Originally Posted by
limey1K
I can’t answer your specific question but I recently had a friend that traveled RNO-ATH and we couldn’t find anything less than 166K miles in J awards. He ended up flying to LAX on separate PNR the night before and we found saver from there via EWR. Try originating the Bolivia flight from a hub and see what opens up.
Another separate ticket idea: search RNO-GRU (Sao Paulo, Brazil) for award tickets. GRU is about 1,150 miles away from VVI. G3 flies between GRU-VVI. IAH-GRU is on widebody. There are other UA hubs (ORD, IAD, EWR) with flights to GRU, depending upon season.
Good luck.