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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 12:10 pm
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Originally Posted by KathyWdrf
The significance of there being no saver awards 330 days out on UA is exactly ZERO. I would say that this situation is the norm, in fact.

Contrary to urban legend (which is probably based on how things actually USED to be done), airlines do NOT necessarily release all (or even ANY) of their award inventory 330 days out. Maybe some of them still do, but UA is one that most definitely does not, and has not done so for at least several years.

Instead, inventory management/revenue management is used to release award inventory over the months leading up to the travel date.
That is a devaluation in and of itself for those of us who can or need to plan in advance. Fortunately AA WN and others do not operate in this fashion.

However, I do not believe it is the norm for all routes - only selected ones where UA doesn't want to give up the freebies.
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