Award availability: is there any magic pattern?
Jul 12, 2010 | 3:33 pm
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Award availability: is there any magic pattern?
So, I'm going to HKG (from LHR) this December as a Cash+Miles award, and wouldn't mind going via NZ, since NZ business is rather fabulous.
As it is, there's no availability via NZ: so, instead, I'm going via Frankfurt with LH in C class. Which is a bit meh, but there we are.
There are -no- award allocations on NZ at the moment on that route (many days either side, too), which leads me to suspect that either there's a lot of Kiwis on their way home, or NZ simply haven't released their award availability quite yet.
Are there any tricks or patterns to discovering when NZ release their availability?
As it is, there's no availability via NZ: so, instead, I'm going via Frankfurt with LH in C class. Which is a bit meh, but there we are.
There are -no- award allocations on NZ at the moment on that route (many days either side, too), which leads me to suspect that either there's a lot of Kiwis on their way home, or NZ simply haven't released their award availability quite yet.
Are there any tricks or patterns to discovering when NZ release their availability?
Jul 12, 2010 | 4:38 pm
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NZ = Air New Zealand, a rather good airline that flies direct from LHR to HKG.
The plane goes from there to Sydney (I think) then through to Auckland.
Have another go, do.
The plane goes from there to Sydney (I think) then through to Auckland.
Have another go, do.
Jul 12, 2010 | 6:23 pm
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Jul 14, 2010 | 8:00 am
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When are awards normally released?