"I'm beginning to wonder if you don't secretly want to find no availability just so you can complain about it."
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I have been saying the same thing for months. I never struggle as a PLAT to redeem mileage for anything whether it be BF or economy (shudder). The only thing that I have not worked with much is using miles to upgrade an international coach ticket to BF with miles. I do not really have a need to do that, so I am not too sure how it all works, but just using miles to book the entire trip is cake.

Upgrades... cake (90+% last year) and already 2/2 for eligible flights this year, although I have had 2 Embraer flights already, with 2 more on the 15th.