Originally Posted by
jamienbaker
Precisely correct. I have four laptops/browsers set up for this weekend's release, only need two J seats. Booking with Avios and have nailed down the minute availability opens each day. This is war. And I love it.
Hello! Not sure if you remember me, I see you're also slumming it in JL instead of CX F! Its been a long time and I'm finalizing my first intl trip , on JL. Snagged new F from DFW on outbound, old F to ORD coming back (DFW had availability in F but no J , so no dice)
Originally Posted by
jamienbaker
Success. Grabbed 2 J awards for 5/10/25 within five seconds of their release. Booked via CX
I only have CX AM from capital one and only enough for 2 F oneways , my main source of points is chase. So I found a hack to book with avios at 360 out ...!
Originally Posted by
RealHJ
You do know that with Avios you can only book 355 days out, right? So, with Avios you can only book a JL award if someone hasn't booked it yet using JL or CX miles first over the preceding 5 days.
EK can also book JL awards but only J, not F, and their calendar opens at 360 days. They will hold them for you, for a long time, at least as long as the 5 days until you can book with avios. Don't even need skywards miles. Once BA window opened, I canceled EK reservation and the seats immediately were available.
BA is great for lap infant but that is only the return. The outbound I booked using CX for F and EK for J (had expiring EK miles needed to burn). The blogs say CX will charge 10-25% cash fare and EK 10% cash fare, so the bet seems to be to put the lap infant on the EK J ticket ??
edit: I believe it's also possible to put award on hold using CX , as I did it by accident when I couldn't complete payment on my phone. Don't know how long as I called in right after to complete payment and ticket.