Reader CLH posted on the Ask Lucky forum asking for help planning a trip to Hawaii. The full conversation is rather lengthy,but here are the relevant excerpts:"...
I am trying to book DFW-LIH for next summer - exact dates July 20-30 (or 18-28 or 19-29). BA website ALWAYS tells me there is no availability for any dates around what I hold selected (not just for this proposed trip but every time I search). I actually called BA directly because I thought there was a glitch in the system and surely there must be some availability somehow somewhere. But they said, nope, or the website is correct and there is no availability because they can only access a couple of AA reward seats and the only way to get those seats is to watch BA.com constantly and book as soon as I see them appear. This just made me wonder approximately the potential to employ Avios on any partner airline.
I checked other airlines and found availability on United/American/Delta/Virgin,but I could see no way to piece together a first/biz class honeymoon trip for my sister & her fiancé. I hold pretty much resigned myself to getting the Delta economy seats for them, but thought I might check here to see whether there's something I'm overlooking. I feel like I must be doing something unsuitable in not being able to employ 450k+ points to buy 2 tickets.
What am I doing unsuitable here? Any advice is much appreciated."Award availability to Hawaii is generally disappointing, and I can absolutely relate to how frustrating it can be to redeem miles to Hawaii -- particularly the smaller islands.
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Source: boardingarea.com