Originally Posted by
djvand
I am Exec Plat on AA so I have access to see which flights have SWU's however it is an exhausting search to find seats on both the flight out and back. I have 4 to use so really do not care where I go I am up for an adventure of 3 or 4 nights hopefully over a weekend. My home airport is CMH and I am willing to go anywhere in the World, hopefully to another Country in Asia or Europe. Is there another trick I can quickly search besides a paid site like ExpertFlyer. Anyone have time on their hands to suggest some long distance routes I can book? Thanks in advance
There are no other tricks besides ExpertFlyer, it is a must if you really want to be a "power user" when it comes to looking for SWU space and setting up alerts, etc. Searching aa.com for SWU space is for the birds. So cumbersome.
That said, if you're truly flexible on dates and destinations then there is ample space out there right now (at least to/from Europe) this fall and winter. When trying to secure space in advance you must be able to travel midweek; You'll find the most space on Tues/Wed, with some released on Mon/Thurs depending on route and season. You will almost never see much space released in advance on Fri/Sat/Sun.
When looking in advance my go-to routes are always JFK-LHR and CLT-FRA/MUC but in the fall and winter it's really wide open right now.
For example, I just picked a random weekend in November, ample space on CLT-MUC outbound Thurs Nov. 9 and back MUC-CLT Tues. Nov. 14. Also see some PHL-ZRH-PHL around that time, and of course JFK-LHR, etc.
If you can go in January then it's REALLY wide open, JFK-LHR/MAD/MXP/BCN, PHL-ZRH, CLT-FRA/MUC, RDU-LHR, the list goes on. Even lots of C7's on Fri/Sat/Sun.