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Old Jul 20, 2025 | 4:40 pm
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Originally Posted by davistev
There will come a point in time where it all becomes "false advertising". My thoughts are that in order to advertise award seats to Australia in Business Class etc, there should be corresponding evidence that seats do indeed exist and are released in reasonable quantities - otherwise - its is False advertising. One seat per month is not IMO reasonable availability. Currently, many routes have ZERO availability till EOS for all premium class seats at advertised rates.
Is it false advertising when AS tells you in the T&Cs they can not ensure availability? Looking for award travel at AS' EOS is an exercise in futility. Any partner release at their EOS was booked 5 weeks prior. So, it is "too soon to book for June!"

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Award travel space is limited and subject to certain restrictions including blackout dates and other capacity controls. Alaska Airlines cannot ensure availability of award seats on any flight, route, or date.

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