Reward availability
Mar 14, 2013, 8:10 pm
#1
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Reward availability
Hate to start another stupid thread with no answers but its march and there is almost no reward availability between North America east coast anywhere to London for most of December and early Jan. now I know it's the holiday season but did I miss the availability or has it just not been loaded yet. premium cabins. If its not likely to show up between now and the fall I will bite the bullet and book the fares but if its just not loaded and likely to load more seats if just the minimum have already been booked I'll wait.
Booked last year but don't remember doing it this early
Booked last year but don't remember doing it this early
Mar 14, 2013, 8:26 pm
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Did a quick check just now.
15th Dec: EWR -> LHR 4F and 9CW
16th Dec: EWR -> LHR 8F and 18CW and 1 seat on the LCY service
17th Dec: EWR -> LHR 13F and 18CW and surprisingly 8 seats available on BA4
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.6/Diamond - Axess: Awards/JL-OneWorld/UK]
18th Dec: 4F and 12CW and 10 split across the BA 2 and BA 4
Don't know what exact dates you were looking for so stopped looking at that point. EWR seems pretty wide open at the moment.
15th Dec: EWR -> LHR 4F and 9CW
16th Dec: EWR -> LHR 8F and 18CW and 1 seat on the LCY service
17th Dec: EWR -> LHR 13F and 18CW and surprisingly 8 seats available on BA4
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.6/Diamond - Axess: Awards/JL-OneWorld/UK]
Code:
JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK] LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] TUE 17 Dec 2013 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------ BA 178 JFK 08:30 LHR 20:15 744 0 FS0 CS0 WS0 YS0 BA 112 JFK 18:35 LHR 06:25 +1 744 0 FS0 CS0 WS0 YS0 BA 184 EWR 18:50 LHR 06:40 +1 777 0 FS9 CS9 WS5 YS9 BA 174 JFK 18:55 LHR 06:55 +1 744 0 FS0 CS0 WS0 YS0 BA 176 JFK 19:40 LHR 07:25 +1 744 0 FS0 CS0 WS0 YS0 BA 116 JFK 20:15 LHR 08:15 +1 744 0 FS0 CS0 WS0 YS0 BA 188 EWR 20:55 LHR 08:40 +1 777 0 FS4 CS9 WS9 YS9 BA 172 JFK 21:15 LHR 09:00 +1 744 0 FS0 CS0 WS0 YS0 BA 2 JFK 18:55 LCY 07:15 +1 318 0 CS0 BA 4 JFK 21:55 LCY 10:05 +1 318 0 CS8
Don't know what exact dates you were looking for so stopped looking at that point. EWR seems pretty wide open at the moment.
Mar 14, 2013, 8:30 pm
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Thanks Golfmad. Looking at heading east from about the 20th to the 25th and back west after New Years anywhere YYZ, New York Boston ideally in CW
Just don't recall the 18-25 dec all gone reward wise this early but my memory isn't what it used to be
Just don't recall the 18-25 dec all gone reward wise this early but my memory isn't what it used to be
Mar 14, 2013, 8:31 pm
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I picked 6 Jan 2014 as a random return date and here's the availability which looks plentiful:
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.6/Diamond - Axess: Awards/JL-OneWorld/UK]
How are you searching for reward availability or did I just get lucky with my picks? If so I should go and buy a lottery ticket
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.6/Diamond - Axess: Awards/JL-OneWorld/UK]
Code:
LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK] MON 06 Jan 2014 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------ BA 117 LHR 08:30 JFK 11:10 744 0 FS1 CS0 WS0 YS9 BA 175 LHR 10:00 JFK 12:45 744 0 FS4 CS9 WS0 YS9 BA 185 LHR 10:55 EWR 13:55 777 0 FS4 CS9 WS7 YS9 BA 113 LHR 11:30 JFK 14:15 744 0 FS4 CS9 WS0 YS9 BA 177 LHR 13:10 JFK 16:00 744 0 FS4 CS9 WS5 YS9 BA 173 LHR 14:30 JFK 17:20 744 0 FS4 CS9 WS9 YS9 BA 189 LHR 14:40 EWR 17:40 777 0 FS4 CS9 WS9 YS9 BA 115 LHR 16:15 JFK 19:05 744 0 FS4 CS9 WS9 YS9 BA 1 LCY 09:50 JFK 14:20 318 1 CS5 BA 3 LCY 16:00 JFK 20:30 318 1 CS6
Mar 14, 2013, 8:33 pm
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I suspect the dates right around Christmas time get snapped up early but 18 Dec to 6 Jan is available to/from New York.
Mar 15, 2013, 2:12 am
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I managed to book 17th Dec-31st Dec LHR-BOS in late Jan, these were the first available dates aroundthe Xmas period that were open. at that time.
Mar 15, 2013, 3:23 am
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Mar 15, 2013, 3:25 am
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there appears to be an almost blanket block on reward availability between 18 Dec and 4/6 Jan - believe me, i've been looking at various destinations in far east and US since 350 days out and nothing has been available for these dates in first or biz certainly (i havent been looking at econ or WT+)
Mar 15, 2013, 3:30 am
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It seems a responsible business practice that an airline would not release any/many seats on flights that they are confident will be oversold with revenue pax.
Frustrating for those of us who'd like to travel at peak times but at least BA doesn't have official blackout windows so there's always a chance of something on some routes.
Frustrating for those of us who'd like to travel at peak times but at least BA doesn't have official blackout windows so there's always a chance of something on some routes.