I am in the process of constructing a oneworld award itinerary (150C) and have had great luck so far with every segment, including QF and CX long hauls, to my surprise.

The one difficulty has been finding availability AKL-SCL on LAN. I have yet to see a business or economy seat available, single or otherwise, on any date I've searched via both the quantas and lanpass search functions. This includes right at 330 days and every day over the next year.

My preferred day is still about 335 days out, but this has made me wonder if there's any chance at all of getting on this flight, let alone in business, let alone a pair of seats.

Has anyone had success getting a OW award seat on LA800 recently, in any class? Would love to hear details if so. I'm seeing routing AKL-LAX-MIA-EZE as a possible alternative to SA but that is brutal by comparision.