Originally Posted by
dhammer53
What Scott
failed to mention
was that if you can't get a saver coach award, rather than paying double miles for the same seat, you need to attempt to book a C or F seat instead.
When my cousin had difficulty booking an AA saver seat LGA/DEN, I suggested he book a first class seat instead; rather than an anytime coach seat.
It still cost him 50k, but at least he sat upfront.
Most frequent flyers don't think to do this (except us).
dh
If you actually took the time to read the article he does mention this:
"On several routes checked, including New York-Los Angeles, Philadelphia-San Francisco and Providence, R.I.-Phoenix, US Airways offered 50,000-mile coach tickets and 50,000-mile first-class tickets. Between Denver and Orlando, American offered a 50,000-mile coach ticket and a first-class ticket priced 5,000 miles less at 45,000 miles. Delta also offered a first-class ticket cheaper than its best coach price for the dates checked."