Where's all the UA J (Polaris) TPAC availability gone?

[levelnine]

Not exactly a date that most people want to fly, but I did just find one UA J reward seat from BNE to SFO back on the VA website:

I'm not that surprised.

When the flight is almost entirely empty, they will prob open to partners:



As I've mentioned in other threads, with US travel weakening, carriers are getting desperate to fill seats.

Qantas has award availability to the US in historically one of the busier travel periods of the year — the week before Christmas:

 

[bcworld]

When the flight is almost entirely empty, they will prob open to partners:

But this is exactly what United HASN'T been doing, since around August.

 

[levelnine]

But this is exactly what United HASN'T been doing, since around August.

This isn't a flight with low passenger numbers. This is a flight with almost no passengers.

 

[shak151]

I was able to find one from SYD to SFO

 

[ElizaB]

There is also one for the 21st of December MEL to LAX. I can only see 1 seat for each at the moment but I think they released more originally. The real tell will be what happens after Jan/Feb.

 

[levelnine]

The issue recently got some coverage in OMAAT: The Sad Decline Of United Polaris Business Class Award Availability

 

[bcworld]

There is also one for the 21st of December MEL to LAX. I can only see 1 seat for each at the moment but I think they released more originally. The real tell will be what happens after Jan/Feb.

The real tell is that there is zero availability in the coming few days even though the Polaris cabins are very undersold...in the "olden days" there would've been loads of reward seats available.