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Old Nov 12, 2019 | 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by jsloan
IME, UA virtually never opens award space unless there is inventory in all fare classes. How far in advance were you looking? It's likely that UA simply hadn't published any discount fares for those dates at the time that you looked.
Originally Posted by Kacee
Yes, this is literally true. But it's worth noting that because awards are not subject to AP requirements, last minute domestic saver awards can make for really great redemptions on a cpm basis.
I weasel a little bit because it's not strictly true. XN space is finicky and I have seen T0 XN9 as well as K9 XN0 on occasion.
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