First of all, let me say hello to everyone. I haven't posted in months due to the move from EWR to SEA and things are finally settling down. Anyway, I feel as though I have always defended CO on this board in the past when it comes to redeeming award tickets. This time, I am pissed. PISSED.

My wife is 16 weeks pregnant and we want to head home to see our families for mothers day. She isn't working here, so her schedule is totally flexible. I have been trying to find her a non-easy passs F ticket to no avail for the past 2 days... So far, my only options are stopping in CLE or a redeye on the outbound and a 6:30am flight (3 days after the day she really wants to come back) that stops in CLE on the return. Its amazing to me, absolutely amazing that there is not a single desirable non-stop non-easy pass ticket available on any of the skyteam partners. I thought I found one on AS, but when I tried to redeem it online it said I had to call CO to book and of course when I did they told me that it was never available in the 1st place.

Id sooner spend the $1300 for the F ticket than use 90k miles on principle alone. I can understand not finding a BF seat to Europe in the summer, that at lease make some sense to me. But to not have a single desirable seat over a 14 day spread amongst 3 airlines for less than 90k miles is a SLAP IN THE FACE.

(And I fully realise that my wife should suck it up and fly the redeye or stop in CLE, but you try telling that to my wife.)