Essentially, my wife and I will be flying to Japan from Austin from Feb 3-11. I have premium economy/economy awards booked.

But now I have the miles to get business awards.

I’ve never flown business long-haul and I don’t want to miss the opportunity.

It seems when I’ve looked the past few days, there has been some flights from various places that have a seat or two available at the 60k miles rate. But few and far between, and not on the dates I need.

I know I’ve read that this is common with JAL. But…is there any way I can be proactive on this? I’ve been checking obsessively. It seems like JAL awards aren’t available on Expertflyer, or I would set up alerts there.

Specifically looking to book from Austin to Tokyo on Feb 3 and ideally Osaka to Austin on Feb 11