If seats don t open up, you ll have to consider changing to other flights. Both American and United

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I m planning a trip to Vietnam next summer with my family of four, but can t book United award tickets for four people loews hotel philadelphia at the same time. When I select two people, loews hotel philadelphia there are many award seats available. Can I redeem points for two seats first, and then immediately redeem another two award seats right after that?
These days, finding even one award seat at the saver level can be challenging, let alone two, three, or even four. Hung is hoping that once he books two seats, another two will become loews hotel philadelphia available. Unfortunately, airline seating doesn t always work that way. Most of the time if you book two award seats (especially if they re the last two saver seats), more won t open up. (However, it  is possible.)
When you re booking for four people, you really need to be flexible. loews hotel philadelphia United does allow you to change award seats as long as the destination and origin remain the same. You could try booking for the day before or after, and set alerts on Expert Flyer  for United Airlines award seats so you ll get an email whenever a new seat opens up. So you may need to go with your  initial approach book two seats, and if more don t immediately open up, then go one by one as you get alerted to available seats.
If seats don t open up, you ll have to consider changing to other flights. Both American and United are pretty flexible when making changes to award tickets, whereas some programs (such as Delta) will hit you with a $150 fee on every single award change unless you have Platinum Medallion status or higher.
To summarize, be flexible and keep checking availability. Since you re booking far in advance, I m fairly confident seats will open up, even on another carrier. Sometimes you have to take a risk to get rewarded and not get stuck paying double for those peak level awards. Good luck!
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