Originally Posted by
Blueheaven
am I searching the awards wrong? Any free search tool you recommend ?
Nope, there just are no seats available, I tried a couple engines I pay for and didn't find anything to ORD. If you're willing to go to JFK and pay cash to reposition then there's availability on the nonstop AUH-JFK
That jogged my memory - we conversed previously here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36462240-post1089.html
My same advice there applies, if you still have those awards I'd keep them and then start looking daily starting a week or two out.