I rarely use reward travel because there is usually very little Standard rewards available. I checked today because of the price increase for an upcoming trip and lo and behold....Standard Awards GARLORE! I change a couple of dates find a great return flight and back click to start the booking process. I grab the outbound no problem.....then the return page comes up............NO Standard Awards!!! Return has become completely emaciated, I panic and back click then forward click and a few Standard rewards reappears, but not on my dates. I desperately try everything, new browser launch, different dates....nothing. Back to a totally white field for the return flight.

Is there a trick to this? Or am I some lab rat involved in some kind of mental torture test or marketing study. Are there CO IT guys on the other end looking at live redemption attempts just laughing their asses off? Is there a trick so that I can snag a flight that I see? Why do dates appear, disappear and reappear in some sort of lotto jackpot fashion? As I change dates to accommodate rewards, the computer changes availability to just outside my traveling parameters. I truly have become the dog chasing his tail.