Frequent flyer question

[ksmith]

So I've started looking into flights to Denver in August. There are many non-stop flights, but none of those are available for miles. The only flights I can get for miles involve a stop and, in most cases, a change in planes. I would prefer not to go through that.

Is there any chance that as time goes on, more flights may become available for booking with miles, or is it as good as it's gonna get?

Update: went ahead and booked. $300 round trip, but I have legroom and some pretty decent seats.

Update II: I misentered the dates at one point--ORD/DEN roundtrips 14 days out were going for about $175 or so, which surprised me. I could have been daring, I guess, and waited until mid July to book. But given the other conventions that will be going on in Denver at that time, plus my usual luck when I gamble...I decided to book now.

Comments

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

My bet, given the current state of airlines, is that this is as good as it gets, at least for quite awile. They've begun using smaller planes and fewer planes because of fuel prices, and so . . .

I know, sucks, don't it?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm leaning toward booking now just so I can get the flights I want at the times I want. I can try to upgrade the seat, I guess, although the flight isn't all that long.