR seems to release 4 biz awards on the LAX and DFW flights and even looking at only 330 days out there seems to be a decent bit of inventory left for Aadvantage redemptions. How about in mid To late December? We’ll need 5 tix and are fine splitting up between LAX and DFW.

Looking for advice from someone who has experience booking multiple biz awards on QR to DOH at the beginning of Christmas holidays so i can start the planning process.