Our Sweet Redeem alerts (for exceptional low-cost award space availability) are different from our flash fare alerts. With flash fares, our team constantly checks for price fluctuations and updates our alerts accordingly. For example, a fare might increase from $1,500 to $1,900, and we’ll reflect that in the alert until it expires or is no longer of FCF-worthy value. Fares are also instantly actionable. We give you a link, so you can book it instantly. While the fare data is obviously NOT 'real time,' it's checked and refreshed often.
In contrast, our Sweet Redeem finds are not updated after time of publishing as they are extremely labor intensive to produce. Given award availability changes often, as people book up the space, and airlines change their mind, both types of FCF alerts are very similar and different at the same time.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t put our Sweet Redeems to great use after some time has passed.
How to Put FCF Sweet Redeems to Work for You
Think of Sweet Redeem alerts as an opportunity universe, an overview for where and when to go based on where award availability is, rather than pre-picking a destination and then looking for a specific seat on a specific flight to that specific place on a specific date.
A Sweet Redeem alert gives you a big picture perspective for using your miles. Rather than being a booking engine, think of it as an opportunity tool that highlights when and where award space is available, in general.
A Sweet Time Saver
Use our Sweet Redeem alerts as a guide to save time when searching for award space. Think of the alerts as an opportunity guide highlighting when and where award space is available.
Can’t find an alert you’re interested in on your first try? Keep checking back, as FCF publishes Sweet Redeems alerts often and availability changes all the time. One search could result in no award space, and then a week later when FCF does another search, space opens up.
Because airlines only release a limited number of seats at low-cost mileage levels, our Sweet Redeem alerts spotlight routes, airlines, and months for which we’ve found discounted/low-cost mileage award space, instead of normal everyday rates, which can often be double or triple the cost.
They also shows how you can get miles, even if you don’t have any and what miles and points are best to use.
On Your Miles, Get Set, Go
Given that availability is always changing, FCF’s Sweet Redeem alert data accuracy can and will change from the date that we publish the alerts. The solution: Be ready to book (have your bags packed, if only mentally).
Have a bucket list of routes, regions, or specific destinations you’d be happy to spend miles and points on, and you'll be ready for FCF's Sweet Redeem alerts to appear on your radar!