I am trying to book 2 business class tickets to Spain in November using miles. I was told today that I could pretty much go any day I want if we use 200,000 miles for each ticket. I don't want to do that. My husband and I both have plenty of miles to use but I don't want to use them all up on one ticket. We haven't booked many free tickets because we are always trying to keep our elite status every year (only Silver but it helps us at least get Exit row seats and an occasional upgrade). This year we have achieved that mark early so it would be a great time to finally use some of these miles!

I think I have seen a post before that mentioned additional seats will open up as the flight date gets closer. Does anyone know when that generally happens? We don't need to leave on a specific date and we don't need to fly to a specific destination in Spain so I am hoping we might be successful if we are patient.

Thanks for any advice you can provide.