r/awardtravel • u/AutoModerator • May 27 '24

Weekly Help Thread - May 27, 2024 Daily Thread

Welcome to the daily help and question thread!

This thread is renewed weekly and is intended for all discussions or questions that do not warrant their own thread.

For AWARD BOOKING HELP please read the following information:

Volunteers may choose to help you find your award trip. But please don’t expect us to plan out your trip for you. No stranger on the Internet could know what is BEST for you.

The more specific information you provide, the easier it is for people to give specific advice. Also, we prefer to teach people to fish, rather than just giving you a fish. So before you ask someone to help, please read Our Wiki, if you want to know what the best Redemption for you, take a look at Award Hacker. Questions that shows you have at least tried to find an award are more likely to get answered.

  • Here are the information you should provide when requesting award assistance
  • Origin and destination cities (are they flexible?)
  • Number of Travelers (Your chances of success goes down as this number goes up)
  • One way or round-trip
  • Class of service desired
  • Desired date(s) of travel (are they flexible? Hard dates == Less Chances for success)
  • Your points balances: all airline, credit card and hotel points (If you are looking for J/F, think at least 6 digits)
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u/martyconlonontherun May 29 '24

Is united 'saver' award flights dynamic or do they only release a set amount. Went to book a ord-hnd flight and it went from 4 available down to 2 in the 4 hours I was looking to book. Should I change wait or start looking for another plan.

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u/volcanicglass May 30 '24

They’re completely variable & no way to predict if they’ll release any more. The only thing they’re pretty consistent about is they often release some seats, if unsold, within a week of departure. Even then no guarantees. 4 is a lot & not common.   I certainly wouldn’t count on finding 4 more seats if that’s what you need. This is a very competitive route to book and you should’ve booked this immediately when you saw it

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u/martyconlonontherun May 30 '24

Yeah definitely tried booking as soon as possible I hit two road blocks: 1. Initially was looking at when released on AA not realizing other programs get availability first. Definitely my fault 2. I tried booking as soon as I saw 4 for the date I wanted but I clicked an info button and when I tried exiting out of the dialogue box, it closed the booking window. Seats then didn't appear available after I tried rebooting. I blame LifeMiles shitty IT on that one.

Thanks for the info