award availability

Comparing Online Award Availability (for AA, UA & DL)

Which airline has the best award availability?

This post will break down award availability for international flights overall, and compare different categories: Economy vs business class, last minute vs 11 months out, and to Europe, Asia and South America (most awards to Africa, and even the Middle East, are routed through Europe or east-Asia anyways).

 

The reason I use AA, United and Delta for the tests is obviously that they are the biggest frequent flyer programs in the US, the easiest miles to earn with credit cards in the US, because their websites are the most comprehensive, and they represent award availability for the...

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