Originally Posted by awtravel
I called the agency last week to check for availability 2 award tickets to Asia. I'm very surprise to be told that the seats are capacity-control and based on availability. I have to redeem 60K (standard award) + 18K (extra points base on ticket prices) if I want to travel on the quoted date.
Could I ask what dates were you looking at, which airline they quoted you, and the routing? It's interesting that this is the second instance of them willing to let you buy up to better availability. The previous example I thought they were just converting the points at a 1 TY point = $0.01 rate and physically buying the ticket (this is also a standard option from Global Impact). I wonder if that is the case here as well. Though $780 base fare to Asia seems pretty cheap.