gmax58

I've got to agree with curbcrusher on this one; I've always liked being able to schedule the trips at an hour's notice (Edit 2 - below). It's also going to mean we'll have to be a bit more savvy when it comes to getting on some of the high demand award routes.

I also don't think the elimination of blackout dates will do much - somehow, I don't see WN offering any seats on Wednesday and Sunday of Thanksgiving week...

I do like the fact, though, that we can still accrue unrestricted awards for 6 more months without seat restrictions, because I have 3.5 awards available and two more by the end of the year.

Side note: I'm curious how this will effect the EBay practices...Edit

Edit - because of the seat restrictions; RR awards are quite valuable because they're unrestricted.

Edit 2 - based on what I read about the new rules with last minute award travel, it's going to depend on how much demand there is for award seats (as well as load factors on the route).