Originally Posted by
senatorgirth
CO's attitude seems to be that standard award inventory will come from seats that the airline is almost certain not to sell, and the decisions about this are made fairly late, This makes using miles for planned-in-advance trips exceedingly difficult.
That's how most airlines treat such seats. You correctly point out that they tend to delay availability. I don't know how far in advance you plan things, but I've found that a month or two out I can usually find what I want.
The bottom line: recent semantic changes have done nothing to increase award availability; they are only an attempt to "spin."
Yep -- it's certainly spin.
Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?!