Originally Posted by
hajvan
Hello, about 6mos ago I booked a nonstop flight from the US to Frankfurt to Lisbon on May 17th using Aeroplan points. I got a decent deal at 70k points in Business + $100 or so.
I'm hoping to change the second leg of my flight to a late departure to spend the day in Frankfurt. Air Canada says Yes there are 2 flights in the evening on Lufthansa and TAP Portugal, but Aeroplan has no award seat availability on those flights and that ticket alone is approaching $500.
When does this type of availability get opened? Any hope if I wait around it may become available?
I doubt that anyone can answer those questions for you, since the answers may depend on how fully booked the evening flights are. But have you checked with Aeroplan to ask if an Economy award seat is available on either of those flights? It might be worth relinquishing the Business seat for that segment of your trip if you really want to spend the day in Frankfurt (or Mainz, which is equidistant from FRA and more interesting, at least in my opinion).
Good luck with your travels!