Yes there definitely is. Yesterday I got a standard reward to go to UK BF this weekend returning with VS in coach also on a standard reward. Also bought a ticket for a friend LHR-EWR-LAX-IAH-LGW to travel in 2 weeks, also Standard reward. Certainly for Europe there is a lot of standard award availability for almost all permutations I was checking. I don't know whether availability increases closer to the travel as I booked both within 2 weeks of travel.