Originally Posted by
seanp7
I searched for you, 5 mins:
EWR-LHR 9 Sept PZ = 5
EWR-KEF 11 Sept PZ = 4
They are there, but they are rarer - which is well documented in this thread because demand is up, even more than your late 2021 search. UA sometimes releases J saver awards and PZ space when the J cabin is reasonably empty and their algorithm doesn't expect it to fill with P/C/D/J fares.
Waitlisting is absolutely more common; if you aren't willing to search/be flexible, or take the waitlist gamble, then I agree that PP's are useless.
Thanks! KEF only gets you halfway to Europe but I get your point and I did find a BOS-LHR one on Sep 12.
I suppose a good idea would be to book award travel and then in the days before get ready to cancel it if a non-waitlisted option comes up to get me across the pond. I'll try it out when I try to go SFO-AMS at the end of October. Thanks again.
UPDATE: when going to book my flight I noticed that there was no waitlist! Maybe I've been too harsh. Booked and PlusPoints applied!
Sorry for the possibly noob question but where do you see PZ status? Thanks.