Flyerguy62

Have played around on several dates in late July, August and October, absolutely nothing coming up (no AA, no BA, etc.) - is it really that tight, or is this a glitch? I did find a couple of dates with an Aer Lingus business award, but when I click on the dates, the availability disappears. Anyone else having this experience?

jsguyrus

I assume you mean no J comes up? There is coach availability almost every day on BA. Summer J was all gone months ago.

Flyerguy62

Not even Y, I've been online at the website, logged in, and can't find anything available in any class of service.

VegasGambler

There is plenty of availability

camdawg

J availability has been spotty but it has been there. I have seen some F on the rare occasion and am still holding out for BA F in October.

olouie

Gotta love those mixed class where the short legs are in premium and rest in coach but they still charge the premium cabin miles.

AKLifetimeFlyer

Wow, had no idea Royal Air Maroc was a legal AS redemption for Europe - North America. Cool! I wonder how their J product is.

lattegirl13

Yes there is availability but you fail to point out that almost every option is Aer Lingus at 280K/pp/one way!!

VegasGambler

"Almost". So book one of the other ones.

The random date I picked had AA F for 57.5k miles and no BS BA surcharges. Of course of you insist on leaving from LHR you are stuck with the APD.

eddiehuang97

Doesn't AA F just mean AA Y for the TATL section and F for the domestic section?

eddiehuang97

What route are you planning to fly? I'd assume you don't want to fly BA due to YQ, then it doesn't leave you much options(AY via HEL, IB via MAD, EI via DUB, etc)

VegasGambler

Argh I missed the mixed cabin icon.

Ok forget AA F (for that day, anyway).

The point is that OP was saying that there was no availability, even in Y. There is Y availability every single day.

eddiehuang97

Yeah if OP is flying into big Hubs(JFK, ORD, LAX, etc) there are some availability. If OP wants to fly into other airports it really depends on when AS releases saver Y awards, which given the high prices recently I'd assume not many are released

Not much availability throughout summer for LHR-SFO, for example

VegasGambler

With AS you pretty much have to resign yourself to paying to get to/from the gateway. Saver space is essentially non-existent.

Flying for Fun

Is it really that AS hasn't released any E/T inventory or is it that they were spoken for months ago? I am booking awards in the new year and have transcons in Saver First. I fly revenue early in the year to replenish my RDM, which I redeem for awards in late fall & early winter.

I already have PE & J revenue itineraries booked for Q1 2023 (so many cheap fares, surprisingly) that will attain MVPG in January & 75K in March and will surpass 250K RDM with the 75K bonus. Then I will start planning redemptions for the next season.

I am booking earlier than I used to. I think many others are doing the same. There is Saver inventory in the new year, even to/from the Islands. Those will likely be gone before fall.

James