Originally Posted by
getaround
I personally use expertflyer and one of the benefits is that you can save as search for an flight and if space opens up you will be notified.
I like KVS (
www.kvstool.com) because it's quite quick - faster than using the EF website, and half the price ($5/month instead of $10), but Windows-only.
Award space on AC rarely "opens up" in my experience except in special cases (cancellations MAYBE?), but SQ/LH does closer to booking... so this might be useful but ultimately unless you're planning far ahead not worth holding your breath over
However, if you're going to spend 15k miles on YOW-YWG, if you have extra miles, the $ value for points of 25k for J is better than 15k for Y