<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by kurz:
When Royal Wing member requests an award flight, FD checks seat availability for Economy in W class, and for Business in D class. In case there are no seats available in either of these, FD also checks seat availability for Economy in B class and M class, and for Business in C class. This is a great better service for the Royal Wing FD member and often results in getting a flight award where others receive a nope. Remark that B, M and C booking classes are paid classes and per flight in larger numbers available.
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I was just looking at award availability in business class for a trip and even though there is plenty of C class available it shows no award availability. Looks like the RW perk did not carry over to Platinum Elite...