Award seats
Feb 19, 2014, 10:22 pm
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 33
Award seats
This may have been answered before but I can't find anything: a flight I've been looking at in July has been $450 round trip with the ability to book with 16 credits. Today I check and the flight is still $450 but can only use credits towards business class. Once the coach award seats disappear, are they gone for good or do some occasionally show up? I've seen it happen where you can't book awards when the full fare goes up but that's not the case here.
If it helps, this is for the nonstop service MKE-CUN that runs only on Saturdays. Would calling Airtran yield any different results?
If it helps, this is for the nonstop service MKE-CUN that runs only on Saturdays. Would calling Airtran yield any different results?
Last edited by CivicDriver; Feb 19, 2014 at 10:23 pm Reason: Adding question
Feb 20, 2014, 9:06 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
I don't understand. Are you talking one way or round trip?
Normally 16 credits gives you a coach round trip ticket. These are capacity controlled and on resort destinations often are used up quickly. You may also book a business class rewards ticket for 16 credits each way. These are also limited but are far more available.
It is possible that A+ Rewards tickets will reappear, it seems they regularly do on Southwest, but I've seldom seen it on Airtran. The resort destination also makes it less likely.
Normally 16 credits gives you a coach round trip ticket. These are capacity controlled and on resort destinations often are used up quickly. You may also book a business class rewards ticket for 16 credits each way. These are also limited but are far more available.
It is possible that A+ Rewards tickets will reappear, it seems they regularly do on Southwest, but I've seldom seen it on Airtran. The resort destination also makes it less likely.
Feb 20, 2014, 9:53 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 33
I don't understand. Are you talking one way or round trip?
Normally 16 credits gives you a coach round trip ticket. These are capacity controlled and on resort destinations often are used up quickly. You may also book a business class rewards ticket for 16 credits each way. These are also limited but are far more available.
It is possible that A+ Rewards tickets will reappear, it seems they regularly do on Southwest, but I've seldom seen it on Airtran. The resort destination also makes it less likely.
Normally 16 credits gives you a coach round trip ticket. These are capacity controlled and on resort destinations often are used up quickly. You may also book a business class rewards ticket for 16 credits each way. These are also limited but are far more available.
It is possible that A+ Rewards tickets will reappear, it seems they regularly do on Southwest, but I've seldom seen it on Airtran. The resort destination also makes it less likely.
It's darn near impossible to book a house rental separately from airfare when using these credits because availability is constantly changing! I find two dates on Airtran that allow awards and then, by the time I hear back from the rental owner, those dates are no longer available...
Feb 20, 2014, 12:44 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
It's darn near impossible to book a house rental separately from airfare when using these credits because availability is constantly changing! I find two dates on Airtran that allow awards and then, by the time I hear back from the rental owner, those dates are no longer available...
Fortunately we were able to find a nice place for New Years Eve and had a really nice time.
Feb 20, 2014, 1:29 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 288
Find a place you would be ok staying, and then book a refundable booking. Then book your airfair, and then look all the way up until the travel date for a better place to stay. That formula normally works out for me.
Feb 20, 2014, 2:14 pm
#6
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
When renting houses or condos there is often a 30 day or longer cancellation policy.