Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sometimes Houston, Sometimes London.
Programs: CO Gold Elite, BA Blue, for the moment - Hyatt Gold Passport, Priority Club, Marriott etc etc
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Good points, channa, and all very possible in some situations - but in this particular case there were LOADS of empty seats up for grabs at T25, so there wasn't a huge lack of availability - the empty seats just disappeared at T24.
However, Standard 50K awards were available for that flight up until 3 hours before departure.