Poly Pal

Normally, I see award availability (Sky Saver or Sky Choice) at a rolling 331 days out. However looking at flights to and from Hawaii, the Availability Calendar shows "NA" for every date after 7/30/08. As of today, you can make a paid reservation as far out as 8/3/08 or 8/4/08.

Does anyone know when award availability will be loaded for August dates as they open up for booking?

apex

Based on my own experience with TATL, 90K business awards, I didn't find availabilty until about 300 days out. Last year I booked two 90K Skysaver award seats to BCN for June 2007 travel, but not until September 2006. This year I just booked (this week) two more 90K Skysaver seats for next June travel to Europe. Nothing showed up on 15+ cities in Europe until a few days ago. I even called several times and was told no availablity.

Checking seats in Business, I have noticed the same three seats are the only ones reserved on several TATL flights. On a 767 - 5C, 6C & 6E (Crew rest I suspect) so it appears award allotment hasn't been made on several of the flights I checked for June 2008 as of this week. A couple of CSRs I spoke with confirmred my observations, they said award allotment could be added at any time...or not at all.

Until I booked last year, I had not had experince booking Delta awards seats before. Was it more consistent in years past with the 331 days out?

rcs85551

Eventually, it has been loaded, but other member thinking alike already got a hold of the few seats available for an award at midnight when those seats might have been released. @:-)

Poly Pal

I don't think so. There is lots of award availability every day in July except the 31st on the outbound to Hawaii. So unless every Skymiles member in Hawaii is looking to fly to the mainland on 7/31 through 8/4.....it appears that the award seats have not been loaded.