Originally Posted by iahphx
Before they raised the coach redemption level to 50,000, I regularly withdrew OnePass miles for Copa travel. Two years ago, I flew to SCL at X-mas, and last year to EZE at Thanksgiving. While I am elite, I had absolutely no difficulty getting EXACTLY the flights I wanted (as long as I stuck to Copa metal -- getting CO seats at holiday times is ridiculous), with a couple months advance notice.
It is of course possible that OnePass has now closed this "Copa loophole" (the loophole being reasonable availability of reward seats!). Have you tried asking for JUST the Copa flights and then try to build an itinerary around it (possibly using DL, NW and Alaska if you need it)?
Well, I got a very patient, helpful and knowledgable lady on the line at OPSC and she got us seats to MIA-SCL on 20 Dec. and return from EZE on 1 Jan. Needless to say, can't get any space from ATL to MIA so may have to drive or take AirTran to SoFla!
We are going to go ahead and burn the 90K miles for FC. I want to fine-tune the iten, mebbe a stopover in PTY....
Now I have to figure how and what to do between 20 Dec and Jan 1 but I have plenty of time to figure that out!