Did my first look at Delta as we are 331 nights out from departure (01/10/12). It has been over five years since I have tried to book an award seat exactly 331 days in advance; no luck. Delta just has "medium" award buckets available. In fact, between now and next January, there are only three days with low buckets for business class seats. Economy is much better but only for four to five months out. Delta is easy to Europe or Asia because of all the options. With only one flight a day to Buenos Aires, this is not a good Delta itinerary for miles.

Coach is much better in both availability and price. As coach configuration is 2-3-2, coach is a reasonable option.

Has anyone else tried to get their air yet? Do other airlines hold off in making inventory available? At least with Delta, you can (almost) always get award seats paying a higher amount of miles. This really helped us out for Kangaroo. Given the short distance involved in flying to Buenos Aires, I would prefer not to pay 200,000 miles per person.

Next call, maybe from Kangaroo when both directions are available, is to see Amex 2-for-1 pricing; not often a good deal.