QFF Award [Classic] v Anyseat

[realestate]

I am curious to know if there is an Award seat available, will that same seat always appear in Anyseat at a generally equivalent cost?
I noticed recently that when I booked an award seat, the equivalent Anyseat that had also been available had suddenly increased to a much greater number of points.
So it appears to have a direct connection but any comments would be of great interest.:-|

 

[oz_mark]

Re: QFF Award v Anyseat

If you find an Anyseat award at around the cost as a Classic, then it is likely that is is the classic seat, repriced by the Any Seat Award rules (generally a slighly higher cash component*)

However, the existence of a Classic Award, does not always mean that the AnySeat award will be available at an equivalent price.


* Due to the way distances are calculated for the purposes of which zone is involved, an Anyseat Award can be cheaper than a Classic when there are connections involved.

 

[markis10]

No guarantees but often when there is a classic the cheaper ASAs appear, factor in the low cash cost and often they can be better value, sometimes ASAs are cheaper than classics.

 

[serfty]

I have found that if you have status there can be more classic awards available than the cheaper anyseats.

This I believe to be due to the additional availability that QFF may provide for WP/SG/PS.

What has been the case is that if you see the award class availability on ExpertFlyer/KVS/Flightstats then the cheaper ASAs do appear.

The implication here is the the cheaper ASAs use standard availability, not that for elites.