I love staying on top of new airline routes and aircraft changes, in part because I find new routes to be exciting, but mostly because they usually translate into a lot of award space. Typically once routes are loaded into the schedule, there’s some amount of award space allocated as well.
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This is somehow related...have you heard the rumor that BA is now allowing using 2-4-1 vouch for one way when phone in? It will make it much easier to book instead to have to search for round-trip since it has been tough to get to Europe from NA.
@ hc -- Right, that's what I was explaining. JAL WAS releasing first class award space on the route. 😀
Ben when it comes to locking in an F Award arriving in Tokyo would you pick CX hands down or is JAL/BA just As viable in your opinion? (flight should depart from europe as starting point)
@purcitron you can read more from Ben's post.
@ Jim -- Using American miles, or...? Because keep in mind American doesn't let you route from the US to Asia 1 (Tokyo) via Asia 2 (Hong Kong). So that would require two awards.
At least JL has released two seats in first class from HND-SFO on many flights next spring - not sure what is going on with EY, but I bet those first several flights are going to go out with a lot of open seats.
Etihad just announced they're flying an A380 from AUH-SYD and they just changed all of their planes to an A380 on their LHR-AUH route... of course, no availability on any route. 🙂
But I would think those who booked LHR-AUH before it turned into an A380 got lucky!
@Ben,
It's a US F award starting in Europe to South-east Asia(SIN) with a stopover on the outbound flight in Tokyo
@ Jim -- Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines both have great products. I'd do one in each direction if given the option.