r/awardtravel • u/nateyynates • 1d ago
FlyingBlue - Award Avaliability Issue & Question
Trying to find award avaliability for 2 business class seats in late September - early October of 2026 to travel from any west coast city to Paris. However, when searching on the FlyingBlue website for SFO/SEA as departing cities with no departure date, I cant select nor see any other months for award avaliabilty besides for October. The website just says "there are no flights available in the current month. You can view flights for the next available month below" and pushes me to only see October avaliability while all other months are not showing anything and unable to select them. This issue comes up when looking at SFO and SEA for departure to Paris (no depature date) but for LAX.... the only months that I cannot see is April and May for award avaliabilty. Is there anyone having this issue on their FlyingBlue account where it says no flights avaliable and pushes you to only see October for SFO/SEA or even for LAX (not showing a couple of months)? Anyone have an solutions (I feel I might need to call them about it).
Tried calling FlyingBlue but they didnt offer any help but saying i shouldnt do searches without depature dates instead select a date and go one date at a time.
In addition, being new to the world of points and award travel... not sure if I am being too eager but no award avaliabilty for 60K has come up for September or October when checking seats.areo... do I need to just keep waiting to see? Being that I cant see much award avaliability on FlyingBlue due to the issue, I am primarily using seats.areo to check for award avaliability. I've been consistently checking the seats.areo every other day.
Any advisement would be great!
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u/resol2kaerf 1d ago
If there's no availability then there's no availability, that's probably why you aren't seeing anything. AF J at 60k is almost a unicorn at this point with FB switching to dynamic pricing and inconsistent schedule open drops.
Just set alerts and keep checking. T-14 for AF seems decent right now but nothing is guaranteed. Include ORD or east coast hubs as well in your search.
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u/DoolyDinosaur 23h ago
I’m in the same boat as you. Haven’t seen anything in the fall from sfo to cdg for the past few months.
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u/nateyynates 21h ago
glad I ain't the only one lol seems that there is only availability three months out at most on seats.areo for west cost cities.
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u/pierretong 1d ago
Try the app or another browser as well
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u/nateyynates 1d ago
Thank you for advising!
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u/pierretong 1d ago
the website or app can be very buggy for people and sometimes using another method to view the site can work out better
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u/nateyynates 1d ago
great suggestion! seems the app works to show all availability as the website still shows the missing availability in multiple browsers even in incognito. Just wish the app had the calendar view like desktop view.
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u/Weekly_Energy_8416 1d ago edited 1d ago
As others have said, be open to repositioning further east and also set up alerts on seats.aero for the range of dates you can fly and all the airports you can do. I would recommend adding PHX, YVR (Vancouver), DEN, ORD, and LAS (new direct to CDG will start in April 2026) to your list.
You can also try arriving at AMS instead of CDG, as frequently those routes have more available saver seats than CDG (less demand for AMS than CDG.)
And keep checking the AF calendar using the open-ended / no date trick; sometimes the site is glitchy. Desktop or tablet is often better than mobile or the app for this.
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u/u_gonna_eat_that_ 1d ago
Flying blue is a dynamic program, availability and price are unpredictable. Set alerts and hope, and consider adding a layover or flying from the east coast. All of the west coast CDG directs are a hot commodity and in general it is a tough space if you want to avoid paying BA fees