Originally Posted by QHatoff

Thank you for the advice from everyone upthread. I have made a Qantas account and continue to search for any awards that might open up. I have to say though, having followed award space daily for the JFK-YVR route for the past two months, there seems to be a new filter or blackout in effect. It appears that all space gets locked out at the eleven day mark. Twelve days out, CX 865 will have economy 7+ / business 7+ / first 1 or 2 and then right at eleven days out it 0's out across all classes and stays that way until departure. Strangely, I can call AA and book award seats on CX 865 JFK-YVR-HKG without issue, but they are unable to see seats only on the JFK-YVR leg. One helpful agent thought this was an error and tried to hold JFK-YVR-HKG drop the second segment, but her system wouldn't process it.