Originally Posted by ytjk
I did a search on this, most of the threads are quite old.
I had a death of a friend recently, and was surprised to see that my local airline (US) now seems to block off all "saver" 25,000 mile inventory for 3 days after the current date-- not good for funeral travel. I've booked for this purpose with them in the past with no trouble.
I think AA charges a significant fee for short-term redemption.
Are there thoughts about what the best airline to keep 25,000 miles "in pocket" for that short term emergency is??
Thanks
I've had to do it - used my NW miles to bring some relatives home on short notice -- and was able to get them seats at the normal rate of miles per trip.
It was a case of miles well used.
In situations like this, you have some (but not a lot) of flexibility of times/dates.
Bob H